Every Picture Tells a Story with My PhotoStory

Creations by You sold their first craft kit in 1992. Since then, they have developed a complete line of activity kits and programs for kids and young adults that inspire creativity. Their multi-award-winning kits and school programs include the materials needed to assist young people in making creations that can be sent in for professional production, resulting in treasured keepsakes. The effort put into these kits is rewarded when the finished product is received, and also serves to build self-esteem, an appreciation of the arts and memories to last a lifetime.

The kits are a great way for kids to showcase their artistic talent and are available in a wide range of projects. Kids can make a photo clock, decorate a plate with their artwork, design calendars, write and illustrate their own books, and much more. A brand-new set is the My PhotoStory kit, which provides kids, ages 9 and up, an introduction to taking, editing and creating with photographs to tell a story.

The My PhotoStory kit includes the complete cost of a professionally produced, full-color, leatherette, hardback photo book. A code inside the kit allows online access to their fun and user-friendly book-making site, designed especially for kids. They can add their photos, choose backgrounds, add stickers, use the washable markers to decorate, insert comic book styles, text bubbles and drawings to create a one-of-a-kind book.

The open-ended structure lets kids combine many of these elements on one page, with multiple photos for a scrapbook effect. There are five story page layouts and basic photo editing tools that help kids edit and add fun elements to their photos. The book can be completed and submitted online using their Internet drawing, writing and digital photo placement tools, or can be mailed in the postage-paid envelope provided.

A bonus guide, by award-winning author and photographer Jenni Bidner, provides fundamental photography instructions and creative tips for taking photos. Kids can take this portable guidebook with them wherever they are taking pictures, and have a great resource at their fingertips.

My PhotoStory is a wonderful gift when paired with a digital camera to really motivate kids and get them involved in a fun, creative hobby. My PhotoStory provides a creative and educational foundation to basic photography and editing skills that kids can build upon, and may just be the spark that ignites a life-long passion or career.

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