Free paint program for kids

[mouser]

Tux Paint
http://www.newbreedsoftware.com/tuxpaint/

maybe not as good as Kid Pix (http://www.riverdeep.net/products/kid_pix/kpd4.jhtml)
but you can't beat the price

anyone interested in us doing a review on kid's painting programs?

[Dragonrider]

Have you tried "Project Dogwaffle"?  It's a paint type program for artists.  It isn't really for kids, but my 12 & 14 year old girls use it all the time & love it.

http://www.thebest3d.com/dogwaffle/index.html

Or "PlantStudio"?

http://www.kurtz-fernhout.com

It's also at www.download.com. ; The author's website is in I think German, so unless you know German, I'd use download.com if I were you.  That's what I did.  Again, it's not really a kid's drawing program, but it's a program that allows you to create your own flowers & other garden plants along with whole gardens & scenes.  My kids like it a lot as well.

Regards
Dragonrider

[Scott]

Thanks for pointing out Tux Paint!  I think I've heard of it before, but for some reason never bothered installing it.  My daughter enjoys it, so how can I complain?

I learned quickly that it really is necessary to run it in full-screen mode.  And it saves files as PNG, which is cool.  I recommend downloading the "rubber stamps" too.  Good stuff.

[mouser]

bumping this up, new release today (http://www.newbreedsoftware.com/tuxpaint/)

i'd like to see more posts about children's software.

[AbteriX]

I have Simple Paint (Freeware) on my CD for the Kids (only 'cus its only 300kB)
http://www.programming.de/

There are also
Kaleidoscope (Freeware)
Enjoy beautiful mandala-style ornaments with this Kaleidoscope program.

and very nice
Concentration Game (Freeware)
You need concentration and a good short-term memory to play it.

and
Recall the Melody (Freeware)
Not only for kids. If you have a musical ear, repeat the chancy melodies

and a few more of this.