Blue's Art Time Activities | 
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| From: Humongous Entertainment
Category: Software
List Price: $19.99
Buy New: $0.50
You Save: $19.49 (97%)
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Avg. Customer Rating:  7 reviews
Sales Rank: 9562
Format: Cd-rom
Platforms: Windows 98, Windows Me, Windows 95
ESRB: Everyone
Media: CD-ROM
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Operating System: Windows ME
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 9.5 x 7.9 x 1.5
Model: 04-19990
UPC: 742725199927
EAN: 0742725199927
ASIN: B00004WCFU
Release Date: August 28, 2000
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Condition: Sealed. Ships 1st class
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Product Description
Kids get to create art for "The Really Big Art Show." In 5 learning activities, explore abstract and traditional art forms, color, texture, and composition. Strengthen prediction, estimation, and problem-solving skills. There is so much to do and learn with Blue!
Amazon.com Review
Aimed at preschoolers and kindergartners, Blue's Art Time Activities is one of the best creativity programs we've seen. Incredibly easy to navigate and perfect for independent exploration, this CD-ROM is appropriate for kids of all skill levels, whether they're computer novices or young graphic artists. By helping Blue and friends participate in The Really Big Art Show (sponsored by Blue's school), players learn basic art fundamentals such as color mixing, design, and layout. Along the way kids meet up with a cast of colorful characters including Chalk Girl and Marky Marker, Color Drops, Blue's new friend Periwinkle, and Al Luminum, the Mayor of Recycle Town--and, of course, Steve and Blue. Chalk Girl lives in a geometrically challenged Chalk World, where children can manipulate shapes with rotation tools, click and drag them to complete murals, and store their creations in an art portfolio. Chalk creations magically transform into lively animations as kids complete their unique artwork. Once their masterpieces are created, players can tell the world about The Really Big Art Show by creating a stylish invitation at the craft table. Here kids help Marky Marker decorate an invitation using virtual paint, glitter, gems, and feathers while adding borders and learning layout and composition. A handy eraser and a variety of brushes and stickers heighten the fun and the creative options. Playing the multilevel playground color game is an excellent way for children to learn about primary, secondary, and tertiary colors. Here they'll mix and match colors along a hopscotch path, while taking turns seeing who makes it to the finish line first. Wonderfully animated Color Drops teach kids how to make colors such as purple, orange, green, and brown, and they can earn up to 10 ribbons for their efforts. Recycle Town is yet another creative place to explore. Children check out blueprints and follow instructions like young architects. After reading the blueprints, kids go on a scavenger hunt and collect the necessary items to construct a cool diorama. Using glue and scissors has never been this neat and easy! This program also introduces Blue's brand-new friend, Periwinkle the cat. Kids can help her illustrate a variety of tiny storybooks in one of the CD-ROM's best activities: players use crayons and stamps to fill in the pages of each book, then save their work and print it for away-from-the-computer fun. Finally, it's time to get the show on the road. Once kids complete all the activities, Steve asks them to choose one of their favorite projects for The Really Big Art Show; they can also select one of the ribbons to place on their prized artwork. Two paws up for this blue-ribbon software program. (Ages 3 to 6) --Tina Velgos
Amazon.com Product Description
Steve and Blue need your help creating art for "The Really Big Art Show." Will you help them? Create an abstract mural with Chalk Girl, construct a diorama with Al Luminum, illustrate a storybook with Periwinkle, and more. In five learning activities, explore abstract and traditional art forms, color, texture, and composition. Strengthen prediction, estimation, and problem-solving skills. In the end, you'll have your own art portfolio, thanks to Blue's Art Time Activities.
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| Customer Reviews: Read 2 more reviews...
 Not very good June 17, 2006
My daughter, who just turned 3, is passionate about art so we thought this game would be great for her. Nope! There's no instructions, just a big fuss about an art show - you can't even figure out where the games are, much less what you do when you get there, and when you try out things, bad stuff happens. We clicked on a pad of paper thinking it would give us a fresh page, but it made a marker draw all over my daughter's creation. We clicked on a portfolio thinking it would save her work and it just shot us back to some earlier part of the program. Who wants to play something that erases or defaces your art? The 'make your own invitation' insists that kids do glitter and a border - so much for free creative play. The Chalk Girl game is about making a collage, but the program calls it a mural, which I find a pretty shocking error in a game that's supposed to teach you about art. I haven't yet figured out how to get to the playground drops, so I'm giving it two stars in hopes that that game might turn out okay. Plus, the video with Steve is nicely done. But really, didn't anyone at this company test this out on real kids?
 Blue Art Fun!!! June 3, 2006
My daughter loves it. She has a lot of fun doing the art projects and it gives her ideas for real art projects, once she is of the computer!
This is a fun game for the little artist.
Okay, but not great December 29, 2004
We got this in a pack with three other games. My daughter, who is four, played it once and hasn't gone back to it. She would much rather play Clifford Learning Activities, which is a much better game, in my opinion. From watching her try to play this and helping her, I can tell you there is much more to do and learn in a game like the Clifford one. I think limiting it to just art is just that, very limiting. Your money would be better spent on a game that not only has art, but also counting, language, logic, problem-solving, etc.
Can you say "FRUSTRATING"??? January 18, 2003
5 out of 6 found this review helpful
Just took this one out of the box and even with a college education I can't figure out how to make it work!!! My 4 year old little boy clicks around aimlessly trying to make something work, to no avail! Unless I'm totally missing something, there are no real instructions as to what to do to get things going, there's only a big to-do about the art show and portfolio.
 Blue's Art Time Activities November 16, 2001
7 out of 7 found this review helpful
I brought this product for my son who is 2 years 11 months. The format of the program is similar to the TV show with Steve talking/singing and providing instructions. The software is well put together and graphically appealing, but most the activities are a bit too complicated for my son. Having said that, he loves the chalk girl and will happily spend an hour on that section alone. This game has really helped him in his use and coordination of the mouse. Also, the che game involves rotating shapes to fit a template, it is fascinating to watch as your child discovers how to do this. In summary, I would say that this is a good game, but 3 is probably too young for most of it
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