Animation gift ideas please

sethsgran · 20 July 2016 at 10:56PM

We have lots of grandchildren so my budget per child is £15 for Christmas, plus we buy them a book.
Our 10yr old grandson is really into animation. Does anyone have any suggestions for an animation gift we could buy him for Christmas. I am thinking along the lines of something he can create with for his animation. Or am I being too hopeful for my budget.

7roland8 · 20 July 2016 at 11:13PM

Depends what you mean. There are programmes for the computer - which he may have anyway. There are also clay type figures like Morph if he makes the stop motion movies by taking lots of pics. Really you need to know what he does.

sethsgran · 20 July 2016 at 11:26PM

Currently he poses his Lego figures and changes their position as he films it on Mums iPad. I was wondering if there was something else other than the Lego men. I think you will have guessed that this isn't my thing so I am shooting in the dark for ideas. &#55357;&#56842;

7roland8 · 22 July 2016 at 3:49PM

No not my thing either! But if you look for 'Stop Motion' on Amazon you get kits - some with cameras and some just figures by the look of it - https://www.amazon.co.uk/s/ref=nb_sb_ss_i_6_11?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=stop+motion+animation+kit&sprefix=stop+motion%2Caps%2C409

Fuzzy_Duck · 22 July 2016 at 5:20PM

I recently saw a commercial for the Crayola Easy Animation Studio which may fit the bill?

It's £5 over budget but Argos have a 3 for 2 toy deal on currently:

http://www.argos.co.uk/static/Product/partNumber/5548206.htm?CMPID=GS001&_$ja=tsid:59156|cid:189934165|agid:18091992685|tidla-195121568485|crid:77627768005|nw:g|rnd:15957183677939922470|dvc:c|adp:1o1&gclid=CjwKEAjwiMe8BRD0ts3Vtv-ohWgSJAAZurk1qsvaNfMaII7qlZ4VAOKl3yM8bTpsfm-9aN-a4JZo1RoCPpvw_wcB

sethsgran · 22 July 2016 at 8:29PM

Thanks for all the relies. I will follow through and have a look at your suggestions.

paddyrg · 23 July 2016 at 12:31PM

If he's doing stop-motion, then maybe playmobil, clay, pens and card for making sets, model-making stuff for making sets (eg model train stuff), poymorph (moldable, paintable plastic which he can use to augment the existing lego characters)

sethsgran · 23 July 2016 at 11:15PM

More great ideas, thank you. I've also seen some characters called Stickbots, they look like they would be fun.

johnpereless · 27 July 2016 at 8:45AM

Clay type figures, model making stuff and card for making set.

sethsgran · 1 August 2016 at 7:57PM

Thank you I am looking at all options.

moonpenny · 7 August 2016 at 6:47PM

Fabulous book in Waterstones called "Animation Lab" £16.99. Don't know if is is the right age group.
I was looking there because last Christmas I nearly bought my grandson a sort of gift/craft box where you set cardboard cut out figures onto different backgrounds and film it. It was packaged in a box like a book but I couldn't find it.
I didn't buy because my grandson isn't a bit arty.

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