New and Nifty Technology - September 2009

Color Your World

 Crayola has a new way to integrate playing on and off the computer. Its Lights, Camera, Color creativity program lets kids remove the color from digital photos, print out the black and white versions, and use crayons to color them back in. They can add graphics and text, too. You can see how the program works free at craylon.com/colorme, but to print out personalized coloring pages, you need the code on specially marked boxes of Crayola crayons. The codes come on 48, 64, 96, and 120 count boxes, and on the 150 count Crayon Tower, $24.99 at amazon.com.

Sweet Memories

 Kids with a sweet tooth will love saving their work or sharing photos or music with Hershey's Miniatures memory sticks. The USB memory sticks are shaped like Hershey's milk chocolate, Krackel, and Mr. Goodbar; for those who don't like chocolate, try Twizzlers or Bubble Yum. In 1GB, 2GB or 4GB; $14.99-$29.99 at Best Buy.