Make Claymation Movies at Home!
I remember trying to make “claymation” videos as a teenager, using a regular video camera and a wad of playdough. I didn’t get much more advanced than “animating” a ball of play dough to roll accross a counter top.
I had lots of creative ideas that I didn’t know how to implement.
HonesTech has a Claymation Studio product which enables kids to make their own movies using stop-motion animation.
With Claymation Studio 2.0, your child (or you!) can make impressive movies with all kinds of polished features, including imported audio or background music that can easily be synchronized to specific video frames.
My favorite feature is the Chroma Key, better known as a “blue screen”.
You can film your toy or clay object in front of a solid colored back ground, and then use Claymation Studio 2.0 to create virtual scenery. Magically, your toy is on a farm, or in the desert!
You can view this 2 minute tutorial on YouTube for a preview on how to use Claymation Studio 2.0.
I got a kick out of this short movie made with a spiderman action figure and Claymation Studio 2.0. It made me imagine making movies with Jojo’s toys while he is asleep, and letting him watch their adventures the next day.
This is a cute YouTube video of a hand drawn cartoon made by children using Claymation Studio 2.0!
I would have loved this program as a teen, a college student, or even as an adult (I love it now!).
Claymation Studio 2.0 retails for $49.99 at HonesTech.com.
To enter for a chance to win Claymation Studio 2.0 for yourself, leave a comment telling me what kind of animation movie you would like to make first! Who would be excited to use your Claymation Studio?
One winner will be chosen at random.
This giveaway is open to US residents.
This contest will close on December 19, 12 midnight CST.
*Congrats to Tracey Byram!*
Submit Article: Digg | Google Bookmarks | Add to Technorati Favorites | kirtsy | Stumble It! | Del.icio.us
Comments
Current Giveaways:
Motherhood DVD ends 3/16
Organic Peanut Butter (US and Canada) ends 3/17
Little Thinker Doll (US) ends 3/18
Charlie & Lola DVD ends 3/24
11 December 2008, 4:14 pm
I think I would make one using my girls as the characters and create a story about them getting along then show them (maybe it will work, lol)
11 December 2008, 4:14 pm
I stumbled you (moose1204)
11 December 2008, 4:15 pm
I twittered (photobugbaby)
11 December 2008, 4:15 pm
I submitted to http://www.momgiveaways.com
11 December 2008, 4:16 pm
I blogged here http://photobugbaby.blogspot.com/2008/12/giveaways-at-mom-most-traveled.html
11 December 2008, 4:19 pm
I dugg you (moose1204)
11 December 2008, 4:20 pm
You are delicious (moose1204)
11 December 2008, 4:22 pm
You are my favorite (moose1204)
11 December 2008, 4:24 pm
I gave you a kirtsy (moose1204)
12 December 2008, 1:59 am
I would definitely have to animate my son’s favorite teddy. My hubby would like this too because he is a complete computer geek!
Honey Mommys last blog post..Baby, It’s COLD Outside!
12 December 2008, 3:49 am
How cool! Wish it was Mac-compatible…
12 December 2008, 1:27 pm
It would be fun to make one about our family.
12 December 2008, 1:37 pm
I would animate my orange cat figurine and make a seinfeld type episode about daily life, I would most want my daughter, Melissa to use this animation prize, since she is an art student and is very interested in cartooning, animation and illustration. I think this would be a great Christmas gift for her and or a santa gift for the entire family. This is a wonderful prize.
12 December 2008, 1:38 pm
This reminds me of “Mr. Bill” from the old Saturday Night Live shows. I’d definitely have fun with my son using this to make shows about our family. My son likes drama and the arts, and this would be lots of fun to own!
12 December 2008, 1:59 pm
i’d like to make a movie of my kids dancing
12 December 2008, 2:32 pm
Would love to animate my son’s galactic heroes set and my daughter’s barbies. This sounds like so much fun. Our whole family would get a kick playing with this.
12 December 2008, 2:56 pm
I’d animate my son’s Hot Wheels cars and make a little movie for him. I think my husband would be extremely excited to use this if I won it. He’s way more artistic than I am so I’d be really curious as to what he could do with something like this.
12 December 2008, 4:23 pm
I have never seen anything like it. This would be amazing. All my videos would star my kids.
It looks like a way to show them how I would have liked certain situations to turn out. Kids are visual and to tell them not to hit or yell at each other just doesn’t do it.
12 December 2008, 4:26 pm
my whole family would have a lot of fun with one of these. My 8 year old son would try to make a western he loves old western movies
12 December 2008, 5:00 pm
i would make a santa clause story and show them to all my nieces and nephews. I think not only they, but i would love it myself! i am a software developer,,,so the craze is obvious!
12 December 2008, 6:19 pm
My son would be so excited to use it. I would let him figure out what we would do first.
=) melanie
http://melaniescrafts.blogspot.com
melanieaadey at hotmail dot com
12 December 2008, 9:05 pm
My son would LOVE this! He would make so many wonderful, inventive things with this software package!! Merry Christmas!!
12 December 2008, 9:57 pm
my grandson in rare form
12 December 2008, 10:33 pm
I think we would all be anxious to use it. Probably my husband the most. I think it would be fun to do a princess/faity tale type story for my daughter.
12 December 2008, 11:02 pm
I would use drawings that my and daughter do. My daughter would enjoy this and my husband would love using this program to.
12 December 2008, 11:58 pm
I would make a movie where I am queen of the universe and the people who live with me would treat me as such. I would allow the 13-year-old to use this when I wasn’t playing around with it.
13 December 2008, 12:02 am
Stumbled - sito50
13 December 2008, 12:20 am
My son would love to direct a claymation movie. There would be no problems with testy actors and he’d have great success bossing everyone around!
mannequins last blog post..Build-A-Bear Giftcard Giveaway
13 December 2008, 12:35 am
I would make the thriller movie I’ve got an idea for. I never thought about doing it in claymation, thanks for the inspiration.
My friends daughter would enjoy using it, and would probably be better at it than me.
13 December 2008, 1:37 am
This looks like so much fun. I would like to have my sons and I work together making a movie. I’d love to have each of them in the movie, along with each of our pets. Sounds like this would not only be fun and entertaining, but educational too. Thanks for this giveaway.
13 December 2008, 1:42 am
My son’s horse collection could do anything!
Sounds good to me.
13 December 2008, 2:32 am
We’d probably start off with a star wars movie starring my kids.
13 December 2008, 2:38 am
love to animate some of the kids toys
13 December 2008, 2:50 am
MissN.com (as I love to call her) would be thrilled with this. She could make a story with “her girls”
13 December 2008, 2:51 am
stumbled! marybethi.
13 December 2008, 3:10 am
I would send my nephew’s sock monkey on an amazing adventure each day. He would absolutely love that because that’s his security blanket right now. My son would love to use this and I must admit I would use it all the time myself =)
13 December 2008, 4:27 am
I wouldn’t be using this for myself; it would go to my daughter’s beau. I’m sure he’d like to make an action adventure with this. Thanks for the giveaway!
13 December 2008, 4:30 am
I posted on my blog: http://wutgives.blogspot.com/2008/12/mom-most-traveled-claymation-studio.html
13 December 2008, 4:30 am
I tweeted: cmgnbox01
13 December 2008, 4:31 am
I stumbled: cmgnbox01
13 December 2008, 7:21 am
I have no idea what I’d make but my nephew and me would have a ball with this.
Stephen Saunderss last blog post..Merry Christmas!
13 December 2008, 7:56 am
This sounds like a good idea, Maybe one can then upload these claymations on http://www.toonio.com
13 December 2008, 9:28 am
I’d make a christmas animation to use as a christmas card
13 December 2008, 9:42 am
I’d like to do one about our dogs. My son would be using this and having a blast.
13 December 2008, 9:47 am
my kids would love this…they’d make movies alllll the time!
13 December 2008, 10:09 am
My son would love this product so much! He has been sick the past two years and two of his favorite things are movies and cats, so he would love to make cat movies! This would make him so happy!
13 December 2008, 10:49 am
This looks like really cool software!
13 December 2008, 11:30 am
a doggie movie
13 December 2008, 11:36 am
Good grief, who wouldn’t want to use this? I’d have to fight my grown children to get a turn myself. My oldest son actually has some talent at creating figures and animals out of clay or playdoh. My other son has aspirations to become a screenwriter. So between the two of them they could probably create something fabulous.
13 December 2008, 12:27 pm
I would love to do our cheerleading squad…22 of the nicest and silliest 13 and 14 year olds I know…and my daughter would be the most excited. THANKS
13 December 2008, 12:28 pm
I would like for my kids to make clay figures or maybe use their toys, a la Thunderbirds. My son is making great soundtrack music, so this project would be great fun.
Thank you.
13 December 2008, 12:57 pm
a movie about our puppy
13 December 2008, 1:57 pm
i would do an homage to Gumby and ‘Davey and Goliath.’
13 December 2008, 2:20 pm
I would make one about all my pets and their adventures in the back yard.
13 December 2008, 4:07 pm
my grandkids would love this!
13 December 2008, 5:05 pm
I don’t know what kind of movies my daughters would make with this software but I know they would love it! Thanks for the contest!
13 December 2008, 6:13 pm
I would love to create a story about a day in the life of my 6 and 4 year olds…endless adventures and lots of fun!
13 December 2008, 6:29 pm
sure my grandkids could come up with something
13 December 2008, 6:59 pm
I think a movie of my cats would be fun. My son would hve some good ideas, too.
13 December 2008, 8:11 pm
I would make one using different locationsz with the blue screen. I think I would like it the most!
13 December 2008, 8:33 pm
I would have my son draw something and we would take it from there. I loved making claymation with my old 8mm camera when I was young, still have a movie about a dragon I made. This would be such a great activity to do with my boys.
13 December 2008, 9:26 pm
My wonderful grandson and adorable granddaughter would just LOVE this software package. Money is tight so we can not buy it - they need clothes more than toys - I have to say. Thank you for this great contest and prize!
14 December 2008, 2:46 am
I would make one about my quest to be on a game show
14 December 2008, 7:36 am
I’d make a video involving claymation guinea pigs.
14 December 2008, 4:27 pm
I would like to do the drawing sequence first. This would be a great tool! I can see myself, my 16 year old son and my 1-8 art students loving it!
14 December 2008, 4:59 pm
I would love to win this for my daughters, she loves making videos and this would help her create even more unique videos.
14 December 2008, 9:46 pm
My daughters would be excited to use this. In the past they tried to use a video camera and clay to make their own stop-motion animation. They did fairly well but this would make it so much easier for them.
14 December 2008, 10:31 pm
it would be great to make a spoof of my family !
15 December 2008, 12:54 am
We would love to produce our own Sci Fi movie. Please accept my entry. Thank you.
15 December 2008, 3:14 am
I would love to use my daughters favorite happy meal toys to make a film. She has these little dolls and a big scary looking pig, that would make a great film. I would love this the most I think.
Julie Terrys last blog post..Lord of The Rings
15 December 2008, 4:11 pm
This would be sooo awesome. I would not only try claymation, but would try to make movies using toys around the house (Barbies, etc). Its a great activity that keeps you busy and is fun!
15 December 2008, 4:43 pm
[...] Card Making Kit.3Winners(December 17th)/ VHS to DVD 3.0(December 18th)/ ChicBuds(december 18th)/ Claymation Studio 2.0(December [...]
15 December 2008, 7:47 pm
If I win I would give this program to my creative teen who LOVES to create movies. I am SURE he would create a movie using Legos!
15 December 2008, 7:48 pm
I twittered this. id: freestylemama
15 December 2008, 7:48 pm
I stumbled this post: id: freestylemama
16 December 2008, 6:45 am
I’d love to win this for my son and animate his favorite plush frog. Thanks for the giveaway!
16 December 2008, 11:09 am
my nephew would get a kick out of this
16 December 2008, 3:34 pm
I think my husband and I would create a funny film about our two crazy cats — our kids would get a kick out of watching it!
Megret
musesofmegret (at) gmail (dot) com
16 December 2008, 6:57 pm
My brother is so creative! He would make great use of this with my twin sons, and with his students. He is a special ed. teacher and would do so many exciting projects with his kids with this.
16 December 2008, 9:02 pm
MY son would love to try to use this and I would love to win it for me. Maybe he wouls create the next christmas classic !
16 December 2008, 9:02 pm
I’m not sure of the exact thing I would make; just something for the grandkids in MO. The person who would love it most is my husband!
17 December 2008, 3:45 am
My nephew has Down Syndrome and I want to make stories that will inspire him.
17 December 2008, 4:41 am
I’d like to make a claymation video using small dolls and figurines from around the house and showing their relationships with one another in this environment! My niece Sarah would LOVE this claymation software studio because claymation is her favorite (especially one that was done in Great Britain about Peter And The Wolf).
17 December 2008, 5:36 am
Coolest software ever! I, too , used to spend many, many childhood hours stop-motion animating my action figures and crude clay characters. My nephews get a huge kick out of watching my old films. I would have a blast helping them to animate their Lego sets and toys. Thank you for the great give-away.
17 December 2008, 10:57 am
I would make one of my family. I would be very excited to try out this software! Thanks for setting up awesome giveways!
17 December 2008, 12:40 pm
Oh my gosh, my daughter would love this! She took a claymation class at school and is an art major!!
17 December 2008, 12:41 pm
Im also a subscriber!!
17 December 2008, 2:58 pm
My son and I just made a Legos animation video and it took forever. Would love to try it again using this.
17 December 2008, 2:59 pm
delicious-toohotforturtle
17 December 2008, 3:00 pm
techorati-toohotforturtle
17 December 2008, 5:40 pm
My daughter is writing a play about animals at school, we could animate it.
17 December 2008, 7:04 pm
I’d try to make a christmas card animation but I think my husband would come up with lots of great ideas!
17 December 2008, 8:53 pm
I would make some sort of Holiday Animation
17 December 2008, 10:06 pm
Amazing! I would illustrate some stories my dad used to tell me when we were children, everybody would love to see them as I thought he should’ve written and published them!
17 December 2008, 11:34 pm
My daughter would like to make an animation of animals
18 December 2008, 12:44 am
Christmas animation
18 December 2008, 3:06 am
this looks fun. i would love to make a movie about my son … and an adventure. so when he gets older he can watch it and tell me how crazy i am.
sarah bs last blog post..Christmas is near!
18 December 2008, 7:23 am
My husband would be the most excited because he has all these kid story ideas and characters and has been looking for a program to help bring them to life.
18 December 2008, 3:02 pm
My daughters and her dad would work on a story about our old dog. They’ve even talked about this. WOW! What a great product!
18 December 2008, 5:21 pm
something for my niece
18 December 2008, 9:17 pm
This looks like so much fun and the whole family could get involved.
We would probably do a story about the squirel family that lives in our backyard. We’ve given them names and it would be fun to bring them to “life” with this great tool.
18 December 2008, 11:40 pm
Oh I would use this in school with my fourth graders, although my own kids may try to use it too! We could animate clay figures they make in art class.
19 December 2008, 12:50 am
My grandson would love to make a Star Wars claymation with all of his men.
19 December 2008, 1:03 am
when i was young i believe that gumby was made by claymation. i’ve always thought it was cool. if i won this I would make a movie with trents little cars
19 December 2008, 1:06 am
i would animate my two crazy cats. What a riot
19 December 2008, 1:22 am
My teenage son would love this. He is very into computer graphics and anime. I would probably make a movie with vegetables.
19 December 2008, 2:38 am
I would animate my cat that used to attack me when i would cough, sneeze or blow my nose. i mean he would chase me though the house till he got me. he is gone now but i have lots of photos of him. He was a White kitty with 2 different colored eyes and this would bring me so much pleasure to bring him back to life as a charactor.
19 December 2008, 3:52 am
I’d like to make a clay intro to our Christmas videos.
And if I can’t figure it out, my 17 year old son loves work with video/movies.
rsgrandinetti(at)yahoo(dot)com
19 December 2008, 4:30 am
I’d make a movie about Ladybugs for my granddaughter
19 December 2008, 7:31 am
Oh, to make a movie using all 6 of my gandkids!
19 December 2008, 7:38 am
I just might try animating a small stack of dirty dishes from the sideboard, through the dishpan, and into the dish draining rack — and then sit everyone in the family down to see it, and explain that THIS is NOT HOW IT HAPPENS in real life!! Sounds like FUN, with a very useful “point” to it — that I can poke someone with
19 December 2008, 7:49 am
(she can be MEAN when she wakes up in the middle of the night. I TOLD her I’d get to them…) I think it would be fun, since ‘Tis the Season’, to animate decorations finding their places on a tiny Xmas tree. I did something like this with a video camera on a tripod, animating some of the furniture in a room in a very short “dance”… I was ~SORE~ by the time I finally reached an early stopping point — but it looked very cool!! So this would be better, easier — Great!!
19 December 2008, 8:05 am
I would like to make a day on the farm claymation for my nephew!
Chrysas last blog post..Download a FREE Holiday Hits CD from Oprah
19 December 2008, 2:53 pm
my hubby would make a monster movie first as that was always his dream growing up. I’d love to give him this and truly bless him this year. Have a blessed Christmas!
19 December 2008, 3:20 pm
What a cool idea! I’d love to win this so I could make a story about my son and his new baby sister! Thanks for the great giveaway!
misfitmookie at gmail.com
19 December 2008, 3:22 pm
I would love to animate the littleones and my puppy! This is just an awesome prize! Thank you!
19 December 2008, 3:42 pm
sweet
19 December 2008, 3:46 pm
Wow! My family would love this! I had no isea that this software existed. My kids would love to make claymation videos. First I think we would make a video with animals such a pig and a dog. My daughter would also try to make SpongeBob animation. Thanks!
19 December 2008, 5:14 pm
Sounds like a great program. I think we would start off animating something similair to Shaun the Sheep and eventually we would have to make a claymation of our Boxer puppy.
19 December 2008, 5:46 pm
This looks so coo! I would love to give it a try and to animate my very animated Samoyed, Frosty to make a holiday greetings CD instead of the usual cards.
19 December 2008, 8:47 pm
We would make an animated Penguin movie
19 December 2008, 9:29 pm
I would like to work with the kids on a movie with a dog that looks like our schnoodle.
19 December 2008, 9:43 pm
Okay…I have a son who loves to do this sort of thing…and he would make a movie about pumpkin figures coming to life…sort of like a Tim Burton movie. He’s into graphics and Halloween. This software would enable him to hone his creative skills. Nice giveaway!
19 December 2008, 10:03 pm
i would make a movie with monkeys my son loves monkeys and he would love this
20 December 2008, 12:09 am
I would like to make my own Chirstmas special.
20 December 2008, 12:17 am
My daughter would LOVE this! She wants to be an artist when she grows up and was wondering how to make Claymation movies! I would make a movie about our Christmas tree ornaments coming to life!
20 December 2008, 12:23 am
This is right up my 13 yr. old daughter’s alley. She borrowed a camera to make some animation. She would use our dog as the character for sure. I’d love to get this for her because I’ve been looking for something special for her since she cut her hair off and donated it to Locks Of Love. This is great.
20 December 2008, 12:47 am
I would make a claymation movie with my two Shih Tzus.. My daughter would love this product.
20 December 2008, 12:55 am
about my kids
20 December 2008, 2:32 am
my son, star wars stuff
20 December 2008, 3:43 am
I would make something like Mr. Bill.
20 December 2008, 4:38 am
I would love to share this with my oldest grandchild and we would create a park scene, she used to draw pictures of parks with her great grandmother
20 December 2008, 4:57 am
We’d make a fun family story
20 December 2008, 5:13 am
i’d make one of my two boys….and my friend Techy Dave would love to get his hands on this
20 December 2008, 5:23 am
I’d make one with animals.
20 December 2008, 5:25 am
I’d probably make a reenactment of one Thanksgiving event that was pretty funny. I think the hubby would love it the most.
20 December 2008, 5:25 am
I stumbled.
choochoo428
20 December 2008, 5:28 am
I would make something cute and funny about stuffed animals. One of my friends who loves animation would probably love this the most.
20 December 2008, 5:43 am
Not sure what kind of movie would be made first, but I tell you one thing I know for sure, my daughter would go gaga over this!
Tammys last blog post..Day 3 - Disney Hollywood Studios
20 December 2008, 6:02 am
I am entering this for my son,he would love to produce
movies.he loves animation and his favorite is Japanese
anime.Thanks for the giveaway
20 December 2008, 6:23 am
My kids would love it. I would make a movie about them.
12 September 2009, 2:07 pm
I have four little ones and we are beginning an interset in this medium. We have nothing yet. Can we take regular digital photos or does it have to be done another way