Osmo 901-00014 Starter Kit (New Version) for iPad Creative Drawing & Problem Solving/Early Physics Base Included, Ages 6-10+
Creative Starter Kit for iPad
Educating Children 5-10 years old
As parents you can expect your child to have the following game play experience: Travel on an adventure & solve story problems with personal drawings brought to life instantly on the iPad (Monster) along with drawing problem solving/early physics (Newton), creative drawing skills (Masterpiece).
What’s in the box:
- Osmo Base for iPad
- New Creative Board
- 4 dry erase markers
- Microfiber eraser pouch
- 3 Game Apps: Monster, Newton, and Masterpiece
What They Will Learn
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Drawing DetailEach activity with Mo has many different versions to play again & again. | Drawing SpeedYour child’s drawings can come to life! Combining hand drawings with fun characters sparks their imagination & drive to learn. | Problem SolvingStart thinking with shapes! A timeless game reinvented using a fully interactive video experience. | Visual ThinkingLet your child learn while having fun and not realise that the fun is really all about learning. When your child’s drawing is done, you can share an awesome time-lapsed video of the masterpiece! |
Ways to Learn
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MonsterDraw & watch Mo bring your physical drawings to life in his animated world! | Newton60+ levels of creative engineering. Guide virtual balls with real-life objects. | | |
Real Play, Real Learning
Osmo is Magic!
Osmo brings learning to life, using hand held pieces with an iPad.
A great entry to the Osmo universe, the Creative Starter Kit for iPad includes everything your kids need to experience hands-on learning and digital fun in three different ways.
You will have the ability to monitor what your child is doing in the game and their progress as they start the program and grow into more advanced learning.
Your child can self guide themselves on this learning adventure.
| Dimensions: | 8.26 x 30.48 x 24.38 cm; 910 Grams |
| Model: | 901-00014 |
| Material: | Plastic |
| Batteries Required: | No |
| Age: | 5 – 10 years |
| Assembly: | No |
| Material: | Plastic |
My son loves to play with this device, and keeps him engaged for 30 min or more at a time. The white board is difficult to clean with the pouch/wiper supplied, it never really is completely clean and sometime interferes with the control of the games. The markers provided were already somewhat dry, although any other whiteboard markers can also be used.
Absolutely love this product so interactive and fun to help kids get creative
Perfect for helping our 3 year old with drawing and with following instructions.
Entertaining and helps my daughter to improve her drawings more.
What a great addition to my kids tablet experience. Love the hands on features! Both my 5 and 6 year old love this.
Such a great product my children love it! A wonderful price for endless fun and learning. My children are 3-5-7 and 9 and they all equally love it! Good for all ages
I bought several of the osmo setups for Christmas for my kids and I have been really impressed with how well they work and how fun they are and my kids are engaged.
I think I bought all of them actually after I bought two and my kids love them so much I went ahead and got the rest I highly recommend these. My eldest really loves the coding and the pizza game and my little one has his own setup and he loves to do the costumes.
Very happy with these purchases.
Purchased as a Christmas gift for my 5 year old daughter. She loves it and thinks she’s playing video games like her daddy.
We purchased these for our granddaughter’s for Christmas. They love them. Their are so many different apps that go with the OSMO software. They are really enjoying the apps and learning lots. Highly recommend OSMO products.
My daughter loves this. It’s very interactive. I bought it for her to practice drawing and she enjoys playing for hours.
Bought for a 5 year old. Excellent product. Have already bought additional products that go with it. Easy to set up, and easy for a child to follow, great characters and entertaining for the adults too!!!
My daughter is obsessed with this gift! Great fun educational toy!
Purchased six of these for Grandchildren!! They love them and we do as well. So many teachable moments!
Love everything, my child has fun but the reflector doesnt work.
My grandchildren loved this. Even the adults were eager to watch the kids create their drawings and watch them come alive!
It is simply brilliant.
Sadly one pen arrived dried up, but otherwise a really great, educational product. Would highly recommend.
Great product! My child (5) enjoys drawing with Osmo (who has such a Fun Charismatic personality!!) and this def encourages creativity. I thankfully got it on sale- a deal of the day item ($60) otherwise I feel like it’s a bit overpriced (it was $80ish) The App is free (which is great) but the board is just a dry erase board. I know I’m paying for the equipment that helps the the tablet “read/see” what’s drawn but just feels a bit expensive For what it is. BUT with that being said I would recommend for a creative learning tool if you catch it for no more than $60
Fantastic product I strongly recommend as an educator. Great learning tool in so many ways. I also recommend the other Osmo products as well.
This is absolutely genius!!!! My 4 year old daughter loooooooooved it!!!!
Amazing tool. We love it. So interactive and works great.
My 6 year old granddaughter absolutely loves this activity! All of the activities are creative and interactive. I recommend this product. It was worth the purchase price!
Not bad, had to go searching in the App Store for the Monster app which is more fun. The pens are not great, don’t wipe well and a little dry. We have a set of coloured whiteboard pens which are much better. However nice that you don’t need the board so can draw onto paper.
I suspect this has limited appeal for 9 year olds but good to encourage drawing. Def look for a deal though as not really worth more than 40.
She now uses the masterpiece game just as much and once she got the knack of tracing the lines she can draw some quite detailed pictures.
We haven’t really used the third game but hopefully this is something she will use at a later date.
We are so pleased with the product that we also purchased the genius, pizza company and frozen 2 super studio for Christmas all of which seem very good. (Wish I had known about this when we were home schooling in lockdown!)
Only negatives are one of the pens supplied hasn’t really worked since we got it and Amazon reduced the price by another 5 before I had received the product and would not reimburse without cancelling or returning the item.
Love this. My son plays with it a lot and I love that he’s learning while playing. Can’t recommend enough.
Kids loves the drawing games with OSMO. Can be played with a regular dry erase board and markers, but these ones are good quality and were purchased in sale.
While I and my sone were playing with this I kept getting the feeling that this was technology looking for a purpose. Yes what they do is cute and quite ingenious but after a little while we seemed to run out of purpose for it. Everything is baed around drawing something which your tablet then photographs and mixes with whatever they chose to put on the screen.
I’m sure the principle is that they are teaching people to draw but really what they are doing is teaching people to trace. Within a hour or so we seemed to have exhausted the options of what it could really do. There is a lot of superficial variety but ultimately it seems to be a lot of tracing and copying and not much creativity.
Worse though is that the variety can be increased but only if you started buying there extra packages at which point the price goes up dramatically.
Overall I would give this a low rating for value but potentially a high value for usability. The tech here is very simple and I could see this becoming useful if third party developers produce something useful that uses the setup but as it stands it is a very expensive drawing pad aimed at young children.
Even though this says ages 5 and up, our 3 year old has no problem using it and she loves it. We are using it with an ipad and it works fine. I am not sure why it says it is for Fire specifically, since it seems to work the same with the ipad. It is a great way to incorporate fun and learning and is pretty easy for the 3 year old to do on her own. Drawing/creativity, and learning all in one. The markers wipe easily off the board. We haven’t had any issues with it staining etc. It wipes right off their hands and surfaces with water as well. The 2 yr old ran off with one of the markers and ran through the house with it, drawing a line on everything he passed as he sped by, and I was able to wipe it all right off of the wall, cabinets, stove etc., with a single wipe, so that was nice. This is the first Osmo set that we have tried and we will be picking up more.
First check you have the correct tablet as it only works with the one stated. Good little product, does what you would expect, our grand daughter likes it but it is a bit limited in scope and she soon got used to it. Overall a good few hours of entertainment.
This game can be used as an educational tool, especially in younger children! It will introduce children to new vocabulary words, and increase hand control and fine motor skills. The only drawback my family experienced with this game is that some of the words do not match the pictures presented. My older children were able to identify this, but my youngest would have been taught incorrectly.
With the exception of a few minor glitches, this game is awesome. Hopefully in time this game will be fine tuned to become the great teaching and entertainment tool it has the ability to be!
As with all our Osmo reviews, we make sure to emphasize this point… How much your children get out of it depends on if you have case for your Fire tablet and how hard it is to remove that case. No case, or an easy to remove case means you will play it a lot. A hard to remove case is a deterrent that will make you not play it as much. Simple as that. I recommend getting an easy to remove case and let your children play Osmo as often as possible. 5-stars!
My niece absolutely loves this! It’s a great tool to help increase creativity and keeps her entertained for hours. I love how interactive it is too.
From unboxing to use took less than 15 minutes and integrates easily with the Fire HD Kids edition. As you draw into the whiteboard it immediately appears on the fire. The most beneficial thing about this is that it’s a different kind of screen time and gets my niece away from the TV and actually learns something useful with this product.
The Osmo does not require batteries which is a bonus.
Not quite sure about this product. On one hand it adds a unique twist to playing games and using apps on the fire tablet. It is enjoyable and easy to use, a real novelty unlike anything we have tried before.
On the other hand it only can be used with three games and the interest in these does not last long. This starter kit is also very expensive considering you still need your own tablet to go with it.
In order for this type of thing to really be successful it has to become popular enough that they make more and more games and apps to be compatible with the technology. However I can’t see this becoming popular enough because of the high price so in the long run I don’t think it is a good investment because the novelty will wear off and it only has limited use with the 3 included games.
Maybe in the future the technology will be expanded and everyone will start attaching these to their tablets for a more interactive experience, and then there will be more variety to enjoy. But at the moment I cannot recommend this.
Our kids have an Amazon Fire tablet and we were looking for something additional to add to it to help them with interactive activities. The set up of this was easy. The Osmo board and tablet worked well with the Fire tablet. Everything was easy and basically straight forward. There are three game modes and allows you to get hands on with your tablet. Something we were going for with the tablet was to be educational and this kit helps with that. It’s is a great add on for the Amazon Fire tablet and is very affordable in my opinion. Everything came with a storage kit and you could use the box for easy storage as well. I would recommend.
This review is for the Osmo – Creative Starter Kit for Fire Tablet – Ages 5-10 – Creative Drawing & Problem Solving/Early Physics – STEM Fire Tablet Base Included
This is a great product, I was a bit endure what it would be like but was pleasantly surprised when I connected it all up to my fire tab. Has provide the kids loads of fun and allows them to be on tablet and do something creative. Would recommend
We were so excited to get this set and honestly I am blown away at this interactive educational game for my kids.
The set up was pretty easy, go to playosmo.com/start and set up an account on your ipad. From there you will select which start kits or kits that you have and it will load a page of all the apps you should download for those. Some games will require you to put in a code and you will need your username/password for that. You can also add your children and set up their account here – this way when they log in they just select their character/name – I did this for my children as they are 5 & 7.
What you get:
Osmo Base & Reflector for Fire Tablet, new Creative Board, 4 dry erase markers, microfiber eraser pouch (watch out the metal zipper can and will scratch the creative board)
3 Game Apps:
Monster, Newton, and Masterpiece.
Ages 5-10+ – My five year old and seven year old both play this – I will say that my seven year old moved through pretty quickly.
When the monster pulls the item your child has just drawn on the creative board into the game is amazing! My kids both were laughing and jumping with joy while playing this game.
Love that this somehow revolutionized learning along with tablet use.
My school age niece loves using this with her tablet.
Hoping that my kid can also have one of these in the near future.
We have a few different Osmo sets because our kids are big fans-they fight about using them sometimes.
We have 3 kids (4, 7, & 9) and they all love drawing! They like to use stencils or copy pictures or just draw their own creations. So, an Osmo with a whiteboard that’s for drawing and problem solving is perfect for us! It has the base in this set and all that you need for some fun artistic learning. This would be a great gift for any child who enjoys art.
Whats an amazing set to develop creativity for a child. It comes in a big box with a stand and reflector for an Ipad or Amazon fire markers, pouch for markers and a drawing board. Setting up is very easy. However, at first use, it takes some time to register and download apps and games. But after it matters of seconds to turn it on. It has a basic three apps which entertain kids and keep them busy for a long time. All three apps are creative and educational for various ages. As the magic show one is more for younger ones and more interactive, as Newton were you need to solve puzzles would be for a bit older. And my favourite one is a masterpiece, where you can use tracing to draw an image which really helps to develop motor skills as well, helps to increase stamina on doing longer assignments. It is a really good addition to any household with smaller kids.
This Osmo creative starter kit is my 4th Osmo game. I’m picking the whole set up with another base though because I originally got The one for iPad and the one (and really only) major flaw that Osmo has is that you have to take any cases off of the iPads and kindles to use it with the base and red thing. And I feel a lot more comfortable taking off the case of my $80 kindle than I do my $500 iPad. So I got this one to use with the kindle. And just an FYI I also was able to use all the games for the iPad one I got for the kindle so they were interchangeable.
This creative kit is really nice. My kids really like all 3 of the games it comes with but they really like the one where you have to get the balls into a specific area. They also really enjoy being able to draw things that would usually be to advanced for them becuase of the tracing like game. Mostly though I got this one because there are quite a few other games in the Osmo line that the creative board comes in handy for.
As I said before I highly recommend these Osmo kits. My one child pretty much hates all of those learning games that are out there and even he gets super excited about Osmo. I feel like every single school, home and daycare should have an Osmo in it. They are just that awesome!
Really fun and interactive item. Plenty of thing your can do and it literally come with everything needed apart from the tablet. There is a mix of just fun and enjoyable crafts, to more educational type things. So it is a perfect all round item. Great for young ones, they will find it great fun. My nephew and niece both love it and surprising seem to be finding the educational side more enjoyable then just the playtime crafts!
As a long-time graphic designer, I am in love with this set! What a great way for kids to learn how to create digital art! This is a good way to help your little ones get a head start on their future career skills and have tons of fun while doing it!
I had bought several OSMO kits for my 3 kids. They love OSMO so much and never lost attraction on the app games. But I have to say, for this Creative Starter Kit, you can just buy a ipad/ fire tablet base and use a white dry erase board to play the apps. No need to spend money on it.
Great ,great osmo kit,my daughter loves this ,absolutely fascinated about the way it works.Clever and educational,fun filled activity compatible with fire tablets( but be careful not with the last version of Amazon fire tablet,the one who has been released on market in June 2020),doesn’t work on this ,The set up it easy ( we had another osmo kit and we know how this works )works well and straightforward.The different game modes that they are fun ,creative,use the children imagination,develop ICT skills,speech and language and happy that my child use the tablet in a educational way and not a YouTube zombie anymore 🙂
Connected easily to my fire tablet. My toddler is too little to play by himself but had a blast helping me do it. When we did the banana one using an actual banana, he thought that was the greatest thing ever 😉
My children absolutely love this fun filled activity kit which is compatible with the Amazon Fire tablet. Set up was really easy and the application works well with the Osmo board and tablet. The whole kit is easy to use and straight forward. The app has three different game modes which all are fun and creative! This kit allows my children to get creative and hands on, they can use their imaginations and improve their problem solving. This is really educational, I’d of loved to have something like this as a child. I defenitly think it’s good value for money, it’s an excellent add on for the Amazon Fire tablet. The whiteboard is easily cleaned, there’s a handy pouch for the pens. This kit would make an ideal Christmas or birthday gift, it’s really nicely presented. The Osmo creative start kit is fantastic and I would highly recommend it.
Out of all the Osmo games we have, we have quite a bit with 4 kids this one is the most loved. The creativity, the interaction, its magical. I wish i had something like this when i was a kid. Thankfully we have two of these whiteboards so it keeps the fighting to play at a minimum but if you are on the fence about this don’t hesitate. My kids can spend hours on this, great for all ages. Moe the monster pushes your kids imagination to a level that’s unreliable and amazing. During quarantine finding anything that keeps your kids entertained and happy is a must and this is worth every penny. WE love this
Adquir este producto a travs de la pgina de Mastribu y estoy encantada con todas las posibilidades que ofrece y lo dinmico que es.
his is amazing. My 4 year-old that loves tundra absolutely loves it. Its a shame the add ons are quite expensive though. Thats the only downside.
The OSMO Creative Starter Kit is an app and whiteboard that brings your child’s drawing to life.
The set includes a base for your iPad, reflector, drawing board, 4 dry-erase markers and a pencil case/cleaning cloth.
The OSMO Creative Starter kit comes with 3 games: Monster, Masterpiece and Newton. There are other games available to purchase. Some games will require additional pieces that are stated when you download.
Monster is played with the Monster Mo on your iPad screen directing you to draw selected items that he pulls onto the screen to create a show. Masterpiece allows your little one to do some creative drawing based on outlines or their own creations. Newton lets you use items around you as well as drawing to use the laws of physics to play the game.
The game works well on my older iPad mini 2 running OS 12.4.6. In order for me to use the base, I need to remove my iPad from it’s case. The markers that come with it are chubby and can easily be held by little hands. The red pencil case doubles as a wiping cloth. After using it for a while it has become discoloured and we have decided to use a rag instead. Be sure to wipe your board clean before storing it.
My children enjoyed watching their drawings appear on the screen. My 10-year-old quickly became bored with the Monster game but enjoys playing Masterpiece and Newton.
My son absolutely loves this and it’s a great fun learning activity. Easy to set up
My son loves it. Definitely will be buying more games for it.
A creative and fun solution for the long hours we have to spend at home at the moment.
My nephews (6 and 8) both enjoy it and whereas it might not have caught their attention to the same extent if they had been able to go outside to play with their friends, this has been a great indoor alternative and they are both enjoying it. It works both with their old play iPad and with their parents’ iPad which is in use when the other one charges…
Who doesn’t like a game that teaches your children while they think they are playing? This was easy to install on our iPad and even my older child is enjoying it. The friendly bear encourages your child to draw on the whiteboard and it gets pulled into the game and app. Even I have enjoyed playing with it.
The Osmo was a bit tricky to set up as the iPad could not connect with the whiteboard drawing pad at first and it took us several attempts to get it linked up.
My daughter uses the Osmo to help her with drawing and she loves Art. She used some of the games when she first started using it but now she just uses it for drawing. The drawing tool is a bit tricky at first as you need to look at the iPad but then draw on the whiteboard in front of you – which takes a bit of getting used to.
The guide age for the games is about right but I think that the potential of the Osmo to help with drawing will extend to about the age of 13.
Fantastic product and any child who likes to draw and wants to improve their drawing skills.
My 5 year old Grandson adores it excellent and educational and fun recommend it upped the price though after Christmas which was disappointing
A Base for a iPad which includes the stand and reflector (Compatible with iPad 2-6, iPad mini 1-4, iPad air 1-2, iPad pro 9.7 & 10.5 inch), a Creative Board, 4 dry erase markers, fuzzy eraser pouch, Stackable storage for each game & 3 Game Apps: Monster, Newton, and Masterpiece.
Monster – you scribble something in front of an iPad, and an onscreen beast picks it up and plays with it.
Newton – creative problem solving and physics game.
Masterpiece – Using a picture of anything/anyone, this app produces a rough sketch of the object and provides the lines that you could use to create a drawing of that image to improve drawing skills.
I gave this to my little brother who uses it with an iPad Pro 9.7″ and he enjoys it, gets him away from other games, and provides fun while being educational, and it has been fine for the couple of month been using it, but slowly he has gone off it as there are no other apps included, and there are a few free ones but also paid ones which is where the product gets expensive over time.
It provides good fun however and i do recommend it even for the price.
This Creative Kit by Osmo is perfect for all of the creative littles in your life! This was very easily installed on to our iPad and it kept my nieces busy for hours! They especially enjoyed drawing pictures on the whiteboard only to have them pop up on the screen in front of them in seconds!
This is especially nice as it encourages learning and creative play, unlike many of the mindless games that are out there right now. You don’t have to feel bad about letting your child play with this as it is not garbage for the brain!
Despite the fact that the price tag is a little high initially, this is a great set that encourages learning and free play.
My daughter absolutely loves it she is 4 and finds it very easy to use and understand. She can use it and set it up without myself helping her which is always good.
Wasn’t quite sure what to expect from this was very pleased that my 5 year daughter enjoyed it so much, lots to do and the drawing on the pad which comes to life on the screen is amazing highly recommend
This Osmo Creative Starter Kit for Kids is basically an augmented reality toy that works by using the iPad’s camera, included drawing mat and dry-erase markers.
An iPad is required for use of this kit. You start by downloading the 3 Osmo game apps on the iPad, then set up the iPad on the included stand and layout the mat. Then kids have the opportunity to play Monster, Newton, and Masterpiece.
Monster is a game where kids can draw objects for Mo the Monster, and then they’re animated on the screen with Mo interacting in some way. Newton is for older kids because they have to draw solutions to problems presented on the screen – it’s very problem solving driven but some kids may be frustrated and disinterested depending on their age. The last game is Masterpiece is probably one of the most interesting games because it’s all about learning to trace and draw – it also converts photos to easy-to-draw outlines so that kids can draw real world objects more easily.
Ultimately, the set of games is really fun for artistic little ones. The apps are top notch quality with hours of entertainment and educational value. It may not feel like you get much physically in the kit but the apps are no additional cost so keep that in mind that they’re technically a part of the price too.
Bought this for my 6year old daughter she loves it,and is fascinated by how it works,I got this at a discounted price
my daughter loves it and so do i …. needed to upgrade tablet as my edition was too early though, i should have checked more thoroughly.
Very good, my kids love them. I ordered 2 of them.
Got this while it was reduced. It’s absolutely amazing! I would highly recommend it. I find it fascinating that it can bring the kids’ drawing to life. I’d recommend looking at the other games as well
I haven’t used but my 5 grandchildren ages from 3 to 7 love i
My 4 year old played with this for hours without needing any help. It’s interactive and keeps you engaged. It’s simply awesome how you draw something and then have it shown on the ipad.
Great for kids who love to draw. Easy to use, you really need a newer iPad though – mine is too thick to happily stand in the stand.
– comes with a stand and a mirror that attaches itself over the Kindle camera
– also has what is essentially a whiteboard and 4 coloured pens for drawing on the board
– the games are very child friendly and I did think it was quite clever the software interacted with the user, using the tablet screen effectively but also ensuring the child focused more on the activity itself than pressing buttons on a screen
– there is a parent app as well that can be used for monitoring progress – it’s a bit basic but does provide an insight into usage and progress.
Key downsides?
– the drawing apps are a bit limited in use which makes this – in my mind – quite expensive for what you get
– depending on the case you have, you might have to remove your iPad from your case before using this
– although a couple of applications are free, there are (of course) ones that you need to pay for… which I think is a little cheeky, given the cost of this product.
But overall it will keep young minds occupied (in my mind good for 3-7 year olds although I haven’t explored all of the apps as yet).
Huge hit with my 6 and 9 year old. Fun and imaginative.
Osmo is amazing well worth the money fantastic entertainment value had great fu
Osmo kits are a fantastic way to get kids engaged in a way that combines technology with fundamental key skills like drawing and writing. This particular Osmo kit (Osmo Essence Essence – Creative Starter Kit for iPad) focuses on creativity, rather than on other skill sets the Osmo products hone in on. In this iteration, the Osmo Essence is designed for kids from approximately 5 to 10 years of age to build upon their drawing skills using the displayed characters.
Unlike some other Osmo kits, this one includes the base stand (be careful as some kits don’t come with this piece). This base is required to use the Osmo kits. A big caveat here is that you will really need to supervise the younger kids here, given the iPad must be placed precisely in the base, without its protective case (provided, of course, you use a case yourself). Therefore, the iPad must be handled with care. Once set up, it provides hours of interactive fun using the included drawing tool.
Our household is a big fan of games and toys such as Osmo that manage to meld education and fun. This is easy to recommend as something that effectively spans that bridge.
A really cool toy that’s well made and put together ok
An arty educational toy that’s easy to use and great fun
Easy to set up the app and easy to use
A cool toy albeit a little expensive
The Osmo Creative Kit consists of a base for iPad (essentially a small stand like a mini-easel), a creative board, dry-erase coloured marker pens, a microfibre eraser pouch pen case, a reflector and three game apps: (1) Monster – a problem-solving adventure with Mo the monster (he looks more than a little like Sulley from the film Monsters Inc), who helps to bring your physical drawings to life on your iPad Screen; (2) Newton – early physics fun involving interactive drawing that sharpens hand-eye coordination and hones accuracy of penmanship; (3) Masterpiece – designed to boost pure drawing ability. Recent research has shown that children who spend extended periods on mobile phones/tablets become increasingly incapable of processing emotions and dealing with real-world phenomena. This Osmo Creative Kit is a healthy accessory for the iPad – it stimulates children’s creativity, problem-solving skills and artistic abilities: things that will help them navigate the real world and thrive in it.
This is a great educational tool that is also fun (and thus, the kids don’t realize they’re learning!)
It comes with everything you need to get started, including dry erase markers that are pretty decent quality and still going after a month of use.
All y0ou have to do is place the tablet in its nook, and the games are ready to go, as they are preloaded. And the games are pretty educational – angles, drawing, problem solving, speed, tracing, and more. And they are all guided by the Virtual Monster (who reminds me of Monsters Inc.). The hand-eye co-ordination activities are especially great for our youngest niece who has had difficulties with focusing on any kind of tasks, so the whole idea really has her interested and she puts a great effort into getting kudos from the Monster in her weekly “report card” (which is emailed to us to review as a family at the end of the week)
We really enjoy the Osmo kits – they really make what kids like to do educational and fun at the same time!
This toy is great once you are set up on your iPad with it. The drawing app is excellent and suitable for all ages. The drawing/story telling element is great fun, and really does bring characters to life. It also allows for problem solving learning by drawing your way through stories and problems.
The pack includes Osmo Base for iPad, New Creative Board, 4 dry erase markers, Microfiber eraser pouch, 3 Game Apps: Monster, Newton, and Masterpiece.
You can by additional bits for the Osmo, which can start to get expensive, especially when you add on an iPad and cost of this game. Overall its a great modern toy that helps with learning and would buy again.
This Osmo kit is well designed with excellent educational value. Kids learn a lot when playing along. I really like how interactive this kit is. Kids are very engaged in the playing process. There is nothing boring about the learning part.
This kit is for kids aged 5-10. It encourages kids to develop creativity and problem solving skills. All the pieces in this kit are well made. My only gripe is that the kit is a bit expensive.
I loved it, kids loved it.
The apps work seamlessly.
The accessories are of the highest quality materials.
The whole idea of Cosmo games is awesome, though expansive.
But.
Here some points that are not fun at all:
== The base can hold only the bare iPad.
iPad must be taken out of its protective cover to be placed on the base. In my kids’ case, iPad without a protective case is a huge no-no, and I learned it the hard way.
I knew that, but still, I removed the case to see how the Osmo kit works, and before I knew that the glass was broken again. “Sorry, Mom…”
You are welcome to “gofundme.”
==The markers and the screen
Every one of my three kids was so much involved in the creating and gaming process that at some point they started to draw directly on the iPad’s screen.
Of course, it’s cleanable, but I don’t like the idea of using the iPad as a drawing pad.
==The pouch
The pouch works as a cleaning cloth. The issue is that it has sticking out zipper lock, that scratches any surface it touches.
Now, remember the previous passage telling about drawing on the iPad screen? Luckily I’ve previewed the danger and replaced the pouch with a microfiber cloth. I saved the screen, but the creative board was damaged.
Conclusion.
Cosmo game sets are great as an educational tool or as a toy only if you can trust your kid an iPad without a protective case.
I had bought first Osmo kit for my kids three years ago and that kit was awesome and kept kids engaged for hours. I ordered this with similar expectations however my experience has been a mixed so far. At one point I think it’s an overkill for the given price.
Regarding the setup, it was time consuming and I had to set it up for kids. I needed to install individual game apps along with main app.
It comes with an Osmo base, 3 games, one creative board, 4 dry erase markers, and one eraser pouch. I wish if it had more than four dry eraser markers. I guess I have to buy them again :).
The tree games are Monster, Newton, Masterpiece. The monster game is a story game and keeps kid engaged. The Newton game is science/brain teaser game. The third game Masterpiece is an art based game.
All the games are fun and keeps kids entertained for hours. However I think kids will get bored after a few weeks.
Overall from quality perspective very nice, once setup can keep kids engaged for hours. However I am not sure how soon they will find it boring also most of these functions are available in some apps.
Osmos creative starter kit is an interactive learning tool used along with an ipad to transform your tablet into a creative learning tool. This starter kit comes with the drawing pad, base, red scanner and four colorful markers. It is meant to be used with an ipad. You place the ipad in the base, put the red scanner on top and use the base to draw whatever comes to mind. The scanner scans up the image straight to the ipad and your drawings come to life! Children will learn about shapes colors numbers and develop their fine motor skills. This kit helps utilize “screen time” in the most educational way and is a win win for parents and child3
This set comes with everything you need to get started with Osmo. If you already have an Osmo set you could just get the add on without the ipad base to save a few bucks. We have a few osmo sets now and the kids quite enjoy them. I like them because the kids think they are just playing when they are actually learning and being creative. Unfortunately with 3 kids it sometimes ends in someone being unhappy its not their turn. You do need to download apps for each kit so it can quickly use up space on your ipad especially if you already have some other Osmo sets. Set includes the base, reflector,dry erase board, markers and cleaning cloth. I with it came with some more markers but other then that the kids are enjoying the creative kit.
You will need to remove the ipad from any case it may be in for it to fit in the osmo base and reflector.
Very impressive draw game. Kid’s can learn how to draw with tablet help
My daughter enjoyed this so much straight out of the box.
Evening the opening was a fun experience.
The app set up was straight forward
She loves seeing her drawings come to life on screen
She particularly likes the story telling mode.
Worth every penny
This Osmo Creativity set is a fun app/white board combo that is great for younger kids who enjoy drawing. The different apps prompt your child to draw things on the white board, and then using your tablet’s camera the app brings the drawings into the app where they are animated or otherwise used to further the story, etc. It’s actually quite a fun process and we really enjoyed drawing things and seeing them come to life.
To use the Osmo you first need to download the main Osmo app and set up an account. From there you select the Osmo set you have and then you need to download additional apps for each game. So, in the case of this set, there is are three more apps to download for free and (of course) the option to buy more apps that work with the set. This means that you need to make sure you’ve got a fair bit of free space on your tablet.
The set includes the base and reflector, whiteboard, four dry erase makers, and a pencil case/cleaning cloth. You can use any other dry erase markers on the board and the app will recognize their colours just fine.
The Osmo board/app only works with iPads and other tablets. It does not work with an phone. You will need to take your table out of its case in order to attach the top portion of the Osmo set. (This is a mirror that helps to reflect the image from the white board into the tablet’s camera properly.)
The apps are a little bit simple and are definitely aimed at younger grade school kids. We feel this set would work best for SK through grade 4 or so, and it is too young for middle-schoolers and older.
The Osmo Creativity set is very fun and a good way to encourage kids to draw and use their imagination.
This is a super cool kit! This kid has the stand and the “projector” like the toddler kit, and it has a dry erase board and markers. The games that are included are a Monster story game, a physics based game, a drawing game.
The box itself is not cheap at $89.99 for what it is, I guess a price for educational games.
One beef I have is with the stand – it requires the ipad to not have any protective casing otherwise it doesn’t fit. I am always worried about breaking the ipad, a five or six years old can be careful but accidents happen so I still prefer to have the ipad in an otter case.
The first thing I really love is that is compatible with a variety of models of ipads, including much older ones! Everyone knows that most school aged kids are a bit rough with stuff, plus not all families can afford the most recent technology.
Note: you’ll want to be fairly tech savvy to set this up; it’s rather labor intensive with the apps, and the games will keep showing up to buy (which you might want to hide from the kids lol).
The games are well designed, educational, and fun. The intensity varies from simple play, to challenging, and even working on art skills.
What comes with it is quite simple; the dry erase markers, and white board are quite basic. A few more markers might’ve been a nice add on considering the price tag.
My grandchildren have played the Little Genius starter kit for preschoolers. Wee Girl is still within the recommended age group and is quite happy with it. Little Guy is just over the listed age and is ready for new challenges. TheOsmo Creative Starter Kit for iPad is recommended for ages 5-10. Note that you have to download each of the three included games separately. You can also sign up for a parent app that will let you see what your child has played etc.
Comes with the base and reflector, 4 erasable markers – purple, green, blue and orange, a pouch that doubles as an eraser cloth and a drawing board. As always, you’ll need to download the app, have a suitable device and allow access to the camera. The drawing board has a siliconestrap across the top that will hold paper, so you can use paper instead of the board. (Note that you have to take the Ipad out of any protective cases)
I absolutely recommend playing with your small ones. They’ll quickly pick up how to play, but need some direction to get started. (Gramma took a bit to figure out a few things)
Mo the monster is an engaging host, with a nice face and upbeat voice. The pacing of his speech is good as well. Our favourite game so far is Monster. There are 3 different games within this one. What you need to do is draw the items Mo needs and he will pull them into his world. Outfit his bedroom, draw things he need, go on an adventure. Always a positive response from Mo. And he makes them laugh. And the story captured his interest.
Newton is probable the ‘hardest’. It does involve STEM play which is fantastic. Figure out how to draw the lines to the falling objects bounce to the target and many more along these lines. For a five year old this one was a bit frustrating, but once he understood, he was determined to make it happen. And he did have success. For his age, this is one I will play with him. Explain the concept and then look at Osmo to see it in action.
And lots of freeplay with Masterpiece – just draw anything!
There are so many kits and additional games – we’ll never run out of what to play today. And along with that play? Lots of learning. Two thumbs up! And truthfully, every adult wanted to play this too!
I gave this as a gift to my 5 year old nephew. I sometimes find it tricky to buy him a present as he isn’t into toys particularly and does mainly play on an iPad. He really liked this, it felt like a good way of giving him a toy that he likes. It was fairly simple to set up but he learns quite a lot from drawing on it and watching his drawings repeated back to him. Great idea.
This set is, basically, a drawing set. There’s a mirror for the iPad camera, so it can see the drawing area. There’s also an iPad stand, a wipe clean board, pens and cloth/bag to clean the board.
In terms of physical product, it’s quite satisfyingly well-made. The pens are nice chunky felt tips, with easy to click child-friendly lids. The stand holds the iPad well (I’m testing with a new slightly old iPad Mini 2), including in portrait orientation, which is what’s needed for most of this set’s apps. The camera sits firmly on the ipad, but can smoothly slide off when no longer required, without any risk of damaging the tablet.
I’m fairly impressed with the whole set. It’s very minimal with its use of written words, so it’s easy for children of different ages and with different literacy abilities to understand what’s going on. Even from the opening of the box and packaging, it’s very child focused, to help them be as independent as possible. But for a couple of the slightly more advanced set-up stages, such as installing the apps (and entering your Apple password!), it would almost be possible for kids to do the whole process themselves.
Three apps are available to download for free for this set- Monster, Newton and Masterpiece. This is in addition to downloading the Osmo app, so allow a good few minutes (and ideally a WiFi connection) to set up for all of these. The Osmo app needs a grown up to sign up, with an email address and the usual process.
The main app has a little interactive activity for each sub app- for example a pencil to scribble, and paint pot to fill at the Masterpiece point in the menu. There is something about collecting bits from each of these menu areas and doing things with them, but we haven’t explored them much yet. The main menu has around ten different apps listed, but some aren’t available for this starter kit set- they need extra materials or tools that are in the sets the manufacturers hope you will buy separately. Some of the apps and features get unlocked progressively, the more you use it, which is a nice gentle incentive to keep at it- not that my kids needed any incentive, I couldn’t drag them away from using it once they were ‘into’ it.
The Monster app has a few different activities, for example ‘go on an adventure’, ‘build a house’, which proved to be fairly compulsive entertainment for our 8-year-old. The monster asks you to draw an item (bed, lampshade, etc.), which it then incorporates into the animated story. It automatically senses when the child has stopped drawing and the picture is ready to be captured. I’m impressed by the accuracy of the capture. Simple ‘OK’ buttons when the drawings are complete keep things flowing nicely.
The Masterpiece app has templates to copy, then the drawings created can be saved. It’s quite disorientating to look at the screen to see your hand try to trace a line. The paper versions are wobbly, and the experience is like drawing in a mirror, but it’s a nice way to start and help budding artists. Some of the images to copy are really quite complex, so it’s got a good age range- it caters for the Foundation Phase or preschool beginner (with several handwriting sheets to trace for example), to some pretty-much grown-up colouring in sheets, basically. This should help kids write their post-Christmas Thank You cards! As well as a gallery of preinstalled images, you can trace photos from the iPad memory, or take new photos, which adds a variety of other possibilities.
The Newton app is a physics game, where you need to draw lines to bounce balls to hit targets. Nice simple starter levels give the idea, before progressing onto more complex challenges. As a grownup, I found myself really enjoying this- it’s simple premise but compulsive, bordering on addictive. If it weren’t for the expensive hardware required, this feels like a game that could definitely go viral.
This creative set could be a great success for the school holidays. It definitely has a good chunk of longevity in it, and fun for various family members to try.
Although it is a shame in terms of accessibility, I’m not too surprised that it’s iPad only. It would be quite hard to create a universal camera system that would work as reliably as this on other platforms with their diverse sizes, not to mention having to develop the apps for more than one platform.
When I asked my other half to guess how much this set cost, their estimate was a little over half of what the current price actually is- so in terms of what you physically get in the box, it could be argued that it’s overpriced. But while the actual pieces aren’t complicated, I feel the asking price is fairly justified by well-made, good-quality parts and by the fact that a lot of effort has clearly gone into the apps, and each aspect of the design.
Also like the Little Genius Set, quality is the keyword here, but I’d add Creativity to that (unsurprisingly). It also suffers from some of the same issues that Little Genius does, but they are more severe here. By that, I mean cost. While the sets are expensive and include little in the way of toys, they can still definitely be worth it.
My issue with the Creative set is you’re paying for the Osmo reflector, stand, four coloured markers, pouch and a whiteboard, albeit a very good quality one. For the current cost, I’d love to have seen a few more markers thrown in. While you can use any whiteboard markers with this, the cost feels particular steep considering all the ‘Creative’ apps can be used with a plain white piece of paper. So you’re not really paying for the apps, since they are available for free.
I’d recommend the Little Genius starter kit over this one, for that reason. However, if you have the money for both sets, you certainly won’t be disappointed with the Creative kit either.
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Compatibility
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I was super impressed with their compatibility. I have an older iPad that I got for free on a bank deal and I was really concerned it wouldn’t work. The fact that they support such a broad range of iPad’s is brilliant, as many newer things stop support to encourage people to buy newer tech. Lots of people sadly toss old tech and it’s great to know that these older iPads could still have uses.
Just make sure yours works with this, by reading their compatibility list.
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Games
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The Osmo app is very cleverly laid out, but one thing I would caution is taking the time to get it set-up. Each game has to be individually installed as it’s own app, directed from the ‘main’ app. So it really does take some time to get everything installed and set-up. You might want to pre-set it up and then introduce Osmo to your child/children.
While the app very much encourages you to buy more by showing ALL the games, it does state clearly which toy is required for which game. It also, mercifully, allows you to hide the games for toys you don’t have, sidestepping the issue of kids who ‘see it, want it’, for those on a more limited budget.
This Creative set allows you to use the whiteboard with three games, though they can also be used with paper. Every game here feels super creative and ideal for any kid who loves art!
Monster – This is a fun story based game in which Mo (the Osmo Monster and host) will prompt your child to draw various things that he will ‘pull in’ to the screen. He then uses their drawings (for example magic wand) to play around and keep the fun going.
Newton – This is a physics based puzzler in which you draw lines to bounce balls into certain places, while avoiding obstacles. Fun and good for the brain.
Masterpiece – An extremely art-based game. This is great training and fun for a child who really wants to improve their art or just loves to draw. The Osmo app will show the drawing on the screen on the white board and using hand eye coordination, your child will draw the picture on their board or paper. This is not dissimilar to how you draw with an artists tablet on a computer.
On top of this, there is also a parent app that will track your kid’s activities in the app and send you updates, their artwork, etc.
Other games/add-ons can be bought, but the price for the toys is pretty high.
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Summary
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Perfect for places that work with children, those with a larger budget or anyone willing to prioritise a fun, creative approach to education. The Little Genius range is made specifically for younger ages 3-5.
Pros
+ Beautifully made/high quality.
+ Range of cool apps/add-ons.
+ Parental app to track progress.
+ Easy to use/well-guided.
+ Teaches, but also encourages creativity.
+ Really cool combo of digital and physical play.
+ Supports a broad range of iPads.
Cons
– Expensive for what you get.
– Apps are quite basic and must be installed individually.
– Need an iPad to play.
– Creative apps require only paper, which makes the cost seem very high.
Recommended: Yes, especially for anyone with a large family, or who interacts with a lot of children. For example, schools, daycares and children’s centres.
I like the idea and design of the Osmo – Creative Starter Kit for iPad – Ages 5-10 – Creative Drawing & Problem Solving/Early Physics – STEM – (Osmo Base Included).
It was a little challenging to get going, certainly requiring parental assistance. You also need an iPad for this, which is not included. I have actually used apps that do everything this kit does, so I am not sure it is necessary, but it does work if you want this type of accessory for your ipad
This is a cool drawing activity for kids to do but overtime when you have done all the activities, kids might get bored with it. I don’t know if you can use other dry erase markers after these run out and if this will still work or if they have to be specific ones from the company.
It works with an iPad and a firetablet but I wish it had the ability to work with other tablets too.
For this price point it is a big much as it would probably get boring fast for kids after playing for a while.
Setup was a little confusing the first time around, but after downloading the main OSMO app, giving an e-mail and typing in the number sent in an e-mail, I we were off to the races. All the pieces of the OSMO set: base, mirror and board, are very well constructed and the mirror magnetically attaches to the base when not on the iPad which should hopefully help prevent it getting lost. Almost every iPad other than the first one is compatible, but you will need to be on at least iOS9 according to their site.
The red reflector easily slips onto the top of the iPads over the front camera and the ipad sits in the base. The white board piece also has groves in the top that helps it align with the base so it is all very intuitive and the app helps to ensure setup is correct. Of the three included apps, the Monster app was our favourite as after following along as drawings on the white board come to life and get pulled onto the screen! Newton was a little hard to play as it isn’t as intuitive as playing a similar game on the ipad screen itself and the masterpiece one is somewhat similar as you end up looking at the screen instead of the board to get feedback about drawing. Overall the apps are very well done and the level of engagement made it hard to peel my son away to give his sister a turn.
In terms of cons, we noticed occasional glitches where drawings are “pulled in” with pieces missing; or if the whiteboard is misaligned a red border will appear in what’s “pulled in” as well. There is a noted issue with the Masterpiece app not working well with southpaws due to how the app finds the pen tip. Finally, as with all white boards, it won’t erase perfectly every time so there will likely be the need to buy whiteboard cleaning solution eventually.
Overall, this is a great addition to a tablet that will help budding artists bring their drawings to life but this really is more of a intro set… I say that because there are only three included games and there are a lot of other OSMO apps available. I’m quite impressed by the OSMO ecosystem as there are other coding kits that come with programming blocks, and a Pizza co game with pizza toppings and money pieces which will have your little ones preparing pizza and making change. Very impressed with what I’ve seen so far and I highly recommend this particular set for the little / aspiring artists out there. But based on my experience here, I think these OSMO toys and sets are just an easy recommendation and make for a great learning tool as well and will look to get some more play sets in the future.
Osmo products are original and clever. This kit is a great way to get started. In the box is an adjustable iPad stand, a ‘reflector’ to hook over the iPad camera, four dry-wipe markers, and an eraser that doubles as a storage pouch. There are three iPad multi-level game apps and a parent app to download.
The games major on fun but do encourage some learning too. Monster and Masterpiece are drawing games, while Newton attempts to teach the fundamentals of physics. Monster is most successful so far. The way drawings come to life on the iPad is very clever, but the voice is American – you might prefer a UK voice while your children are still learning. I’d like to see more activities included in the games, given the price. As it is, they could become a little repetitive before long, pushing you into buying add-ons
Be warned that, if you want to use a case on your iPad, you’ll have to buy one from Osmo. Other cases aren’t compatible. The price? 49. Really!
We haven’t finished testing this yet, but I’ll submit my review for now and try and remember to add to it later. We do like what we’re seeing and feel the price is reasonable but have some concerns about the longevity of the games.