# Please recommend an inexpensive digital camera for a 6 year old

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**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [November 16, 2011, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-recommend-an-inexpensive-digital-camera-for-a-6-year-old/603148 "2011-11-16T18:16:53Z")\
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**Author:** ![zoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zoid/32/336_2.png) [@zoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zoid)\
**Post date:** [November 16, 2011, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-recommend-an-inexpensive-digital-camera-for-a-6-year-old/603148/1 "2011-11-16T18:16:53Z")

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My 6 year old twin girls have recently become very interested in photography. I’d like to get them cameras for Christmas. Being 6 year olds immediate gratification is a priority for them so I’d like to go digital so they can view their pictures soon after taking them. However being 6 years old they aren’t likely to take very good care of them so I’d like to find something as inexpensive as possible, hopefully under $40, that’s not a toy.

Any suggestions?

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**Author:** ![Shecky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/85e7bf/32.png) [@Shecky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shecky)\
**Post date:** [November 16, 2011, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-recommend-an-inexpensive-digital-camera-for-a-6-year-old/603148/2 "2011-11-16T18:31:44Z")

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Crayola 2.1 Megapixel Digital Camera. Seriously. The damn thing is close to indestructable, unless we’re talking 2 stories onto concrete. They’re about $40 on Amazon.

Vtech Kidizoom Camera is also VERY highly rated. $52 on Amazon. If you have the extra $$, it’s probably worth it.

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**Author:** ![Avarie537](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/48db29/32.png) [@Avarie537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Avarie537)\
**Post date:** [November 17, 2011, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-recommend-an-inexpensive-digital-camera-for-a-6-year-old/603148/3 "2011-11-17T00:28:33Z")

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We bought a cheap digital for our 5 year old at Fry’s. I think it’s a Vivitar and it was $20. And it came in RED!

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**Author:** ![Alice\_The\_Goon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ed8c4c/32.png) [@Alice\_The\_Goon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alice_The_Goon)\
**Post date:** [November 17, 2011, 4:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-recommend-an-inexpensive-digital-camera-for-a-6-year-old/603148/4 "2011-11-17T04:12:51Z")

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I bought one for work at CVS pharmacy for $20 and it’s worked great since April.

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**Author:** ![lisacurl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/41988e/32.png) [@lisacurl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lisacurl)\
**Post date:** [November 17, 2011, 4:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-recommend-an-inexpensive-digital-camera-for-a-6-year-old/603148/5 "2011-11-17T04:17:14Z")

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> [@Shecky](#):
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> Crayola 2.1 Megapixel Digital Camera. Seriously. The damn thing is close to indestructable, unless we’re talking 2 stories onto concrete. They’re about $40 on Amazon.
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> Vtech Kidizoom Camera is also VERY highly rated. $52 on Amazon. If you have the extra $$, it’s probably worth it.

I bought the Kidizoom for my 3yo niece, but it was closer to $40. So far, so good. It’s pretty solid.