Minnie Fashion Tour

$4.99, iPad, iPhone, iPod Touch (iOS 6.0 or later)

Teaches: creativity, fashion

CTR Rating: 88%

CTR Review

Dress up experiences are common these days, but not many let you use the camera to create and save your own patterns, and see them modeled on 3D models. You start with either Minnie Mouse or Daisy Duck, and can rotate through menus of shoes, dresses, head-ware and accessories. There's also a choice of pets which cannot be dressed. Once you've created and saved your fashion, you can have a fashion show, on a stage that lets you manage the music and lighting. This is a good idea, but there's a narrow range of music and light options and it's not possible to easily rotate the models. Some parents or teachers may not appreciate the girlie behaviors coming from Daisy and Minnie, and there's no shortage of pink. But there are no body image issues to deal with -- these are animated figures. Nice touches include the 3D modeling (the same used in Mickey Mouse Clubhouse: Paint & Play). It's also possible to make animated clothing. You can also turn on or off the music in the parent options. All external links and in-app sales are nicely walled off behind an age gate. All in all, this is a solid, highly Disneyfied creativity experience that is well worth the $5.