Labo Halloween Car
© 2015 Labo Lado Inc.
Just in time for Halloween – a playful new design app that has both tricks and treats, plus some nice problem solving opportunities. First you design a funky car with some painting tools, custom wheels and Halloween-themed stickers. Next, you get to drive your car on one of a dozen tracks that start easy and get harder. We’ve seen this “design then drive” formula many times before, but this is the first with a haunted theme. We liked how each track has just one finish line but many possible ways to get there. This may involve jumping over spikes, timing a jump to hit a moving platform, or choosing the shortest route through a maze. If you’re not feeling creative, you use a blueprint to make your car, and it is easy to save your progress or your car designs. Need to know: show children how to jump, reverse, and start over if their car gets stuck.
$1.99, iPad, Android, Kindle
Teaches: spatial relations, logic, some creativity, vehicles, cars, temporal relations
CTR Rating: 92%