Kingdoms & Castles
© 2001 Make-Believer, Ltd.
From The House That You Built series, this program lets kids design, print out and build their own 3D castles in black and white or in color. Children design how their castle looks, choose and color character shields and uniforms, and fill their kingdoms with knights, princesses and dragons. The program is fairly simple to use, and quite fun. It does have some design quirks, however, that take some getting used to (like cumbersome toggling back and forth between coloring and designing screens, for instance). Be prepared to lend a hand with castle assembly (glue or tape required), and keep extra paper and ink cartridges on hand!
$19.95, Win, Mac
Teaches: creativity, history