I let other people's babies play with my iPad, usually to shut the whining brats up when they start to cry (again). The soothing tones and gently flashing pulses of SoundPrism usually do the trick, but inevitably these impatient monsters start to stab at the screen, harder and harder until I'm worried about them smashing the glass with their stubby, undeveloped fingers.
So, seeing as kids are pretty easily amused, I'm thinking of taking the anaPad with me whenever I can't get out of visiting my over-breeding friends. The iPad-shaped toy is a magnetic whiteboard set into a plywood frame. Down at the bottom is a slot for a dry-erase marker, and on the screen are six magnetic "icons" which can be stuck, unstuck and slid around.
The AnaPad comes from Etsy makers twigcreative, and costs just $30 (or a lot less than a replacement iPad screen). Because of those icons, don't give it to any child under three years unless you're happy to see them choke. Also because of those icons, which so closely mimic Apple's own as to be veritable lawyer bait, I advise ordering soon.
Available now.
anaPad - children's creative tablet [Etsy via Cult of Mac]
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