We were in Seattle with the Suarez family (from The Old Schoolhouse Magazine) last week and it happened to be Skylar's birthday. He even got to visit the Space Needle on his birthday! (I'll post pics and blog about it soon)

Since we were at a Convention (WATCH) on his birthday I took him shopping in the exhibit hall and he

picked out this from the Timberdoodle booth (love those guys!).  Find them HERE.

They are movable, posable guys called Stikfas. This is the G2 Alpha Male Outdoor Adventurer. lol Then we got this :

Which is their Stop Motion Animation kit. I wasn't sure how hard it would be to make movies, but we finally sat down with it yesterday and figured it out.

This is Skylar's first movie: The Canoe Trip. He did the movie and I did the title, credits and sound. (I couldn't figure it out until after he went to bed). You might want to right click and open in a new window as I couldn't get the video to embed.

And here is what he did this morning, all on his own. This move is over 400 still shots. And it involves three different programs to put it all together. So, the fact that he can do this, at only 9 years old, is pretty impressive!

I'm sure he'll get better and better as we learn to use transitions, sound effects and special effects. This was just our first attempt. I have a feeling this was a great investment! He even ordered another set of "guys" online with some of his birthday money.