My 9 year old loves to draw and he's a pc addict so I am looking around for a very basic program with which he can work with on the pc instead of on paper but it has to be something which will be fun for him, any ideas please? Thanks.

My 8 year old uses Paint.

Not a bad idea [thanks], I will start with that but I am looking for a software with projects.

I have found quite a few here:

http://graphicssoft.about.com/od/sof...g_Children.htm

I know it may seem a tiny bit advanced but Bamboo makes a cool drawpad that my kids use all the time. It comes with coral draw(basic version and other software too) which is very easy to use.

Your child can draw on the tablet and it shows up on the screen via usb. I use mine all the time for graphics.
http://www.wacom.com/bambootablet/bamboofun.cfm for info.
I got mine at Best buy. They make one suited for younger kids as well I think, but bamboo is not too advanced for a 9 year old who is uses a computer often. There are other brands, I'm not endorsing only this one.

Hope this helps!

Thanks but I don't know if this may be for him as I need something with activities to keep him interested, if it's up to him simply drawing, he'll spend maybe 15 minutes and that's it.

Good point...

Fisher Price makes one with activities for around $50
http://www.fisher-price.com/us/produ...t.asp?id=40693

Also other sites with projects:
http://www.puzzlepixies.com/pixie-paintings/
http://www.coloringpage.org/

Do "online drawing kids" search on google. There's lots!

Thanks a million, I will look into the sites and especially the Fisher Price product.

Almost forgot about pivotstickfigure animator. Free download...
http://pivot-stickfigure-animator.en.softonic.com/
My 10 yr old spent 3 hours on this a few nights ago!

Get him Adobe Photoshop, he'll have a blast.

Get one of them graphic tablet thingys and he can draw on paint?

I liked the one from curious George on the first list that was posted, you should check that one out too

so far so good.

Originally Posted by narutoo

Corel Draw. is the solution

Did you ever tried to read the post? The OP is asking advice on a software to use for an 9-Year Old Kid.

I don't a 9-year old kid can use Corel Draw in an easy way. The interface of corel draw is not a very user-friendly one.

i agree... corel draw's interface is a little confusing...

Well guys, to be honest, I am stumped, I bought the fisher price game and now have to resell it, he used it once and that was it. I have to assume that he simply likes to draw on paper whenever he feels like it?

so many graphic software are there.... you can start 1st with paint brush . when he is free on hand then go with Flash. The animation there is really interesting & easy tooo.