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One card per tool named in the launch projects. Prices and privacy notes appear only when a source on this site actually says them. Otherwise the card says they are not written up yet.

ChatGPT

Turning a question into an experiment, drafting stories, and making images for coloring pages.

Cost: The kitchen-experiment guide says a free tier is enough for that prompt.

Account: 13+. Under 18 needs a parent’s permission (OpenAI Terms of Use, effective January 1, 2026). Use the parent’s account.

Privacy: Don’t type a child’s name, school, town, or birthday.

OpenAI Terms of Use

Projects: Turn a “Why?” into a Kitchen Experiment · Make a Printed Storybook of Your Summer Trip · Same Characters, New Moral: A Bedtime Story Series · From Scribble to Creature to Coloring Book

Gemini

A parent-run chatbot for the kitchen experiment. Gemini Storybook, a separate 18+ tool, is not a launch project yet.

Cost: Not written up yet. Check the current price before you start.

Account: Google offers Family Link for under-13s. Gemini Storybook needs an 18+ account, so a parent runs it.

Privacy: Don’t type a child’s name, school, town, or birthday.

Gemini and Family Link

Projects: Turn a “Why?” into a Kitchen Experiment

Paper and pencil

The prediction and the results. The thinking stays on paper.

Cost: Free. It is already in the house.

Account: Everyone. No account.

Privacy: Stays at home. Nothing is uploaded.

Projects: Turn a “Why?” into a Kitchen Experiment

Bing Image Creator

Pictures for a printed storybook.

Cost: The Apple Education story does not say what Bing Image Creator costs. The same page’s tags also say CoPilot Designer. We did not confirm those are the same product today.

Account: The story does not state an age. A parent runs it.

Privacy: Don’t upload a photo of your child, or type their name, school, town, or birthday.

Projects: Make a Printed Storybook of Your Summer Trip

Photo-book printer

Turning the storybook file into a book you can hold.

Cost: A paid print. The Apple story does not name the shop or a price.

Privacy: A print shop gets the file. Keep names, schools, and faces out of it.

Projects: Make a Printed Storybook of Your Summer Trip

OpenAI Codex

The Business Insider session used the Codex app’s dictation to turn a child’s spoken game into a browser game.

Cost: The article does not name a price. Check before you start.

Account: Parent’s account. The article does not give a separate child age for Codex. The parent stays at the keyboard. ChatGPT’s own terms are 13+, under 18 with a parent’s permission.

Privacy: No personal info. The AI is a tool, not a friend.

Projects: Sketch It on Paper, Say It Out Loud: Build Your Kid's First Video Game

Claude Code

The LinkedIn build: a parent fed a short game design to Claude Code and played the browser result with a 6-year-old.

Cost: The post does not name a price. Check before you start.

Account: Claude’s consumer terms are 18+. Use the parent’s account.

Privacy: No personal info. The AI is a tool, not a friend.

Projects: Sketch It on Paper, Say It Out Loud: Build Your Kid's First Video Game

Machine Learning for Kids

Training an image model of rock, paper, and scissors that shows up as Scratch blocks.

Cost: Dale Lane’s introduction does not name a price. We did not confirm whether a home setup needs a paid cloud key.

Account: Web-based, nothing to install. A teacher or group leader creates accounts. Children do not need an email. Usernames can be anonymous.

Dale Lane’s write-up

Projects: Teach a Computer Rock-Paper-Scissors

Scratch

The rock-paper-scissors game, and a pet that jumps when a key is pressed.

Cost: The Scratch parents page we read on October 25, 2026 does not list a fee.

Account: Designed mainly for ages 8–16. Younger children use it with a parent. Under 16, commenting and sharing need a parent’s email. Making and saving can work without that. An offline editor skips the community.

Scratch for parents

Projects: Teach a Computer Rock-Paper-Scissors · Clap to Make Your Pet Jump: A Scratch Game You Train Yourself

Teachable Machine

A clap-versus-quiet sound model, and the brick-versus-minifig image model.

Cost: The homepage we read does not list a price.

Account: No minimum age on that homepage. A login page exists. We could not confirm whether saving needs an account. An on-device option can keep webcam or microphone data on the computer. The LEGO lesson uploads a model to get a share code.

Privacy: Keep faces out of photos. Do not record a child saying their name.

Teachable Machine

Projects: Clap to Make Your Pet Jump: A Scratch Game You Train Yourself · A LEGO Robot That Sorts Bricks from Minifigs

CreateAI

Training the exercise timer’s “exercising” and “not exercising” samples. The CreateAI overview also names clap, wave, and jump as movements it can learn. Those are not the timer’s two labels.

Cost: Free, no login. Training data stays on the device.

Account: No account.

Privacy: Data stays on the device.

micro:bit CreateAI

Projects: Build an AI Exercise Timer You Can Wear

LEGO SPIKE

One hub option for the brick-or-minifig pointer. The lesson also works with other Pybricks hubs. You need a motor on port A, not a bin-sorting machine.

Cost: The lesson does not name a price. Use a set you already have if you can.

Projects: A LEGO Robot That Sorts Bricks from Minifigs

Meta Animated Drawings

Making a humanlike figure in a drawing dance, jump, or walk.

Cost: The 2021 post and the demo terms we read do not list a price. The code repository note dated 09-03-25 says the repo was archived.

Account: Demo terms: 18 or older, and do not let anyone under 18 use the demo. Illinois and Texas are excluded on the terms page we read.

Privacy: A flat drawing only, with nothing that identifies a person. Not a photo. Research use was optional in the project paper. The demo terms also say submitted files may not be deletable, because they are not tied to your name. Read the screen.

Meta’s Animated Drawings post

Projects: Make Your Kid's Drawing Dance

Tinkercad

Named on an early stub. The published drawing-to-3D guide does not use it. The parent-maker article fixes models in Nomad Sculpt or Blender instead.

Cost: Not part of the published steps. We did not re-check a price.

Privacy: If you use it anyway, use a drawing, not a photo of your child.

Insta3D

A browser preview of one drawing, a file for a home printer, and a mailed figure that was not on sale yet.

Cost: Their page says the first 3 drawings are free, no card. Mailed figures were “coming soon,” with expected US delivered prices of about $22, $24, and $26 for 8, 10, and 12 cm. The exact price depends on the shape. Read the live page before paying.

Account: The site says it is for grown-ups. Children can help paint. Not for under 3. Small parts.

Privacy: Use a drawing, not a photo of your child.

Insta3D

Projects: Turn a Drawing into a 3D-Printed Figure to Paint

Meshy

A sketch or a text prompt turned into a 3D model. This project uses a drawing, not a photo of a person.

Cost: The education page says every account includes free monthly credits. The education plan is a free first month of Pro, then $5.99 a month. That was the price on the page we read.

Privacy: Use a drawing, not a photo of your child.

Meshy education page

Projects: Turn a Drawing into a 3D-Printed Figure to Paint

Suno

Music for a birthday song whose lyrics leave out the child’s name and private details.

Cost: We did not verify a monthly price. An August 10, 2026 Suno post describes different download counts for Free, Pro, and Premier. Idea to Music says trial downloads are personal-use only.

Account: Terms effective September 3, 2026: 18+, or at least 13 with a parent’s consent. Under 13 may not use Suno. On this site a parent runs it for every age.

Privacy: For a child, do not enter a name, age, birthday, school, town, or private story, and do not upload a voice, photo, or video. If a generation is refused, change the words and try again. A separate report of a blocked counting song was not re-checked.

Suno Terms of Service

Projects: Write a Birthday Song Together

Party Genius

Rhymes, riddles, and a printable clue sheet. Paper and a pen also work.

Cost: The generator page lists the clue tool as $0. A Party Pass PDF is listed at $4.99 once. This project does not need the PDF. Figures were on the page we read on October 25, 2026.

Privacy: Don’t put a child’s name, school, town, or birthday in the clues.

Party Genius treasure-hunt generator

Projects: A Printable Treasure Hunt with Rhymes or Riddles