Age 5. Kidizoom
Instead of supplying your budding photographer with endless disposable cameras or — gulp — giving her yours to try, let her snap her own candids with the durable Kidizoom digital camera from Vtech. It comes with thick, molded hand-grips and three kid-specific games, as well as editing software that can add funny borders to photos and a cable to display images on either a TV or computer screen. Recommended for ages 3 to 6; $59.99.