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[ShinQuickMan]

My soon-to-be six year old niece's birthday is around the corner. She likes to draw, so I thought about getting her a drawing tablet as a gift. Thing is, I really have no idea what I should be looking for, save that it be easy to use, easy to install, and affordable. Anyone got any suggestions?

[ChairmanPoo]

This one looks fit for purpose

[ShinQuickMan]

Er... sorry. I should be more clear. By drawing tablet, I mean a computer input device that allows hand-drawing in a digital interface. My niece already has a few toys like above, not to mention plenty of crayons, simple painting oils, and canvas papers. Now, I'm thinking it's a good time to try and nudge her towards the realm of digital art. She already likes messing around with 3D Paint and simple art programs for kids. I figure she'd enjoy being able to hand-draw things in those programs with something more precise than a mouse. Hopefully, with a bit of guidance, she'd be able to expand further.

As for budget, anything less than $100 bucks is on the table, a bit more if I could be convinced the item in question is very durable and worth the value.

[Maximum Spin]

A few years back I got a decent cheap knockoff one from newegg that has served my purposes just fine. I won't bother to explicitly recommend the exact brand because it was irrelevant and I'm not even sure if it's still produced: rather, this is a vote for 'anything you find with decent reviews that promises, eg, plug-and-play functionality should be adequate'.

[Urist McScoopbeard]

Honestly, any of the ones on amazon around the $40-$100 range should fit your bill. The real question is whether to get one that has a screen built into the tablet itself, whichll run you probably $200 on the cheap end. These screens are of varying quality (with some real high def pro shit in the many thousands of dollars range), but it IS a huge help to be able to see your hands/motions AND the drawing at the same time.

Ain't nothing wrong with tablets w/o screens, many people love them, but personally I always found them to be a bit imprecise (and im no pro).

[ShinQuickMan]

A'ight. Guess I've got more to consider. Thanks for your suggestions.

[gamer31]

Hey
maybe it's still interesting for you but i have bought for my godchild the Fire HD 8 Kids Edition-Tablet, which i found on this review: https://www.technikhiwi.de/kinder-tablet-test/. My godchild is 4 years old, so this is a good one for younger kids. I don't know exactly if it is also something for your niece but maybe you can think about it

Enjoy the Birthday

P.S. Don't know if you're speaking german, cause the review is in german. But it can be translated easily with i don't know..Google or something like that

Nice Weekend y'all.

[ShinQuickMan]

Heheh. Thanks for the suggestion, but her birthday just finished a few hours ago.