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Alexander Hagenahleft a comment
Hi Product Hunt 👋 I built Chanimate after realizing how many of my kids’ drawings slowly disappeared into drawers - or the recycling bin. 😉 I wanted more than photos. I wanted a way to preserve their imagination and actually bring it to life. Chanimate lets parents turn kids’ drawings into artwork, short animations, and even narrated storybooks. Safely, without ads or social feeds, and designed...

ChanimateWhere Children's Imagination Comes to Life
Chanimate turns your child’s drawings into magical artwork, animations, and personalized storybooks.
Kids draw on paper. Parents take a photo. Chanimate brings those drawings to life using AI while preserving every quirky detail that makes them special.
What makes Chanimate different:
• Multiple AI art styles (Pixar-style 3D, Cartoon, Anime, Claymation)
• Short, kid-friendly animations
• Personalized 10-page storybooks with narration in 45+ languages
• Designed for parents and young children

ChanimateWhere Children's Imagination Comes to Life
Alexander Hagenahstarted a discussion
I built Chanimate after almost throwing my kids’ drawings away
A few weeks ago, around 9 PM, I was doing the usual parent cleanup, throwing away piles of my kids’ drawings. Standing over the recycling bin, it hit me: Photos aren’t enough. Scans aren’t enough. These drawings deserved more. By 2 AM that night, I had a rough prototype that turned a drawing into an animation. When I showed it to my kids, my daughter shouted: “PAPA! MY PRINCESS IS DANCING!”...
