Mood Lifting Mom Toys

Sharp Shooter
This tiny camera is packed with big features, like a super-powerful zoom lens, automatic red-eye correction, and face- and motion-detection technology that will make blurry photos a thing of the past. In three perfectly retro pastel colors. (Canon Powershot E1-1, $199; usa.canon.com)

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At Animoto.com you can create a very cool music video for free. Just upload 12 to 20 photos, pick a track from the site's library, and in five minutes you'll get a 30-second video e-mailed back. Longer vids will set you back $3 -- or pay $30 a year to make as many as you want.