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DressTots
A dress-up game for ages 3–5 with no shop: dress Button the chameleon and your own figure — every colour, pattern, hat and pair of shoes is here already, nothing to earn, buy, or unlock. Name the colours out loud together. On-device; nothing leaves your device.
▶ Play it nowBuilt for sittings of about 10 minutes on the screen. That is our design budget, not a measurement.
Meet your mentor
Every Spark & Anvil app has a friendly mentor character that demonstrates, asks, and patiently scaffolds learning.
Mentored by Button
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Meet the cast
DressTots has a tiny friendly crew who make dressing up something a three-year-old can hold: Button the chameleon can wear ANY colour you like - and every colour is already yours; Fleck the butterfly turns a plain coat into spots or stripes; Sox the puppy tops it off with a hat and a pair of shoes; and Pockets the kangaroo keeps a big soft pouch that holds every colour, hat and shoe - always full, never rare, nothing to buy. Each friend shows ONE gentle idea about dressing up; everything is spoken, and there is no way to lose.
Button
Any colour is yours - Button the chameleon, who can turn any colour you like and shows that every colour is already on the shelf, free to pick; say its name out loud
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Fleck
Make a pattern - Fleck the butterfly, who turns a plain coat into cheerful spots, or happy stripes: you choose the pattern, and neither one is wrong
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Sox
Top it off - Sox the puppy, who finishes any dress-up with a hat on top and a pair of shoes for your feet (the little extras)
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Pockets
Everything's already here - Pockets the kangaroo, whose big soft pouch holds every colour, hat and pair of shoes, always full and never running out: nothing to earn, nothing to buy, nothing 'rare'
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What's inside
Learning goal
A dress-up game for ages 3–5 with no shop: dress Button the chameleon and your own figure — every colour, pattern, hat and pair of shoes is here already, nothing to earn, buy, or unlock. Name the colours out loud together. On-device; nothing leaves your device.
Mentored by Button — no data leaves the device.
How DressTots handles your kid's data
- ✅ All progress, settings, and AI-generated content stays on the device
- ✅ No analytics, no tracking, no third-party SDKs
- ✅ Free — no ads, no in-app purchases
- ✅ No personal information collected from children — in line with COPPA (updated by the 2026 FTC amendments)
- ✅ No chat with strangers — play-together rooms use a short code and preset emotes, never typed messages
For you, the grown-up
The grown-up side of DressTots on Spark & Whetstone, our free site for grown-ups: Looking at Pictures Together. They mix and name colours; you ask what they notice first.