CharaKids: Help & Image Usage
Make a cheerful illustrated character with face shapes, eyes, hairstyles, clothes and accessories. This is a mix-and-match cartoon maker, not a photo-to-avatar or face-recognition service. No account or photo upload is required to create a character.
What Can I Create?
Who is CharaKids for?
CharaKids is a playful avatar maker for illustrated boys and girls. Choose cartoon face shapes, eyes, mouths, brows, hairstyles, clothes and backgrounds to make a character that reminds you of a child, a storybook character or someone in your family. The result is a drawing, not an exact portrait generated from a photograph.
Can I create a boy and a girl separately?
Yes. Choose Boy or Girl. Each keeps separate facial features, outfits and backgrounds in the same browser. Clearing cookies or browser storage may erase your selections.
Do I need an account?
No account is needed for the avatar maker or the PNG download. Children should use online tools with appropriate adult guidance. Do not include a child's full name or other identifying details in public posts without permission.
How to Make and Save a Cartoon Avatar
- Choose Boy or Girl, then select a face, eyes, nose, mouth, eyebrows and hair. The round color swatches show your current choice.
- Open Outfits to try tops, jackets, pants, skirts, dresses and hats. Use the remove buttons to take off an item.
- Use Accessories for glasses, pets and fun props, then pick a Background.
- Click Create Image. Choose Portrait or Square Icon, optionally add a display name, and save the PNG.
Which image sizes can I save?
Portrait PNG: 480 × 800 pixels for a tall character illustration. Square PNG: 480 × 480 pixels for a small digital avatar or family chat icon. Both are PNG files; a display name is optional and appears only on the finished image screen.
How do I save on iPhone, Android or desktop?
On the finished image screen, use Save Image or Save or Share. If your browser does not offer a download, touch and hold the preview to save or share it. Desktop browsers generally save the PNG from the download button.
Why is a part missing?
Check your connection and reload the page. Some illustration parts are hosted in Avachara's shared image directories, so a missing asset may temporarily prevent the complete image from loading.
Ideas for Families and Creative Play
Digital birthday greetings and family group chats
Make a friendly cartoon of a child or imaginary character and add it to a digital birthday message, family chat or personal scrapbook. Mix hairstyles, clothing and backgrounds for a different look each time.
Story characters and creative projects
Try designing siblings, classmates or original fictional characters for a family story or personal craft project. If you want to print a card, check the PNG dimensions and the applicable usage terms before ordering printed goods.
Can a school or organization use these characters?
Classroom, school, club, childcare and other organizational uses may need permission depending on the use. CharaKids does not automatically include the special senior-community exception offered by CharaSenior. Check the Avachara licensing guide or ask before using the artwork in public promotional material or commercial projects.
Free Personal Use, Commercial Use & Copyright
What is free?
Creating a CharaKids character and saving the included portrait and square PNG formats is free. Ordinary noncommercial personal uses, such as a personal profile icon, a family message or a private digital greeting, are permitted.
What uses need a separate license?
Advertising, company promotions, product packaging, merchandise, selling printed items, image resale and distributing the art as reusable clip-art are not covered by ordinary personal use. Some business social-profile uses may already be covered by Avachara's general rules. See the licensing information for the applicable usage category, or contact us when in doubt.
Can I print a gift?
A personal digital greeting is different from making a custom product such as a mug, T-shirt or stickers. Check the license before ordering merchandise, including items you intend to give away.
Who owns the artwork?
DESIGNALIKIE retains copyright in the original character illustrations, component images and site assets. Permission to use a finished image for an allowed purpose does not transfer copyright or give permission to resell the parts or run your own avatar service with them.
Read Avachara Terms and Commercial Use & License Fees. If a specific intended use is not covered, request permission before publication or commercial production.