The Joy of Instant: CameraHaus at the Momzilla Fair

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There's a particular kind of magic in watching a photo slide out of a camera, still developing, into a child's hands. At the Momzilla Fair, that little moment had a home — the CameraHaus booth, where instant photography and family fun met right in the middle.

On June 27 and 28, The Fifth at Rockwell filled with families for the Momzilla Fair, one of the country's biggest weekends for moms, dads, babies, and kids, run by the parenting community Momzilla. Among the 200-plus brands under one roof, CameraHaus set up a corner built for exactly this crowd.

A Booth Built for Little Hands

This wasn't a booth about spec sheets. It was about play. Toy cameras and instant-print cameras sat out on the table, ready to be picked up, pointed, and pressed — the kind of hands-on setup that turns a shy kid into a first-time photographer in about ten seconds.

The Coloring Corner

Right beside the cameras, we set out a coloring space and waited for the little ones to dive in. It's a simple idea, but it fits the whole spirit of the day: give kids something to make, hand them the tools, and let creativity do the rest. A camera and a box of colors turn out to speak the same language.

Instax Takes the Spotlight

The star of the booth was Fujifilm Instax, and we brought two of the newest cameras for families to try.

The Instax Mini Evo in its soft new Gentle Rose finish is the creative one — a hybrid camera that lets you shoot digitally, preview on a little screen, and print only the frames you love, with ten lens effects and ten film effects that combine into a hundred different looks. It's the pick for parents who want a bit of control and a lot of charm in one premium, retro-styled body.

The brand-new Instax Mini 13 is the easy, joyful one. Twist the lens and shoot; its selfie mirror and close-up mode keep things simple, and a new dual self-timer — 2 or 10 seconds, with a little angle accessory on the strap — means the person holding the camera finally gets to be in the family photo too. For group shots at a fair full of families, it's hard to beat.

A phone photo lives on a screen. An Instax print lives on the fridge, in a wallet, in a baby book — something you can actually hold.

Prints to Take Home

The best part was giving those prints away. Throughout the weekend, families and soon-to-be moms walked off with instant photos of their own — a tiny, tangible keepsake from the fair, developed on the spot and ready to keep.

That's the quiet appeal of instant photography, and why it lands so well with this crowd. In a world where most pictures disappear into a camera roll, a printed photo you can hand to a grandparent or tuck into a baby book is a small kind of permanence. For an expecting mom, it might even be one of the very first photos in a story that's just beginning.

Why We Love Events Like This

Momzilla is about family, community, and the everyday moments worth holding onto — and that's a natural fit for what CameraHaus does best. We're happiest when we're handing someone a camera and watching them fall for it, whether that's a seasoned photographer or a five-year-old pressing the shutter for the very first time.

Thank you to Momzilla and to every family who stopped by the booth. If we sparked even one new little photographer over the weekend, that's a win. See you at the next one — and until then, keep printing the moments that matter.

Relive It on Instagram

Catch the official recap from the weekend over on our Instagram.

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