Windows Movie Maker would work fine for that kind of effect.
It is only a series of pictures, which are just added to a time line one after another.
Movie maker comes as standard with XP lately, so you would not need to worry about downloading.
Here's a tutorial on how to make stop motion videos. Of course the tutorial is on a Mac, but I think using Windows Movie Maker or any other video-editing program will suffice.
Unless you want to look into paying for a video-editing program, Windows Movie Maker is probably your best free choice.