20. Go on a scavenger hunt
Use this template to create your own scavenger hunt by
replacing the items in each square with different shapes
or images.
Get started: Open the template in the Keynote app. Tap the
plus sign in the top-right to open the Shapes menu, and
replace the items in each box with shapes of your choice.
You can also replace them with emoji.
21. Concentration
Write phrases or sentences using only emoji or shapes
with a friend or sibling. Share your clues with each other and
take turns solving them.
Get started: Open a document in the Pages app and tap the
globe in the bottom-left of the keyboard to see the emoji. Tap
the person icon in the top-right to collaborate with a friend.
22. Leaning tower of pillows
Build a tower of pillows, and record a slo-mo video
of the tower tumbling to the ground.
Get started: Choose Slo-mo mode in your Camera
app, then record.
23. Strike a pose, twice
Have a family member take a pano photo with you in
the first frame. Run to the end so you appear in the
photo twice.
Get started: Start on the left side of the camera frame, then
run behind the photographer to pop into the frame from the
right side.
24. Send flowers
Use shapes to make a bouquet
of flowers. Add some text, and
send it as a postcard to
someone special.
Get started: Tap the plus sign
in the top-right of the Pages
app to open the Shapes menu.
Export as an image to share.
25. Have a laugh
Ask Siri to tell you a joke.
Get started: Say “Hey Siri, tell me a joke” into your iPad.
26. Reach for the stars
Lay on the ground, and looking up, take burst photos of a
family member jumping and reaching for the stars. The
upward angle will make it look like they’re touching the sky.
Get started: Touch and hold the shutter button to take a
burst of multiple photos. Tap Edit to select the frame when
the person jumping is highest in the air.
27. Become an artist
Take a photo of yourself or your favorite toy. Trace the
lines on top of the photo, then delete the photo to reveal
your work of art.
Get started: Add your photo to a blank slide in Keynote.
Tap the plus sign to use the drawing tool for tracing on
top of your photo. Save it as an image when you’re done.
28. Use your voice
Use Voice Memos to create an audio message to share a
funny joke with a friend, send an invitation for a virtual play
date, or just say hi!
Get started: Record a message in the Voice Memos
app, then share it using Messages or Mail.
29. Put things in order
Take a picture of each step of an everyday activity, like
washing your hands: turn on the water, soap your hands,
scrub, rinse, and dry. Put the photos in order to create a
sequence. You just learned your first coding concept!
Get started: Add your photos to the Keynote or Clips app,
and sort them in the correct order. In Clips, you can make
a short movie that includes music, titles, and stickers.
30. Personalize a portrait
Take a self-portrait and use Markup to draw on it and
let your personality shine. Do you have a cape or wings?
Maybe a unicorn horn? Green highlights in your hair?
Get started: Open your photo, tap Edit, then tap the
three dots in the top-right to use Markup.