How To Get Creative Using Emojis

If picture speaks a thousand words how many does an emoji speak?

Just a few years ago we had to settle for conveying our emotions with limited combinations of punctuation : ( But now we have been given the gift of emojis, and it has changed the way we communicate on our phones.

For the majority of smartphone users, a text or a WhatsApp just isn’t complete unless there is at least one emoji in it. Rather than describing what we’re doing or how we’re feeling, an emoji can do it for us. Why bother with adjectives when a winky cat will do?

Are you a basic emoji user only using the occasional yellow face and little else? Have you reached the extent of your emoji creativity and need some more excitement in your emoji life? There are thousands of fun ways you can use emojis, and here are just five suggestions!

Emoji pictures

With a little imagination and some of the cloud and tree emojis for the background, you can make whole landscapes and scenes. Who would have thought that all those multi-coloured hearts (along with the handy blue background of iMessage) could come together to make the house from Up!

Plan your outfit

Ok, the emoji icons are a bit limited, and not perhaps what you’d wear (I mean, those sandals, really?) but there are loads of fun combinations to be made.

Emoji Stories

If you have some time on your hands (and I mean some time – this took me AGES!) try writing your favourite song out in emojis – or as many emojis as possible, and see if your friends can work out which song it is.

**Been inspired with our emoji prowess? **Find out how you can add emojis to your iPhone keyboard here!

Crack some puns

There is a whole world of funny emoji based puns to explore, and sometimes the simplest are the most effective:

Play a game

Dig out those underused shapes from the last page of the emojis to play some classic games, such as noughts and crosses. Connect four also works in a similar way and for the more ambitious, try chess!

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