Computer Animation Festival
Five Best iPhone Apps to Get the Family Holiday Party Started
The holiday season provides a great opportunity for families to get together and party til the ornaments fall off. But sometimes, to get the good times rolling, you need to have some fun and festive activities planned. If you have an iPhone, there are some great apps available to crank up the family fun, encourage interaction and spark conversation.
When your holiday party starts to drag, pull out your iPhone and launch one of these apps:
FACEinHOLE ($0.99)
This app, like its online counterpart, lets you take a picture of someone’s face and put it on a number of different bodies with different backgrounds. That means you can turn your dad into a rocker on the cover of Rolling Stone; put your sister’s head on the Mona Lisa; or transform grandma into a supermodel. The possibilities are endless.
MiX’Em ($0.99)
The MiX’Em app is a great value – providing four family-friendly games in one. The kids will love the MiX’Em game, which allows them to create their own characters using the game’s array of funny heads, torsos and legs. But the real grabber here is Match’Em, a timed memory game that will have the whole family competing for the top spot on the scoreboard.
Talking Tom Cat (Free)
Family members of all ages – from grandpa to the kids – will enjoy this one. Talking Tom is a computer-animated cat that appears on your iPhone screen. Anytime you say something, Talking Tom repeats it back in his funny, high-pitched voice. You can also rub tom’s belly or yank his tail and enjoy to his comical response.
Scrabble (currently on sale for $0.99)
A perfect transition from game board to handheld device (and those little block letters don’t end up stuck in the couch cushions). This classic word game is simple and intuitive in app form. You can play with up to four players – passing your iPhone back and forth; or, if you’re a tech family with multiple iPhones, you can connect and play over a network.
Geocaching by Groundspeak ($9.99)
For those who don’t know: geocaching is a global treasure-hunting game where people hide containers (called geocaches) outdoors. This app lets you know where treasures are hidden and provides detailed directions to help you find them. Use this one to turn Christmas into a family adventure.
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