Tips and hints that you might find useful as you explore ScratchJr. For answers to more general questions about ScratchJr, see the Frequently Asked Questions.
Making, Renaming, and Deleting Projects
Learn how to make a new project, rename an existing project, and delete a project.Watch video
Character Animation using the ScratchJr Blocks
Make a simple script by connecting blocks together.Watch video
Sharing ScratchJr Projects
You can share projects by email. On iPads you can also share project by AirDrop.Read more
Sample Projects
The Sample Projects library is a collection of eight pre-made projects that use a range of blocks and features to show you the variety of projects you can make with ScratchJr.Read more
Character List Scrolling
If there’s a scroll bar in the Character List on the left of the Stage it means you that you have more characters in your project than fit in the list on the screen. You can scroll through this list of characters by swiping up or down on the list, but not on the scroll bar. The order of the characters doesn’t matter for any of the action in the project
Copying Characters
To copy a character and its scripts, you can drag the character from the list of characters on the left over to the list of pages on the right. This will work for copying characters to the same page and to other pages. The scripts and sounds will copy along with the character, but then the scripts are separate, so when you change the scripts or sounds of one of the copies, it won’t affect the other existing copies of the character.
Copying Scripts
You can copy a script (set of blocks) from one character to another in the same project.Read more
Multi-page projects
Projects can have up to four pages with their own characters and scripts.Read more
Moving Backwards
You can make a character move backwards by giving your motion blocks negative numbers. If you want to make your character face the opposite direction without moving forward or backward, add a motion block with a zero and tap on it.