Spirit Snaps #11 – Pets

Hi all! As you might've guessed by the post title, it's time for another Spirit Snaps! As I announced (ages and ages) ago, the theme for this post is Pets! I'm glad to say I received a lot of amazing entries from you all.

Pets are a feature in Animal Jam, where you can create, customize and buy a miniature animal which accompanies your main animal. They were introduced back in 2011, originally as members-only. Underwater pets were soon added after Later, some nonmember pets were introduced (hamsters, in 2013). More recently, AJHQ has expanded how the pets interact- they now dance with your animals, play with your animals and much more!! Is there a specific pet animation you like? Feel free to leave it in the comment section below!!

Secretive Spirit Snaps #10

Hey there jammers, and welcome to another edition of Spirit Snaps! 

Today's Spirit Snaps theme is Secrets of Jamaa, or secrets in short.

There are a lot of secrets around Jamaa. From deleted rooms and items to fallen statues, there's always something new to find! What's your favorite Jamaasian secret? Leave it in the comments below! 

Spirit Snaps #9 New Year's!

Hello, jammers!

Hopefuly you've all enjoyed your New Year break with your friends and family! And speaking of New Year's, today's Spirit Snap is all about New Year's and 2016!

There are a lot of different ways to celebrate the new year! In Denmark, people collect broken dishes and give them to their friends. The people with the most dishes are said to have the most friends! In Germany, the tradition is to pour molten lead into water, and the shape the lead solidifies into is a omen or prediction of the year to come!

How do you celebrate the New Year? Leave it in the comments!

Here are the New Year Snaps!

Spirit Snaps #8 Adventures

Hey jammers! PopsicleGT here with the (very late) Adventures Spirit Snaps post!

Apologies for this post being, what, three weeks late? I've been pretty busy recently with Christmas and a vacation, but it's great to be back writing for the AJS!

As mentioned above, this week's post is about Adventures! Adventures were first introduced to Animal Jam on June 2013. However, they were member-only as AJHQ wanted to beta-test them. During this beta testing period of the adventures, the adventure prizes were different to the ones now. There are two types of adventure, Storyline and Seasonal. The Storyline adventures are the ones found in the Adventure Base Camp, and the Seasonal ones are those which come around every year and are only available in the party list for a select few month(s).

Spirit Snaps #7 Collections!

Hey jammers, Popsicle back with the seventh Spirit Snaps post!

Firstly, I'm sorry for not being able to post this last week, but I had a lot of homework and I didn't have the time to compile a post. I also may not be able to post next week as I'm going on vacation for most of the week, however we'll see how that works out.

This week (and last week)'s theme was Collections, inspired by my brother's collection of den items. A collection is defined as "the action or process of collecting someone or something." Collectible items in Animal Jam include Spikes, Worn Blankets, RIMs, Claw Machines, Den Betas, sets of seasonal items and Betas.

Spirit Snaps #6 -Fire

Hiya jammers! Pop with the 6th weekly Spirit Snaps!

The theme for this week is Fire!

 Fire occurs when you add a fuel to oxygen, causing combustion and the flames of a fire. Fire only occurs when you have oxygen, heat and a fuel, so if you remove any of these three components, the fire will go out. This is what happens when you blow on a candle- you are blowing away the oxygen and replacing it with carbon dioxide from your breath. In Iraq, there is rumored to be a flame in an oil field which has been burning for centuries. An ironic fact about fire is that the patent for the Fire Hydrant was destroyed by fire, so nobody knows who designed the Fire Hydrant!

Spirit Snaps #5 Video Games!

Hello again jammers! It's Popsicle here with this week's spirit snaps!

The theme for this week is Video Games! 

The first ever video game was Pong, which was a basic video game where you play against the computer, hitting balls back and forth on the screen. Basic compared with the HD graphics and sophisticated physics in the games of today, but it was the latest technology back then in 1972.

The best selling game of all time is another simple game, Tetris. Over in Animal Jam, the most common game is the Claw Machine, not because it gives you plushies, but because the various den claws are collectible.

Spirit Snaps #4 Alphas

Hiya jammers! Pop here with the 4th Spirit Snaps post!

Our theme this week is Alphas!

The Alphas are the guardians of Jamaa. There are currently 7 confirmed Alphas: Liza, Greely, Peck, Sir Gilbert, Cosmo, Tavie and Graham. All of these 7 have been featured in Adventures apart from Sir Gilbert! It's said that the Alphas of Jamaa came from a foreign world to fight the phantoms and reclaim Jamaa for good. AJHQ says that each of the Alphas have different skills and characteristics. It's said that the animal statues in the Mystery Emporium in the Temple Of Zios represent the upcoming alphas!

Spirit Snaps #3 Candy!

Hello there jammers! PopsicleGT here with the third weekly Spirit Snaps post!

This week's theme is Candy. I felt that this theme was fitting because we've all been out trick or treating, and what do we get from trick or treating? That's right, candy!

The word candy originated from the Sanskrit word 'Khanda". "Khanda" means fragment, which is what candy is- a little piece, specifically, a little piece of food. Although candy is usually seen as having sugar in it, originally candy was made using honey. Jelly beans, one of the most popular types of candy, originated from the American Civil War, when a confectioner (candy maker) began sending them to soldiers fighting. Jelly beans are supposedly inspired by Turkish Delights. Another strange fact about candy is that bubble gum was only colored pink early on because pink was the only available food coloring!

Spirit Snaps #2 Mountains, Snow and Ice!

Hey there jammers! Popsicle again with this week's Spirit Snaps!

The theme for this week is Mountains, Snow and Ice.

Mountains are massive sections of land which rise up from the area around them making them prominent. Usually, mountains are formed when two of the earth's crust plates collide and force upwards, a bit like when you push your fingertips together and they are pushed up! The highest ever discovered mountain is Olympus Mons (Latin for Mount Olympus), which is found on Mars. It's 16 miles high, about 3 times the height of earth's Mount Everest! The highest unclimbed mountain on earth is Gangkhar Puensum, which is the 40th highest mountain. It hasn't been climbed because of rules against mountaineering in the area.

Spirit Snaps #1 Spookiness, Halloween and Night of the Phantoms!

Heyo jammers! PopsicleGT here resurrecting (resurrecting... spooky...) an old weekly post theme - Spirit Snaps! This weekly themed post is based on that of AJHQ's DE Jammer Snaps. Basically, I pose a topic, then you guys can send in some snapshots of you and your friends in Jamaa, with the snapshot being related to the theme! The best snapshot wins a prize, and I'll also try to feature all of your submissions even if you didn't win the prize!

Alrighty, let's get onto the theme! Of course, the theme is Night of the Phantoms (Halloween) and spooky stuff in general! Halloween is a yearly celebration which is celebrated on the 31st of October! It also goes by the name of  "All Hallow's Day" and "All Saint's Eve". It is celebrated by the usual Trick-or-Treating, making pumpkin Jack-O-Lanterns, dressing up in scary outfits and much much more!

Spirit Snaps: Kindess

Hey Jammers! So I just felt as if the blog could use a little splash of sunshine, so what better than to do a post on kindness! A few Jammers gathered in Jamaa with me to show their belief in the ideal of a kind society!

It wasn't a lot but we all still had fun!

Anyways I figured it was about time I do a contest, so indeed I shall! All you need to do for this contest is take a snap of either doing a random act of kindness or celebrating kindness alike the picture above!

Spirit Snaps: Zios

Howdy Jammers! So awhile ago I did a post about Mira and everyone felt Zios was being left out, so today I decided to feature Zios, being he as just as important! 

Zios created the land of Jamaa with Mira. Their spirits sweep the land. It's nice AJHQ leaves little memorial spots for both Zios and Mira but wouldn't it be nice if AJHQ created a special Jamaa holiday to celebrate the Alphas. To forgive all of the scamming and hatred between certain Jammers and we could all celebrate the true morals of Jamaa.

Thanks for Reading! Play Wild and Jam On!

Spirit Snaps: @pr!L F00L$

Happy April Fools Jammers! I h0p3 y0u w3r3 @bL3 t0 m@k3 0ut th3 t!tL3 h3h3h3. Anyways heres a little snap fitting the theme!

AJHQ decided to pull a little prank on us all as well!

Spirit Snaps:Mira

Hey Jammers! I had just realized it has been almost three months since I started writing on this lovely blog! My goodness time travels fast! Anyways, I figured I would kind of take a trip down memory lane by revisiting the topic that landed me an opportunity to join the AJS family! Mira's Spirit. 

Mira. Her elegance sweeps us all in aw. Perhaps just some silly legend some may argue, but then again you could say that to just about anyone, how do we even know this isn't some silly legend, life. I do suppose my words aren't coming together for such a meaning I intend, but all I know are crazy memories that nor too come together for a meaning 'til I look back once it is all over. Follow if you can, but to be honest I can barely make out the meaning and value between these words myself. Down to brass tacks, Mira is impeccable. Don't agree? Believe what you will and for I shall too.

Spirit Snaps:Arrival of Spring!

Hey Jammers! Hope you have all been well lately! Anyways can you believe in just two days it will officially be spring!?! However where I am it sure doesn't feel like it hehehe. Any who, some very kind and patient Jammers came to my den to help celebrate the arrival of Spring with me!

Thank you whitfunny, fash9, and kraftykay for helping me with this!

Spirit Snaps:Pi Day and Lions!

Hey Jammers! Dreamgirl here with another Spirit Snap! Since Pi Day is right around the corner, some Jammers came to my den to celebrate! Can you believe it only happens once a century? 

Thank you to bunbun32993, gabi0321, and saesaesee for helping me with this! Oh but sorry to Miss Cutewinner as I never got a chance to copy your username down.

Spirit Snaps:Comic WInner and Lucky Day Parties

Hey Jammers! If you can recall last weak I invited you all to send in some comics, and the couple entries I received were amazing! However I found this one to be ever so cute and creative!

Congrats Wombats! Hehehe that rhymed, anyways I still never chose the prize however don't worry I will get a prize to you soon!

Spirit Snaps:Anti-Bullying Day

Hey Jammers! So today is the Canadian Anti-Bullying Day! Now everyday should be anti-bullying day, however. But not that any of you lovely Jammers would ever bully someone, it is just important we show respect. One of my buddies and I got together to celebrate! 

Thank you kittycat9203 for celebrating with me!

Moving on, I have been trying to come up with a cool contest and recently I did. So I'm pretty sure you all read Animal Jam's Blog (the Daily Explorer)  and if you do you are probably familiar with those comics AJHQ has been doing. So I was thinking I could do a contest for comic strips, you can just take some screen shots and put them into a comic strip format (you can make a collage using several photo editors, I tend yo use PicMonkey). I am not certain what the prize will be...

Spirit Snaps:Nonmember Love!

Hey Jammers! Now I realized my last post caused quite a lot of uproar about rares and members and scammers and hackers and all sorts of controversial topics. Anyways I just wanted to say sorry because I think it went a little to far in a hostile/negative direction. Anyways I figured to kind of tie into that in a more light/loving way this post is about nonmembers. I personally don't like speaking with labels such as member and nonmember however. Anyways I wanted to feature some nonmember related snaps I had received.

Thank you to jackfighter123 for sending this in.