Minecraft: Education Edition – How to Add Custom Skins

Minecraft: Education Edition – How to Add Custom Skins

 

 

Updated: November 24 2020

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In Minecraft you are able to click the Hangar on the Home page and choose a different “Skin” for your character. Your Skin – is what you look like in Minecraft.  When you click the Hangar you will see a number of Skin Packs available from which you can select a new Skin for your Character.

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But it’s not easy to import new Skins into Minecraft: Education Edition to select from. A Skin Pack requires three JSON files to exist along with the PNG image files of the Skins. There are free online Minecraft Skin makers available like – Minecraft Skins – where you can create and download the PNG image.  But I cant find anything to easily generate the JSON files needed. For this example I’m not going to work with the Slim character skins.

This guide takes you through the process of creating a Skin Pack and importing it into Minecraft: Education Edition.

 

Step One – get template files and images

Gather Resources to Create your Skin Pack

You’ll need the following to create your own Skin Pack for Minecraft: Education Edition

  • A short name for your skinpack
  • two PNG image files for the actual skin textures you want to use – check out Minecraftskins.net
  • Two unique Version 4 UUID numbers – generate these from UUIDgenerator.net
  • Three files to edit:
    • manifest.json
    • en_US.lang (or en_UK.lang depending on the Language you have set to use in Minecraft: Education Edition)
    • skins.json

Download an Example and a Template set of these files to customise for yourself from here

Below I will show you how to edit the Template files and use the Example files as my intended skin pack. So I will end up with a Skin Pack titled – Smythe Example Skin Pack, which contains two skins called HanSolo and Stormtrooper.

Step Two – Edit Files

Edit:   skins.json

Open from the template pack – skins.json
Replace all the following text variables (including the brackets) with your names

  • SkinA name = change to your first skin name
  • skina.png = change to your first skin filename
  • SkinB name = change to your second skin name
  • skinb.png = change to your second skin filename
  • Template = change to your Skin Pack name
Minecraft skins in Mincraft Education edition

Edit:   en_us.lang

Open from the template pack – en_us.lang (assuming that’s the Minecraft Language setting you’re using)
Replace all the following variables (including the brackets) with your names

  • Template = change to the name of your skin pack
  • SkinA name = change to your first skin name
  • SkinB name = change to your second skin name
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Edit:   manifest.json

Open from the template pack – manifest.json
Replace all the following variables (including the brackets) with your names
Visit uuidgenerator.net to generate two unique UUID number for this file

  • Template = change to the name of your skin pack
  • first UUID  = generate UUID 1 from uuidgenerator.net using version 4 UUID
  • second UUID  = generate UUID 2 from uuidgenerator.net using version 4 UUID
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Step3 – Create .mcpack file and install in Minecraft: Education Edition

Now that you have all your files ready, you need to create a compressed file to import into Minecraft: Education Edition

  1. Select all the Files in the template folder
  2. Right click and choose – Send to compressed (zipped) folder
Minecraft skins in Minecraft Education edition

Change the compressed file type from zip to mcpack

  1. In File Explorers View tab,
  2. make sure File Name Extensions is selected,
  3. change the zip text to mcpack
  4. click YES on the warning popup to accept the change

 

Minecraft skins in Minecraft Education edition

To install your Skin Pack into Minecraft: Education Edition:

  1. Open Minecraft: Education Edition
  2. Browse in File Explorer to your skin pack mcpack file and double click it. This will start the import into Minecraft:EE

Additional Notes

If you want to add more Skins to your Pack:

  • en_us.lang – add additional lines
  • skins.json – copy and paste the code section for SkinA and edit accordingly with skin name and file name

Designing Skins?

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Minecraft: Education Edition – How to add a custom skin on Apple iPad

Minecraft: Education Edition – How to add a custom skin on Apple iPad

Every gamer wants to have their own player skin – here’s how you can set your custom skin in Minecraft Education Edition using an iPad.

Minecraft Education Edition – set a custom skin on an iPad

What you will need:

 

Installing Custom Skin on iPad – Minecraft Education Edition

from the App Store install the app – Documents – File & Media Manager

Custom minecraft education edition skins on ipad

Go to Skindex and choose a skin to download – save the download to your iPad

Custom minecraft education edition skins on ipad

Complete the mcpack creator Form

– Name for Skin – just what you want to call it eg. Green Among Us
– Template name – just any name for the pack eg. Among Us
– Version number – any number eg. 1.0
– Browse to and upload your downloaded Skin png file from Skindex

 

Custom minecraft education edition skins on ipad

 

 

The MCPACK creator form will create the mcpack and offer it to download – save this to your iPad


Custom minecraft education edition skins on ipad

Open the Documents app and browse to where the recent downloaded MCPACK file is saved

Custom minecraft education edition skins on ipad

 

click the Open in another app link and choose Minecraft Education Edition

Custom minecraft education edition skins on ipad

Minecraft Education Edition will open on your iPad and Import your custom skin into the game

Custom minecraft education edition skins on ipad

Minecraft: Education Edition – How to add a custom skin on android mobile phone

Minecraft: Education Edition – How to add a custom skin on android mobile phone

NOTE: if you don’t download the FX File Explorer app and follow the steps below, then this won’t work. The android phone file browser won’t do anything with the MCPACK file. 

Every gamer wants to have their own player skin – here’s how you can set your custom skins for Minecraft Education Edition on an Android mobile device. There are hundreds of thousands of people using Minecraft Education on their phones particularly in the Philippines where schools are using Minecraft Education Edition in learning.

Minecraft Education Edition – set a custom skin on an Android mobile phone

What you will need:

  • Android phone
  • a PNG file of a Minecraft skin (download free from Skindex) for this demo I’m using a skin called Red Hagelskin
  • a free android file management app called – FX File Explorer – without this app the following steps will not work for you)

 

Installing a Custom Skin on android phone – Minecraft: Education Edition

From the Android Play Store install the app FX File Explorerhttps://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=nextapp.fx&hl=en_AU&gl=US

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Go to Skindex (minecraftskins.net) and choose a skin to download – save the download to your Android mobile

Skindex Custom skin minecraft education cdsmythe 1
Skindex Custom skin minecraft education cdsmythe 2
Skindex Custom skin minecraft education cdsmythe 3

Complete the mcpack creator Form on the webpage

Name for Skin – just what you want to call it eg. Red Hagels
Template name – just any name for the pack eg. Red Hagels
Version number – any number eg. 1.0
– Browse to and upload your downloaded Skin png file downloaded from Skindex

create mcpack minecraft education custom skin cdsmythe1
create mcpack minecraft education custom skin cdsmythe2

Click Download Pack and the MCPACK creator form will create the mcpack and offer it to download – save this to your Android mobile phone

create mcpack minecraft education custom skin cdsmythe3

Now to install the new skinpack into Minecraft: Education Edition

 

 

 

Open the FX File Explorer app and browse to where the recent downloaded MCPACK file is saved (probably the Downloads folder)

create mcpack minecraft education custom skin cdsmythe3

 

“Long press” the downloaded file ending with mcpack.zip, click the More Options (3 vertical dots) and select Rename

create mcpack minecraft education custom skin cdsmythe3

 

delete the last 4 characters from the name – .ZIP so the file just ends in “.mcpack”

create mcpack minecraft education custom skin cdsmythe3
create mcpack minecraft education custom skin cdsmythe3

Tap the mcpack file to open it, choose to open with Minecraft Education Edition

create mcpack minecraft education custom skin cdsmythe3

The Minecraft Education Edition app will open on your android mobile phone and start importing the custom skin

create mcpack minecraft education custom skin cdsmythe3

Click the coathanger on the front screen of Minecraft: Education Edition to change your skin – scroll to the bottom of the list to see your new custom Minecraft Education skin imported for your android mobile phone

create mcpack minecraft education custom skin cdsmythe3
create mcpack minecraft education custom skin cdsmythe3

Remember if you didn’t download the FX File Explorer app and follow the steps above, then this won’t work. The android phone file browser wont do anything with the MCPACK file. 

Minecraft: Education Edition – How to add a custom skin on Apple iPhone

Minecraft: Education Edition – How to add a custom skin on Apple iPhone

There are now hundreds of thousands of gamers around the world using their iPhones for Minecraft Education Edition. Every gamer wants to have their own player skin – here’s how you can set your custom skin in Minecraft Education Edition using an iPhone.

Minecraft Education Edition – set a custom skin on an iPhone

What you will need:

  • iPhone
  • a PNG file of a Minecraft skin (download free from Skindex) for this demo I’m using a skin called The Knight
  • a free app called – Documents (download and install to your iPhone) without this app the following steps will not work for you)

 

Installing a Custom Skin on iPhone – Minecraft Education Edition

from the App Store install the app – Documents – File & Media Manager

Documents app Minecraft Education custom skin iphone cdsmythe-600

Go to Skindex and choose a skin to download – save the download to your iPhone

Skindex Custom skin minecraft education cdsmythe 1
Skindex Custom skin minecraft education cdsmythe 2
Skindex Custom skin minecraft education cdsmythe 3

Complete the mcpack creator Form on the webpage

Name for Skin – just what you want to call it eg. The Knight
Template name – just any name for the pack eg. The Knight
Version number – any number eg. 1.0
– Browse to and upload your downloaded Skin png file downloaded from Skindex

create mcpack minecraft education custom skin cdsmythe1
create mcpack minecraft education custom skin cdsmythe2
create mcpack minecraft education custom skin cdsmythe3
create mcpack minecraft education custom skin cdsmythe3

The MCPACK creator form will create the mcpack and offer it to download – save this to your iPhone

create mcpack minecraft education custom skin cdsmythe3

Now to install the new skinpack into Minecraft Education Edition

Open the Documents app and browse to where the recent downloaded MCPACK file is saved (probably Files – Downloads)

create mcpack minecraft education custom skin cdsmythe3
create mcpack minecraft education custom skin cdsmythe3
create mcpack minecraft education custom skin cdsmythe3
create mcpack minecraft education custom skin cdsmythe3

Choose to Open the File in another app choose Minecraft Education Edition

create mcpack minecraft education custom skin cdsmythe3
create mcpack minecraft education custom skin cdsmythe3

The Minecraft Education Edition app will open on your phone and start importing the custom skin

create mcpack minecraft education custom skin cdsmythe3
create mcpack minecraft education custom skin cdsmythe3
create mcpack minecraft education custom skin cdsmythe3

Click the coathanger to change your skin – scroll to the bottom of the list to see your new custom Minecraft Education skin for your phone

create mcpack minecraft education custom skin cdsmythe3
create mcpack minecraft education custom skin cdsmythe3

Remember if you didn’t download the Documents app and follow the steps above, then this won’t work. The native Apple Files browser wont do anything with the MCPACK file. 

Minecraft: Education Edition – Create your own Skins

Minecraft: Education Edition – Create your own Skins

In Minecraft the appearance your character has is referred to as your Skin. Like most gamers, players in Minecraft love to change their characters skin from the default to something else either known or uniquely created by them.

This article will introduce you to some free resources for downloading and creating Minecraft skins for Minecraft Education Edition.

Add Custom skins to Minecraft Education Edition – See this other article on how to get your Character Skins into Minecraft Education Edition once they have been created.

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minecraftskins.net

Minecraftskins.net is a good starting point where you can browse and download a Minecraft skin but also edit a skin and create your own. All the necessary editing tools are available and I like that you can change the pose of your character so see more fully what you have created.

The Skindex

The Skindex is similar but has a cleaner looking Skin Editor. This one may appeal to students more as it has less clutter and perhaps an easier editing interface to work with. Easily switch between Slim and Classic skins. It has a better colour picking tool than MinecraftSkins giving you many more options.

Minecraft Education edition skins

Nova Skin has a great interface to work with, bright and colourful for students – almost feels like you’re in Minecraft designing this character. Change the editor background to a number of available Minecraft images. All the creative tools expected are available with addition of a couple of tools I like – the Camera to take a snapshot of your skin and also a GIF tool to create an animated GIF of your creation which you can also download.

Nova Skin provides a number of pre-created features you can easily apply to your skin – eg. clothing, hair, shadow, outfits.

Minecraft Education edition skins

When you first open Blockbench you might think you’ve opened a professional photo editing program, it just has that appearance. But do not hesitate to start using it. You will find it very intuitive and before long you will have the skills to not only create character skins for Minecraft Education Edition but also other models and items for Minecraft. You are really creating from scratch here – there are no user created catalogues to access other than your own.

Blockbench is available to access for free online and also on your device. Download it for Windows, MacOS or Linux.

Those are the editing tools I’d recommend for creating skins for Minecraft Education Edition. Remember it’s not easy to get these created skins into Minecraft so check out my guide on how to do that here.

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