How to put stickers on Instagram

Would you like to give a personal touch to the stories you post on Instagram by inserting personalized stickers in them, maybe they represent you in a cartoon version? Well, it seems like a really nice idea; the thing is absolutely feasible: all you have to do to do it is to create stickers using apps designed for this purpose and paste the final result into the stories of the famous photographic social network.

How do you say? Would you like to have a practical demonstration of how to do this? I’ll settle you immediately. In the next paragraphs of this guide, in fact, I will explain how to put stickers on Instagram quickly and easily. Contrary to what you might think, carrying out this operation is far from complicated.

I would say, therefore, to put aside the chatter and get down to business. If you haven’t done so already, then, make yourself comfortable and take the time to read this article, so you know exactly how you need to move. All I have to do is wish you good reading and good fun!

Index

• How to put stickers on Instagram: Android
• How to put stickers on Instagram: iPhone

How to put stickers on Instagram: Android

Let’s start this discussion by seeing how to put stickers on Instagram from Android. As I told you in the introductory jokes of the article, to do this just turn to one of the many apps that allow you to create personalized stickers, such as the excellent Bitmoji, which is free and allows you to create stickers in an extremely simple and fast then shared in the main messaging apps and the main social networks, such as Instagram.

To install Bitmoji on your device, open the app store on your device (eg Play Store or an alternative store, if you have a device without Google services), search for the application within the latter and tap first on its icon in the search results and then on the download/install button.

At the end of the download, once Bitmoji has been started on your device, press the Register via email button, specify your date of birth, click Continue and indicate, in the appropriate text fields, the email address and password with which you intend to register in the app. Then press the Register button and follow the instructions you see on the screen to complete the registration procedure.

Then, tap on the man or woman icon, to specify your gender, press the Continue and Allow buttons and take a selfie, making sure that your face falls within the dotted circle that appeared on the screen. By doing so, the app will be able to create the “base” of the character that will be the protagonist of your sticker pack.

Now, customize the character that was created automatically, customizing complexion, hair, hair, eyes, eyebrows, nose, glasses, face, etc. As soon as you have obtained the desired result, press the green Save button located at the top right.

Then press the Yes button, so as to go to the screen that allows you to customize your character’s outfit as well. Once on the latter, decide which clothes to wear to the avatar that will be present in your stickers and, when you have also finished this operation, press the Save button located always at the top right.

Once this is done, access Instagram from its official app, press the house icon located at the bottom left, tap the camera symbol at the top left and create your story. If you want to take a photo or record a video at the moment, use the white circular button in the center of the screen or upload content already saved in the Gallery, by pressing the small square icon located at the bottom left and choose the photo or the video of your interest.

Then, press the Aa button located at the top right, so as to call up the keyboard, tap on the smiling emoji symbol, located at the bottom left, and press on the Bitmoji icon (to be clear, that of the square sticker that smiles ). Once this is done, scroll through the list of available stickers and tap on the one you are interested in.

Finally, drag the sticker to the desired point and eventually resize it, opening or closing two fingers on it. Finally, tap the Your Story button (bottom left), so as to publish the story with personalized stickers on Instagram. Easier than that ?!

How to put stickers on Instagram: iPhone

Do you have an iPhone and would like to know how to put stickers on Instagram? Well, in this case you can take advantage of Apple’s Memoji function, through which you can create stickers with which to represent yourself and which can be used not only in messaging apps, but can also be shared in Instagram stories in an extremely simple way. . Let me tell you how to proceed.

First, you need to create the stickers. Then open the Messages app present “standard” on your iPhone, tap on the pencil symbol with the sheet located at the top right and press the Stickers button (it would be the face icon with the hearts that is after the Apple Pay icon ). Now, press the button (…) on the left, tap the New Memoji button and create your personalized sticker following the instructions that appear on the screen and, above all, giving free rein to your creativity.

Therefore, use the buttons and menus that allow you to define complexion, haircut, eyebrows, eyes, head, nose, mouth, ears, beard, glasses and headgear. Once you are satisfied with the sticker pack you just created, click on the Finish item located at the top right. If you encounter any difficulties in the procedure in question or if you simply want to deepen the matter, please read my guide on how to create Memoji on iPhone because it will surely be useful to you.

After making the stickers with the Memoji function, you can finally move on to the next step: share them on Instagram. How you do it? Basically, just start creating a new story, bring up the keyboard and paste the sticker you want to use.

Therefore, access Instagram from its official application, tap on the symbol of the house in the lower-left corner and press on the camera symbol, which is located at the top left. Subsequently, make the story by taking the photo or recording the video to share on Instagram, using the shutter/recording button in the center of the screen or, if you prefer, take content from the iOS roll by pressing on the small square located at the bottom left and selecting the photo or video of your interest.

Now, press the Aa button located at the top right, in order to recall the keyboard, and press the smiling emoji symbol located at the bottom left. Now, swipe from left to right (if necessary), so that the Frequently used section appears, tap the (…) button located at the bottom and tap the sticker you want to include in the story. By repeating the steps just mentioned, you can also insert more than one sticker.

At this point, drag the sticker to the point where you intend to insert it and, if necessary, resize it by spreading or narrowing two fingers on it. Finally, share the story you have made, by pressing on the word Your story, which is located at the bottom left. Admit it: being able to insert custom stickers on Instagram was easier than I imagined, right?