Instead of sharing a whole album of photos, I’ve noticed that my kids compile their favourite shots from an event and share them as just one photo collage. It’s something they’re always excited to do when we get home. They sit on the couch and go through all the pics we took, then go about creating their work of art. I actually like this process because, rather than mindlessly uploading everything all at once to an album, they spend a long time reminiscing about the day and then enjoy a period of creativity. The App they have come to love for this is Instacollage.
This is a free App, which actually provides a lot of options within it. You start by selecting the layout you want to use. This works best if you’ve already decided on how many photos you will be using. There are standard straight line options, as well as many other interesting shape combinations.
This is only a small sampling of options. If you swipe to the right while on this screen (which you can do several times), you will have even more to choose from.
Once you’ve chosen the layout the fun begins! You upload your chosen photos either one at a time or all at once. You can resize them and move them around. You can play around with background colours and add text or special effects! You pretty much have the option to change the colour of everything.
This is the beginning of a collage I’m thinking about making to showcase all the meals I’ve cooked with pumpkin so far this year!
Adding the finishing touches is the best part. There are multiple frames to outline your collage and the kids love the ‘stick’ feature which allows you to place fun and quirky stickers anywhere you like. Decision making has never really been my thing, so I spent quite a long time creating my first Instacollage!
Here it is! My first one made with guidance from the kids using shots from our garden! I love the white picket fence.
Within the App you have the option to share your collage directly to Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, your camera roll, email, and Flickr.
That’s the inside teen scoop from my house to yours!
Do you have a different collage app that you like to use? We’d love to hear about it, and what you like about it!
