How to Make an Instagram Costume

When it's time to start brainstorming Halloween costume ideas for your next costume contest, Halloween party or your child's trick-or-treat outing, you want to come up with something unique and fun. Ideally, it will also be an easy DIY Halloween costume. Perhaps you have considered some classic characters like Harry Potter, Scooby Doo or Spongebob Squarepants and ruled out your favorite Disney characters.

Whatever you choose should be worthy of your social media profile. So why not look to social media for inspiration? If you can't get enough of those sepia-inspired filters, consider an Instagram Halloween costume.

This DIY Halloween costume idea is fast and simple to assemble, even at the last minute. You'll capture every spooky second of your happy Halloween festivities with this costume perfect for any Instagram addict.

Cut out two squares of cardboard, one for the front of the camera and one for the back. This child-sized costume uses 18-by-18-inch cardboard, but you can size the cardboard according to the size of the person who will be wearing the costume. This is a great way to reuse a cardboard box. Use a bowl to trace rounded corners.

Trim all four corners so the squares have rounded edges, like an Instagram camera.

Cover the square with cream fleece, leaving some room for a layer of brown fleece at the top. Repeat for the back of the costume.

Cover the rest of the square with brown fleece, using hot glue to secure it in place.

Use a bowl to trace a circle on the black felt with chalk. Cut it out. This will be your camera lens.

Cut out a circle about 1/2 inch larger than the black one with cream felt. You can place your black circle on the cream felt and trace around, adding 1/2 inch the whole way. Glue both onto the front portion of the camera.

Cut out 1 1/2-inch strips of the felt pieces. Lay them about 1 inch from the left side of the camera. They should sit right where the cream meets the brown and go in the following order (from the left): red, yellow, green, blue. You can always check online for a printable Instagram camera logo that you can use as a template or guide for your costume.

Cut out a 5-inch square with rounded corners for the viewfinder. Glue it in the upper right corner of the camera. Cut out an oval and glue it underneath the color strips as well.

Cut out the letters for the "Insta" lettering from white paper and glue them onto the black oval.

Cut strips of elastic or string to keep the top and bottom corners of the cardboard pieces together, like a sandwich board. Cover the insides with 17-inch squares of leftover fleece to keep them nice and clean.

Now try it on! This easy Halloween costume is ready. Wear a T-shirt underneath the costume. You can go with any Halloween makeup look you like for this fun costume.