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My 2 year old's new TP - Instagram Animal-Face Filters

Simba and Nala Insta filter by The Lion King
Simba and Nala Insta filter by The Lion King

If you're having a hard time pacifying your toddler when s(he) is wailing or irritable, try this trick which I myself discovered only yesterday!

I was sitting idle with my mobile phone in my hand and my son was lurking around, picking up his toys which he had scattered across the floor. I started scrolling the Instagram feed and accidentally swiped left which opened up my front camera to record an Instagram story. Being a novice to Instagram stories myself, I started exploring the range of filters available on Insta. 

My son too got interested to explore this new feature along with me. And then we hit upon the eureka filter - Kitten by Instagram. This filter instantly put two little furry ears and a furry and frisky nose onto my face. Looking at this, my son was ecstatic! 

He's at a stage where the names of animals and their sounds are enough to get him excited and energized. He started screaming cat, cat.. I thought that this was a good change to engage and entertain my son, who was getting a little bored anyway. So I turned the camera to face him and there it was! My son transformed into a cute and adorable kitten. 

My son was so amused seeing himself turn into a cat. He started making faces and striking poses for the camera and the filter was spontaneous enough to quickly adapt and adjust to his moves and keep the kitten ears and nose in the correct place on his tiny face. I stuck my head inside the camera too and the pair of ears and little nose doubled - one on my son's face and the other on mine! I started liking this filter more and more. 

My curious father who was watching what was happening came inside the camera frame and there he was, instantly crowned with kitty ears and pasted with a cat nose. I thought my father wouldn't be too impressed. But he in fact, he let out a small giggle and posed along with his grandson as they both looked like cute cats in a frame! 


  
When I thought that we had played this game enough, I locked my phone and put it aside. My son threw a tantrum as he didn't want his game of playing kitty come to an end. Now I know the next time my son is bored or irritable, I can instantly transform his mood by letting him play cat using Instagram's 'Kitten' filter. 

There are many other animal-face filters available on Instagram, which you can browse and save. Some of them are Simba and Nala (by thelionking), happy dog, llama face, bulldog filter, etc. But I liked Instagram's kitten filter the best. 

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