How to download and create Christmas stickers on WhatsApp

Ho ho ho, it’s Christmas time alrey! Soon we can expect Merry Christmas greetings to pour in and flood our Facebook p, Twitter feed and WhatsApp chat. WhatsApp is a more personal way of communication comparatively, and people prefer sending greetings to individuals on WhatsApp rar than posting m publicly on social media. And w you can make your WhatsApp Christmas greetings a lot more personal and fun.

A couple of months ago, WhatsApp Stickers were anunced for Android and iOS users. And as we observed during Diwali, more users on WhatsApp seem to be making a shift from tritional methods to greet ors i.e., text, emojis, pictures and videos. Users w prefer sending WhatsApp stickers inste. Considering how big WhatsApp is in country stickers have found whole new popularity by featuring on messaging app even though WhatsApp is rar late to receive stickers update unlike many of its competitors like Hike and Telegram that have h feature for quite some time.

We show you how you can downlo and send Christmas stickers to your loved ones this festive season.

A step-by-step guide on how to downlo WhatsApp Christmas stickers

Step 1: It’s always better to have latest version of WhatsApp installed on your smartphone. You can check by navigating to your respective App stores (Google Play for Android and App Store for iOS).

Step 2: Open WhatsApp on your smartphone. Go to desired chat window you want to share Christmas stickers with. w, simply tap on an emoji face at beginning of your mess box.

Step 3: At bottom of your WhatsApp, you will see an option for stickers right next to emojis and GIFs. Tap on WhatsApp stickers icon. You should see quite a few pre-installed stickers available over re.

Step 4: Tap + icon at right-hand side of your stickers window. Find sticker pack called ‘Merry and Bright.’

Step 5: You can also downlo third-party Christmas stickers. All you need to do is Scroll down and tap option ‘Get more stickers.’

Step 6: You can select and downlo any Christmas sticker pack from list.

Step 7: Once you downlo and install WhatsApp Christmas stickers on your phone, go to WhatsApp and d whatever stickers you want by tapping + button.

Step 8: WhatsApp will prompt you to d Christmas stickers. Tap option ‘d.’ Once done, you should see a confirmation that a particular sticker pack has been ded to your WhatsApp.

Step 9: Finally, repeat step numbers 2 and 3 to send Christmas stickers to your loved ones on WhatsApp.

A step-by-step guide on how to create custom WhatsApp Christmas stickers

Step 1: Android users need to install app ‘Sticker maker for WhatsApp.’ Do keep in mind that this a third-party app. So, we would like to vise you to be a little cautious when indulging with such apps.

Step 2: Once installed, you need to fill in some basic details. You need to input details like Stickerpack name and Sticker pack author. Once you are done, tap option ‘Create.’

Step 3: You can uplo up to 30 stickers in one pack. All you need to do is select im files you would like to d as WhatsApp stickers. You can take new a picture using your camera or uplo one from your phone’s stor.

te: It’s better if you d pictures as PNG with a transparent background. Orwise, it will end up looking like a miniature photo. You can remove background from any picture, courtesy of this new tool called Remove.bg. It uses AI to recognise human faces and remove background accordingly.

Step 4: You can uplo a picture and draw an outline with your finger to select sticker area. Once that’s done, a sticker will be created.

Step 5: Once it’s published, you can’t customise it in any way. You need at least three stickers to publish your sticker pack.

You can d your custom sticker packs to your WhatsApp by following steps mentioned above.