How to Make Your Instagram Highlight Covers Like a Pro {Tutorial}

Instagram is by far the most used app on my phone. To be honest, I'm a little addicted to it, especially ever since they added Insta-Stories. I'm always so curious to know what my friends are doing and what the people I'm following have been up to. Of course, I've fun posting about the bits and pieces of my life as well. Now, with the feature of adding Insta-story highlights to your profile, it's even easier to customize your profile further to add your own flare. You might have noticed that a lot of bloggers added some pretty covers for their Insta-highlights as a way to make their brand more holistic. And today, I'm going to show you how you can do that for yourself too!

For this tutorial, you don't need any advanced graphic design software or skills. All you need is access to the internet. Let's get started!

Instructions:

1. Visit Canva.com

Go to my favourite design site, Canva.com and create an account for free.

How to Make Your Instagram Highlight Covers Like a Pro {Tutorial + Free Download}

2. Create a Design

Create a design using custom dimension and enter 720 for width x 1280 for height. This is a 9:16 aspect ratio that fits nicely in your stories.

3. Select Background

Next, go to Background on the left panel and select a pattern or a colour. For this tutorial, I want to make a pink background using colour code #f8b5bb by clicking on the + button in Document Colours.

4. Choose Your Icons

Select Elements on the left panel and select Icons. Drag and drop an icon to the canvas that best represents your cover stories. For example, fork and knifes for Food, plane for Travel etc. Change the icon colour by selecting the palette at the top left corner.