Super-Easy Snapchat Butterfly Filter Costume for Halloween

Tools and materials:

• Yellow foam paper
• Yellow butterflies
• Orange sharpie
• Hot glue gun
• Mod podge
• Gold glitter - different hues
• Bobby pins
• Highlighter
• Gold shimmer eyeshadow
• Pink lipstick or gloss
• Black sharpie
• Brush

Store-bought butterflies

1. Add definition

If you look at the Snapchat filter costume, you’ll see that the yellow butterflies have some orange in their wings. So, to give them some definition, go ahead and fill out the edges of the butterfly, as shown. 

2. Add glitter

Apply some mod podge to the sides of the butterfly, as shown. Then, sprinkle on some glitter.

As you can see, I created several different types of sparkles from different tones of gold. 

3. Make adjustments

Some butterflies in the actual Snapchat filter are smaller than the others. So, to mimic this, I cut and downsized the wings of some butterflies. 

4. Add the bobby pins

These butterflies have a wire piece, which is perfect because, in the Snapchat filter, the butterflies seem to float above your head, so these wires add some height when you glue the bobby pin right under them. 

Make your own butterflies from scratch

1. Trace the pattern

For those who don’t have these ready-made butterflies, you can make your own DIY gold butterfly Snapchat filter costume by using a thin piece of yellow foam. Simply draw a couple of butterflies, as shown (you can print some for a pattern if you prefer). 

Then, cut them out. 

2. Design the butterflies

Outline the butterflies with a sharpie. 

Apply mod podge and sprinkle glitter. 

Glue the body together to give your Snapchat filter costume a 3D dimension. 

3. Glue the bobby pins

Finally, glue some bobby pins to the bottom side of the butterfly. 

Makeup & hair

So, I’m not really good with makeup, but I figured that the filter itself also adds dimension and highlights your face. Here, I added a highlighter to my cheeks, under eyes, and chin and blended it in with my fingers. 

I applied sparkly gold eyeshadow to my eyelids and a lovely rose pink lipstick to mimic that beautiful glow on the filter. 

Then, for the fun part - Start pinning those sparking butterflies to the crown of your head. 

Snapchat butterfly filter costume DIY

So, there’s your butterfly filter costume! How easy and fun was that? I love how unique and fun this Snapchat butterfly filter Halloween costume is, and there’s not much to it! Thanks for joining me.