How to Make a Sticker Pack of Your Pet on iPhone
Nobody in your group chat wants another generic cat sticker. Everybody wants a sticker of your cat: the judgmental stare, the mid-yawn, the loaf. A pet sticker pack is the single most-shared thing people make with an emoji maker, and it takes about fifteen minutes on an iPhone. This guide covers picking the photos, turning them into drawn stickers, filling the gaps with text prompts, building the pack, and installing it into WhatsApp and iMessage so it actually gets used.
The short version
- Pick eight photos of your pet, each with a different mood or pose, on simple backgrounds.
- Image to Emoji in Pixmoji turns each one into a drawn sticker with the background removed. Text to Emoji fills in the poses you never caught on camera.
- Add to Pack, Install Pack, and the set appears in your WhatsApp sticker tab. It is in the iMessage sticker drawer too.
Step 1: Choose the photos
The pack is only as good as the photos, and the rule is one clear pet per photo, in a mood you can name. Aim for a set of reactions rather than a set of portraits:
- Sleepy (the loaf, the curled-up nap)
- Judging (the stare)
- Excited (ears up, mid-jump, the zoomies face)
- Confused (the head tilt)
- Begging (the eyes at dinner time)
- Guilty (next to the thing they destroyed)
- Happy (tongue out, mid-purr)
- Yawn or scream (every pack needs one)
For each: pet in focus, good light, plain background where possible, the whole face in frame. Busy backgrounds and dark photos give rough edges. If you do not have a photo for a mood, that is what Step 3 is for.
Step 2: Turn each photo into a sticker
- Open Pixmoji, tap the plus button, and choose Image to Emoji.
- Pick the first photo and generate. Your pet comes back as an illustrated sticker with the background removed.
- Not happy with the take? Generate again; each run is a fresh version. Keep the one with the cleanest edge and the truest expression.
- Tap Add to Pack, create a new pack, and name it after your pet.
- Repeat for the other photos, adding each to the same pack.
More on which photos work best in turning a photo into a sticker.
Step 3: Fill the gaps with text prompts
You will never photograph your dog giving a thumbs up. Text to Emoji draws it. Describe your pet once, then reuse that description with different actions so the character stays consistent:
- "fluffy orange tabby cat giving a thumbs up, cute chibi"
- "fluffy orange tabby cat laughing, cute chibi"
- "fluffy orange tabby cat with heart eyes, cute chibi"
- "fluffy orange tabby cat facepalm, cute chibi"
Keep the same breed words, color, and style words in every prompt so the drawn stickers look like siblings of the photo ones. Cute or chibi suits pets best; anime works for a more dramatic pack. The prompt guide is in text to emoji, and the style words in best AI emoji styles.
Step 4: Install the pack
- Open the pack in Pixmoji and check it: eight to twelve stickers, the moods you actually send, one consistent look.
- Tap Install Pack and confirm in WhatsApp when it opens. The pack now sits in your WhatsApp sticker tab in every chat.
- For iMessage, the stickers are already in the sticker drawer: in a chat, tap plus, Stickers, and swipe to Pixmoji. See adding stickers to iMessage.
- Share to Instagram Stories from the pack screen if the pet has a following.
Step 5: Let the group adopt it
Send one sticker into the chat. Anyone who taps it sees the pack name and can add the whole pack to their own WhatsApp, on iPhone or Android. That is how a pet pack spreads: one sticker, and by the weekend the whole family is answering with your cat. Details in making custom WhatsApp stickers.
The built-in alternative: iOS photo cutouts
On iOS 17 and later, touch and hold your pet in a photo in the Photos app and choose Add Sticker. It cuts the pet out of the photo and saves it to the iMessage sticker drawer. Free and quick, and worth knowing. The limits: the sticker is still a photo rather than a drawing, fur edges come out rough, there is no pack or WhatsApp install, and there is no way to get the thumbs-up pose. For one quick reaction in iMessage it is fine; for the pack, use Pixmoji.
Tips from packs that get used
- Reactions beat portraits. A beautiful sticker of your cat sitting gets sent once. Your cat looking disgusted gets sent daily.
- Eight to twelve stickers. Fewer feels thin; more and nobody scrolls to the end.
- One look. Same style words in every text prompt, and pick photo stickers that match in tone.
- Name the pack. "Biscuit" not "My stickers". The name is the first thing a friend sees.
- Add to it over time. New photo, new sticker, reinstall the pack. Packs that grow stay in use.
Quick answers
How do I make stickers of my dog or cat on iPhone?
Open Pixmoji, choose Image to Emoji, pick a clear photo of your pet, and generate a drawn sticker with the background removed. Add it to a pack, then tap Install Pack to put the pack in WhatsApp. Pixmoji is free to download.
Can I make a WhatsApp sticker pack of my pet?
Yes. Build the pack in Pixmoji from photos and text prompts, tap Install Pack, and confirm in WhatsApp. The pack appears in your sticker tab, and friends can add it by tapping any sticker you send.
What if I do not have a photo of the pose I want?
Use Text to Emoji and describe your pet with the action, for example "fluffy orange tabby cat giving a thumbs up, cute chibi". Keep the same description across prompts so the drawn stickers match.
Which photos work best for pet stickers?
One pet in focus, good light, a simple background, and a clear mood or pose. Dark, blurry, or busy photos give rough edges.
Will the pack work for friends on Android?
Yes. WhatsApp sticker packs are cross-platform; Android friends can add your pack the same way by tapping a sticker.
Make your pet famous in the group chat
Eight photos, eight moods, one pack. Download Pixmoji, free to download, and give your pet the sticker pack it deserves.