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Hug your younger self, inside a Polaroid

Upload a photo of you today and one of you as a kid. Inside a white-framed instant photo, you kneel down to your younger self, share a long hug, then look at the camera together.

Hug my younger selfIdeas
  • Two photos
  • Refund if it fails
  • Credits never expire
Input photo 1Input photo 2
A photo of her today and one at seven, five seconds out: a hug in front of white curtains, then the two of them smiling at the camera. This preview is a 480p test render; your video comes in 720p.

Make your Polaroid Hug video

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Polaroid Hug needs two photos: photo 1 · you today and photo 2 · you as a kid.

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Polaroid Hug · 5 s in 720p · 5 creditsAdd both photos to continue

How to make a Hug Your Younger Self video

  1. Add two photos

    Photo 1 is you today. Photo 2 is you as a kid, scanned or photographed flat from an old print or album.

  2. Keep Polaroid Hug selected

    This page opens the creator on the Polaroid Hug effect, so the instant-photo frame, the flash and the hug are already set.

  3. Pick a length

    Five seconds is the hug and the smile. Eight or ten seconds lets you hold on a little longer.

  4. Post it

    The video is vertical with a soft piano melody. Post it with the childhood photo next to it.

Ideas for your younger-self hug

The trend is a small thank-you to the kid you used to be. People make it for:

  • A birthday post

    You at seven and you today, on the day you turn a year older.

  • A milestone

    Graduation, a first home, a new job: show the kid who dreamed about it.

  • For your parents

    Send it to the people who took the childhood photo in the first place.

  • Throwback Thursday

    A softer take on the usual old-photo post.

  • A note to yourself

    Pair it with a line you wish someone had told you back then.

  • Siblings, side by side

    Make one each and post them together.

How the younger-self hug works

You add two photos: you today and you as a child. The video keeps both faces from the photos and places them inside a white-framed instant photo, in a bright room with sheer white curtains, a strong on-camera flash and slightly faded instant-film colors. The grown-up kneels down to the child's height, the two of you share a long hug with your eyes closed, then look at the camera together.

The child is shown at about half the grown-up's height, so the moment reads as you and the kid you were.

Why make it here

The studio behind our ai rap video generator makes these too: if a render does not finish, the credits come back on their own, and if a finished one looks wrong, tell us and we will look at it.

Effects cost 1 credit per second, so a five-second hug is 5 credits and a ten-second one is 10. Packs and plans are on the pricing page.

More from the photo album

To see one old portrait smile again, try animate old photos.

For a hug between two different people, use the ai hug generator.

Photos that work best

Use a clear, front-facing photo of you today and a childhood photo where your face is large and sharp. Photograph an old print flat in daylight, without flash or glare.

Only use your own photos.

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Hug Your Younger Self questions

Add a photo of you today and one of you as a kid, keep the Polaroid Hug effect selected and render. You get a vertical 720p video of the two of you hugging inside an instant photo.
One where your face is clear and front-facing. Age five to ten works well; a tiny face in a group picture does not.
No. A black-and-white photo works if the face is clear; the video is in soft instant-film colors.
Five seconds is 5 credits, eight seconds 8 and ten seconds 10.
Yes, a soft, nostalgic piano and music-box melody, with no speech.
Your own: you today and you as a kid. Do not upload someone else's photos.

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What's new on this page

  • Added our own five-second example made from two photos.
  • Page opened with the Polaroid Hug effect preselected.

Make your Hug Your Younger Self video

Two photos, 5 seconds, 5 credits.

Hug my younger self