DIY Homemade Birthday Banner with Photo
This DIY Birthday Banner with Photo is simple and requires no special skills. It's an easy craft project for any birthday celebration. Made with just your camera and free editing software it will be the hit of the party!
Servings 1 banner
Cost $7
Equipment
- A Sharpie marker
- Colorful garland or border (optional)
- Camera or phone camera
- A photo program like Illustrator or Canva
Ingredients
- Photo of the guest of honor on a light background
- Garland optional
Instructions
- Take a photo of your guest of honor against a white or light background a few days before your celebration.
- To add the text, you'll need a program like Illustrator or a free program like Canva or even Word. Just make sure you set up the document to match the finished size you want. This size is 4' x 3'. (I also printed out some smaller-sized ones as well I think the 3' x 2' option was only $4 and still perfectly large enough to hang on a wall.)
- Save the file to a thumb drive and take it to your local Kinko's/Fed Ex store. Printing can be expensive but to keep costs down, have them print out a blueprint copy.
- Have the rest of the family sign the Happy Birthday sign and then use decorative masking tape to hang it on the wall.
- OPTIONAL - Frame it with a garland.
Notes
The estimated cost of the project will vary depending on where you get the poster printed.
Printing blueprints starts at $4.77 at Fed Ex for black and white and goes up with color and different sizes.
