Today I’m doing a campaign with Shutterfly on how to create cardboard cutouts for a photobooth. I remember wooden versions of these at county fairs growing up and they make me feel a little bit nostalgic. Depending on your party you could recreate these in just about any theme. Think: Cowboys for a western theme. Aliens and Astronauts for a space theme. The whole process is pretty simple but it does take about an hour or so to make each character. Here is how we made them.
Supplies:
Large Pieces of Cardboard (refrigerator boxes work great for this.)
Projector (we borrowed one from a friend)
Marker
Acrylic Paint and Paint Brushes
Step 1. Once you’ve decided on the characters you want to make you can draw them yourself or download ours below.
Step 2. Project the images with a projector onto the wall. Prop up the cardboard so the image lands on it and then trace it out. If you are making them for kids you’ll want to make them shorter so move the projection so it gets smaller.
Step 3. Paint the cardboard in colors and once its dry outline it with black paint for a cartoon-y effect.
Step 4. Cut out characters with sharp knife like a box cutter.
Et voila! The cutouts will be all ready for your guests to mix and match the characters for the perfect party photo op.
Click below to download some characters to trace.
Thank you to Aubrey Trinnaman for the photography and Alexis Birkmeyer for her master tracing skills and for pulling it all together.
All photos by Aubrey Trinnaman for Oh Happy Day
This content series is brought to you by Shutterfly. Make your photo book just the way you want with the all New Custom Path.
Jenny
May 19, 2011
I love this. I am doing a cowboy party next week and this will be perfect.
charmingly ordinary
May 19, 2011
Oh, wow. I think you win big points as the hostess/mommy/etc. with one of these! Would also be fun for a wedding photo booth, me thinks!
Mariela
May 19, 2011
Amazing, that's so cool. My son birthday is next week so this could be fun. Have a nice day!
besquirrely.com
May 19, 2011
Great idea! Most people would click away, however, after learning they need a projector and really, how many people's friends even own one anymore, but don't despair!
I've discovered that the local library is a wonderful a/v rental resource. I rented one from them the last time I needed one.
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May 19, 2011
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r8chel
May 19, 2011
What a great idea!! I love it!
Taylor Sterling
May 19, 2011
you are so talented! I love these. So fun!
Trista
May 19, 2011
How did you make them stand up? We tried to do something like that at our church Fall festival, but I couldn't make the flimsy cardboard stand up straight.
Sharon
May 19, 2011
is that liz as the ballerina? haha
jordan
May 19, 2011
@Trista People can just hold them up. Have a table nearby that they can be propped against in between uses.
jordan
May 19, 2011
We fixed the technical difficulty guys. 🙂 hehe
Anonymous
May 19, 2011
haha too cute!
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ROK
May 19, 2011
What about the camera part….and printing? I guess shutterfly wants you to print there, but do you like a tripod? I always want to have them print immediately for guests to take home.
p.s., for kids I just print the image at kinkos etc. Not to bad as long as you back it yourself (glue on cardboard).
Lynda G.
May 19, 2011
How awesome! I just love these crafty ideas! I made one of your photobooth headpieces the other day to make everyone giggle at work! (Although I needed to cut it out better, it did the job!) THANK YOU! 😀
You can see me wearing it here:
http://whirlwindblogger.blogspot.com/2011/05/fascinated-by-princess-beatrices.html
Katrina
May 20, 2011
WOW! What a great kid's party idea! I love the ballerina best of all
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May 20, 2011
Adding you to my blog roll, i love it! 🙂
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LindyK
May 31, 2011
These are so beautiful! I love your site.
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