Tweet
Beautiful birthday photos are a memory of a fun holiday. And in order for the photos to turn out beautiful, you need to either order a photo session from a professional photographer in the salon, or organize a photo zone for your child’s birthday yourself. The brighter and more original the decor, the more interesting the photographs will be.
Today we will tell you how to organize a children’s photo zone for your child’s birthday with your own hands so that it turns out colorful, interesting, and unusual.
As a rule, the photo zone is decorated in accordance with the gender and age of the hero of the occasion, as well as his interests.
For the princess
Option exclusively for girls. The princess theme is most suitable for girls aged approximately 3 to 7 years. It is at this age that little ladies feel like queens and princesses. The necessary attributes are chiffon or tulle, and of course a large crown, which is easy to make yourself from cardboard, decorated with sparkles or foil. Large flowers, a decorative castle made of cardboard, and a small chair decorated in the form of a throne will also come in handy.
DIY photo zone for a child’s birthday (ideas)
Photo zone for a princess
This is an option that is ideal for girls from one to 7-8 years old. It is at this age that little girls dream of becoming real princesses. To organize a photo zone, tulle or chiffon in white and pink shades, a crown, a carriage, large and small flowers, hearts, stars, garlands of delicate flowers, a decorative castle made of cardboard, a small chair decorated in the form of a throne, balloons, three-dimensional figures are suitable.
Marine theme
Marine-themed decorations are more suitable for boys, but girls also won’t mind taking pictures against the backdrop of a seascape. To decorate a photo zone, you will need various marine attributes: shells, nets, an anchor, a lifebuoy, white, blue or blue fabric, photo wallpaper or a background depicting waves, ships, barrels, twine, cord, garlands, balloons.
On the air balloon
To create a photo zone you will need a large basket, a beautiful box, and a large voluminous balloon, or many balloons filled with helium. If you can’t make a ball, you can draw it and cut it out of cardboard, it will just be part of the background. You can rent a ready-made hot air balloon.
Photo zone made of flowers
The flower theme is suitable for both preschool and school age girls. In addition, even adults will want to take pictures against the backdrop of beautiful flowers.
An arch of flowers and a whole wall of flowers look original.
Both artificial and freshly cut flowers are used to decorate the area. To keep fresh flowers fresh for a long time, their stems are inserted into a base soaked in special solutions. This is how panels, arches, and swing-shaped structures are decorated.
Artificial flowers can be large, free-standing, even larger than human height, or smaller, but in large quantities.
Photo zone in the form of a wigwam
This photo corner can be installed both indoors and outdoors. It is convenient because during the holidays children can not only take pictures in it, but also relax and play. You can build a wigwam yourself, or you can purchase a ready-made one. You can decorate the wigwam with original pillows and garlands.
Banners, tantamaresques
Tantamaresque is a special stand with a plot design and slots for the face, arms, and legs. The design can be a human figure, a cartoon character, an animal, or a car with corresponding holes. With its help, humorous, funny and simply interesting photos are created.
A banner is a canvas with a specific pattern that is attached to a frame and creates a background for pictures.
Ribbons for decoration
If the photo zone is outside, you can decorate trees, bushes, buildings, wooden or cardboard decorations with flax trees. You can also make panels and garlands from them.
Fairy lights
In any case, a garland can create a festive mood. It can be made from flowers (artificial, real, homemade), flags, pompoms, balls, pieces of fabric, drawings, photographs, letters and inscriptions, butterflies, hearts, stars. And LED garlands can beautifully illuminate a photo zone in the dark.
Chalk (slate) board
Photos against the background of a chalk or slate board also look original. Only on the board you need to make beautiful drawings or inscriptions using white (colored) chalk. The main advantage of such a photo zone is that its design can be changed many times during the evening. To make the board look more festive, you can use additional decor: life-size flowers, garlands, vintage lanterns, stickers, soft toys.
Balloons for photo zone decor
Flowers twisted from tube-shaped balls and placed against a contrasting background look beautiful. An original arch is made from balls of different colors. Photos turn out to be fun against the backdrop of whole plot compositions with balloon figures (animals, people, cartoon characters). Foil hearts, stars, and letters look festive.
Panel of colored napkins
One of the cheapest decor options. It is easy to make flowers, buds, bows, and corrugated figures from napkins. The easiest way is to make a photo stand from napkins. To do this, you need to roll it several times and glue the flower napkin in the middle. At the same time, you can use such decorations as height figures, flowers, foam letters, and the “birthday boy’s throne.” You can paste over letters and numbers with small flowers from napkins.
Themed fence
This is a design element that can be used both outdoors and at home. A high fence or a wooden board fence is well suited for a photo zone. It can be painted in the color you need, and you can draw fairy-tale characters on it. In order for the photos to turn out thematic, the fence and the area near it need to be supplemented with appropriate attributes.
Photo props
To make your photos look cool, you can use various accessories: plastic, textile, paper mustaches, noses, glasses, eyebrows, lips, wings, masks, crowns.
Seasonal photo zone for a child’s birthday
New Year theme
If the child was born at the end of December or beginning of January, then New Year's decorations are perfect for decorating a photo zone. Everyone loves to take pictures against the background of a Christmas tree: both children and adults. What else can be placed in a winter photo zone? Sleds, skis, warm blanket, fireplace, artificial snow, large clock, various lights and garlands.
Autumn motives
In autumn, it is better to organize a photo shoot outdoors. But, if this is not possible, then you can do it indoors. Any gifts of nature are suitable as attributes: bright leaves, pumpkin, various baskets, fruits and vegetables, autumn flowers.
Summer or spring photo shoot
In spring, when everything is in bloom and in summer, when bright colors predominate outside, it is better to take photographs outside the house. Then beautiful nature will be a good background. And pictures taken in natural light turn out more saturated, bright, and clear.
Floral theme
Such a photo zone can be organized for girls of both preschool age and primary school age. The floral theme is quite universal; adult guests will certainly want to take pictures against this background.
For a floral background, you will need a plain wall or a piece of fabric on which large flowers made of paper or fabric are attached. Cute butterflies will complement the overall picture.
Choosing a theme for a children's photo zone
The theme of the design depends on the place and time of the organization:
Indoors: travel, balloons, fragrant flowers, princess castle.
Outdoors: spring theme, forest edge, blooming garden, autumn mood.
The second step in choosing an idea for decorating a photo space is to determine the overall concept. Birthdays, the child’s preferences for cartoon characters and heroes, favorite colors or the most cherished wishes of the birthday person. Based on this, you can look at examples from the Internet, choose the ones you especially like, and assemble your own special project from several, or repeat an already finished one. It is advisable to make a sketch.
One of the main criteria is the budget you are counting on. If funds allow, you can order the services of a designer who will organize the space himself.
In a big hot air balloon
Such a ball can be voluminous if there is a suitable basket or box. The volumetric ball serves as a functional decoration in which you can place a child. But if you can’t find a basket, you can cut a ball out of cardboard. Then it will just be part of the background.
You will also need large balloons filled with helium and a blue background to symbolize the sky.
New Year theme
New Year is perhaps the most favorite children's holiday. And if the baby was born at the end of December or beginning of January, then the holiday is doubly pleasant for him, and New Year’s decorations for holiday photos will come in handy.
Every adult probably has a photo with a Christmas tree in the background. Organize a New Year's photo shoot for your baby. Of course, the Christmas tree will be the main attribute in it, but you can complement it with other details - lights, sleighs, warm blankets, artificial snow.
For the little ones
Photographing newborns is a different story. It requires special skills, so it is better to entrust it to a professional. But you can try to photograph your newly born baby yourself, because the day he was born is the real birthday, and parents always want to leave memories of this memorable day.
Often such babies are photographed in various nests and baskets. Children sleep a lot in the first weeks of their lives, which is why they are photographed sleeping.
What does the photo zone consist of?
Background. This is what forms the basis. The background can be a printed banner with photographs, wishes or favorite characters. There may be a plain decorated wall, a frame of flowers, a beautiful area with bushes and trees, or a special structure of a strong frame that holds a Roman blind.
The name of the birthday person or a number indicating the new age. It can be voluminous, for example from a base decorated with flowers or a number-balloon. The design of the photo zone with helium balloons, large voluminous flowers or fans looks beautiful. You can also do all this yourself by studying master classes and video lessons. Streamers with congratulations or garlands are often used.
If the holiday lasts until dark, you can effectively highlight the photo zone with LED lighting or use bright New Year's garlands. Children are always delighted with this decision.
The candy bar is a children's sweet table. This is where children's favorite sweets, decorated in a certain style, are found.
Ordinary soap bubbles look beautiful in photographs. This will be great fun for children.
