A beautiful photo zone for a child’s birthday with your own hands is one of the ways to make a children’s holiday bright and memorable. Photos from the birthday will be stored in family archives for decades to come, and relatives or family friends will probably want to have them too. If a children's party will be held at home or outdoors, then to design a photo zone it is not at all necessary to contact specialist photographers. It’s very easy to do everything you need with your own hands. There would be an idea.
Rules for designing a photo zone for a children's birthday party
By the way, about the idea of a holiday. Whatever it is - “Princess Ball” or “Lego Party” - the photo zone must be decorated in the appropriate style. And this is the first rule. What else should you consider when arranging a place for photography?
- The decor for a children's party should be different from the paraphernalia that is used at adult parties. Therefore, you need to think through all the details of the photo zone and create a plot (or image) specifically for a children’s party from the materials at hand.
- All details of the photo zone must be in harmony with other decorations in the room, otherwise the entire design of the room will be disrupted and guests will feel uncomfortable.
- If the main “decoration” of the room is only the area for photographing, then it should be bright and with a memorable original decor so that the photographs turn out beautiful and interesting.
- The photo zone should be well lit. Therefore, be sure to think about where it is best to place it. If the party takes place in the evening, then take care of additional lighting.
- The place for photography should be spacious enough and accommodate at least two to three people per photo session. After all, friends and relatives will probably come to the children and also want to take part in the photo shoot.
- If you plan to take photos on the street, then create a mobile photo zone that can be easily moved or quickly built in the yard of your house. When celebrating a children's birthday outdoors, make sure that the decor is made of waterproof materials in case of sudden rain.
What are the photo zones?
The type of photo zone and its size will depend on the size of the room where the holiday is to take place. The most commonly used option for a photography area is a photo wall.
A photo wall is when one of the walls (or part of it) is decorated for a photo shoot. You can decorate it with fabric or a bright vertical “carpet” of balloons, paper flowers or other paraphernalia.
If the room is small, then choose only a small corner for the photo shoot and decorate it with themed decor, balloons or flowers.
A photo window is the most economical option for a photo zone. A large frame, decorated with flowers or balls, is suspended from the ceiling on a rope or secured on supports to the floor. The main thing here is that the frame accommodates not one, but at least two or three people.
A mobile photo zone in the form of a stand, banner, screen or wigwam (folding house) is located in any convenient place in the house or on the street.
What to use for photo zone decor
The decor for the photo zone, as already mentioned, should correspond to the theme of the children's party. But in any case, you can always create a beautiful area for photographing with your own hands from the materials at hand, for example:
- different types of fabric that drape beautifully to create a background;
- balloons. Their design of a photo zone is perhaps the most popular. They are used as decoration in the form of flower beds, garlands, arches or in the form of various figures;
- garlands made of different materials - corrugated paper, fabric, flowers and colored ribbons. They are made in the form of figures of cartoon characters, bows, flowers, hearts, spirals, bows;
- flowers, pompoms, fan circles, butterflies, flags, bells and other decor made from colored paper. As an option for various decorations, use corrugated paper, table napkins, whatman paper;
- multi-colored light bulbs – Christmas tree garlands – are a good option to decorate a photo zone for a child’s birthday;
- flowers - real and made of paper - are a wonderful decoration for a festive photo zone if the birthday girl is a girl;
- Photo wallpaper is also an interesting option to decorate a beautiful wall for a photo shoot;
- a slate board with drawings and photographs attached to it - perfect for a photo zone at a teenager’s birthday;
- numbers and letters from various materials. You can easily make them yourself from cardboard, decorating them with voluminous flowers made of corrugated paper, tape or balls;
- soft toys, pillows, fur rugs will come in handy for photographing “one-year-olds.”
Useful tips for creating a photo zone
Before you start decorating your photo zone, use our tips.
- Plan a place for the photo zone and draw a plan on paper.
- Before drawing, think about the preferences and hobbies of the birthday person.
- Imagine the general picture of the photo zone, and what decorations you would like to see in it.
- Estimate what materials you will need to implement your idea and how much money you will need to purchase them.
- You should not come up with too clumsy and complex design options. Keep it in moderation both in color (three colors are enough) and in the number of accessories. Against the backdrop of a large number of them, the birthday boy and his guests will simply get lost in the photo.
- If you plan to create a photo zone outdoors, then take care of the stability and moisture resistance of the entire structure. Who knows what kind of weather is expected, weather forecasters are not always right.
Theme party supplies
When creating a photo zone for themed children's parties, you should also take care of the attributes. After all, they will be the ones who will indicate the theme of the birthday and help play out the whole story during the photo shoot.
For example, if you are planning to celebrate the birthday of a “little princess,” then it would be appropriate to make small copies of a castle, carriage, and horses out of cardboard. And make the chair from a children's high chair, covered with a beautiful gold or white fabric.
For a teenage boy, a party in a pirate style will involve decorating a photo zone with pirate and nautical paraphernalia: a pirate flag, steering wheel, nets, etc.
If you plan to celebrate a child's birthday according to a certain scenario, then it is worth preparing not only a photo zone for photography. Consider appropriate costumes or accessories that will help the children who will be photographed fit naturally into the themed photo shoot. Warn all guests in advance to ensure that they come dressed in appropriate costumes for the theme of the party.
Or, if you have the opportunity and time, make several masks or accessories yourself for such an occasion.
How to design a photo zone in the form of a balloon
It is unusual to decorate a photo zone in the form of a large balloon. Children 2-4 years old will be interested in taking pictures in the basket, and the photographs themselves will look stylish and unusual. The main thing is to properly design the area and make the balloon itself. For this you need...
- Create a background for the “flight”, that is, make the sky and clouds. There are two options: the first is to stretch whatman paper onto a frame, paint the paper blue and draw white clouds on it. The second is to stretch the blue fabric onto the wall, and cut out the clouds from whatman paper and attach them to the fabric with pins. But here you need to look at which part of the room the photo zone will be located in, and act based on the details.
- Make the balloon basket itself (if you don’t have a suitable wicker basket) from a large box, drawer or laundry basket, from which you first remove the lid. All you need to do is cover the box with fabric and decorate it with flags, flowers or bags. By the way, you can put little surprises in them for children, which you can give to them after taking photographs. Let the child choose his own secret bag.
- Buy the balloon itself (or a bunch of balloons) at the store and fill them with helium. As a last resort, make a fake ball from a large sheet of cardboard or plywood and hang it from the ceiling by a string. As an option, you can order a banner with the image of a balloon and attach a bunch of balloons to it on both sides.
- Another option for a balloon is to sew it yourself from fabric. If you can’t do it yourself, order it from the studio. Place a large helium balloon inside or hang the entire structure on ropes from the ceiling. Just make sure that the basket still remains on the floor. It's safer for kids.
- Place small mock-ups of houses around the central ball, then in the photograph the location will look as if the ball is flying high above the ground.
There are a lot of ideas for photo zones at a children’s birthday party and examples of such photo sessions are always available on the Internet. But there is always the opportunity to come up with something of your own. So go ahead - fantasize and make it happen.
Ideas for decorating a photo zone for an outdoor birthday
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