Tutorial: DIY Photobooth Props

With my photo obsession it's probably not a surprise that I decided to set up a little DIY photobooth at my baby shower. After looking around a little, I decided to make some fun props for people to play around with when they take their photos at the photobooth.

I found some printable props online (here and here).

Materials Used:

- Adhesive felt - I got one red and one black ($1.69 CDN per sheet at Michael's)

- Cardstock to print the props onto. Regular paper would be way too flimsy

- Kabob sticks (or the random sticks I found in the craft aisle at Wal-Mart)

- Glue gun (or another strong adhesive for attaching the stick to the prop)

- Print props onto cardstock and cut those babies out. I doubled my cardstock for a couple of props by gluing another piece of prop-shaped cardstock to it. Not necessary, but useful if you want the prop to be a little stronger.

* I apologize for the horrible photos. I made the props at work at the only camera I had access to was a cell phone.

- Cut out a piece of felt big enough to fit your prop, and stick the two together.

- Cut out your prop in the felt. Cutting adhesive felt is NOT fun. I found it easier to do a quick, messy job, then clean it up a bit afterwards.

- You can write on your prop with permanent marker to fill in little details (see bow tie below)

- Glue stick to your prop.

- Enjoy your props and take tons of fun photos. Bonus: if you blog about your props and photos and show me the link. Here are some of mine in action:

More fun projects:

Hand painted Super Mario Star
Hand made picture frame with Mod Podge
Decorative letters with Mod Podge



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