Good morning! I’m back today with a quick and easy tutorial for a photo booth backdrop! Photo booths are such a fun thing to add to your parties. If you are wanting to rent a physical photo booth, get ready to shell out the big bucks. I think the cheapest I have found cost around $1,000 for an evening rental. I created the “booth” backdrop for our Super Bowl party for a total of $6 and ten minutes of my time.

To start, make a run to your local dollar store and grab a few rectangular plastic table cloths. You can easily customize your photo booth to match the theme and colors of your party. You can do one solid color, a variety of alternating colors, or go all out and have a rainbow. You will need between 6 and 8 table cloths, depending on the size of your booth. I used 6, and it was cutting it close to remain in the frame of the shot.

The only other items you’ll need are a hole punch, some string or twine, and either thumb tacks or command hooks to hang the finished drape. After you take the table cloth out of the package, stretch it out lengthwise. Start folding the top back and forth like one of the paper fans you used to make as a kid. It definitely doesn’t have to be perfect.

Next, punch a hole near the top of the table cloth. Be sure to not make the hole too close to the edge to avoid ripping.

Start stringing each piece onto your twine. You will want to make sure your piece of string is longer than the width of your space.

Now, go ahead and hang your back drop using either thumb tacks or command hooks. I used thumb tacks. I started with one on each end and wrapped the string around several times before tying it off. {As much as I love my Texas Longhorns, my walls are not burnt orange. I’m clearly not a pro photographer! haha}

Once you have the backdrop hung, start spreading out each piece and fluffing it a bit. You’ll notice that it will be a bit droopy from the weight of the plastic.

I just went back with a couple of thumb tacks to raise the middle of the backdrop.

And, VOILA! You have an awesome photo booth backdrop for a few pennies!

No photo booth is complete without a few props and silliness. I gathered a few things from around the house that I’ve collected over the years. You know…normal things most people have….like giant sombreros and sparkly glasses. I also found a few feathered Mardi Gras masks at the Dollar Tree. We used the Photo Booth application that came on my Mac Book to act as our camera for the evening. There are several apps that can be downloaded onto your iPad or iPhone. If you don’t have any Apple products, you can have a few friends swap off taking pictures with a regular point and shoot camera.

Cardboard cut outs are always a bonus. A Joe Montana pillow pal will earn you even more extra points, so it’s definitely a good idea to be friends with someone who owns a Joe Montana pillow pal.

And here are my dear friends Joel and Amanda demonstrating just how exciting photo booths can be!

This was a hit, especially with the kiddos. I think I have about 300 pictures of our friends’ kids modeling all of the different props with a variety of poses. At one point I even heard one of the girls say “Yes! It turned out just how we wanted!”. Haha!

Do you have any parties coming up soon? I’ll definitely be saving this backdrop for future use (4th o’ July, anybody?) and making some in other colors.

Have an awesome Tuesday!