Christmas Photo Booth Props

How to make DIY photo booth props

1. Pick and type. Choose Christmas or New Year’s Eve, untick any props you do not want, and type the words for the bubbles and the sign. Words are set in bold capitals-and-lower-case at 36 pt or larger, about 9 mm tall for a capital, so they read in a phone photo taken across a room. If a line is too long for that, the box under it says so.
2. Print on card. 200 to 250 g/m² card (about 75 to 90 lb cover) holds its shape on a stick; ordinary paper works if you glue it onto a cereal box before cutting. Choose “Actual size” in the print dialog. On face size, the Santa hat prints about 18 cm wide, the beard 16 cm, the star glasses 15.5 cm and the curly moustache 12.5 cm, which is roughly how big they look on an adult face.
3. Cut on the grey line. Each prop has a white border about 3.5 mm wide inside a grey outline, so you cut round one easy line instead of every antler tip. Scissors are enough; a craft knife helps for the inside of the scarf and the frame’s window.
4. Add the sticks. The small arrow under each prop shows where its stick goes; tape or hot-glue the stick to the back just above it. Wooden dowels or barbecue skewers with the point cut off, about 30 cm long, are easiest to hold; paper straws are safer for small children.

Photo booth ideas. Hang a sheet, wrapping paper or a string of fairy lights behind a chair, stand the props in a jar beside it, and lean a phone on a stack of books with the camera’s 10-second timer on. The frame is one A4 or Letter sheet with a 18 × 9 cm window: held close to the camera it frames two or three faces, and it makes an easy family Christmas card photo.

Questions

Are these photo booth props a free printable PDF?

Yes. There is no sign-up and no watermark, and the PDF is made on your own device when you press Download, so it works for a school party, an office party or a family gathering, as many copies as you like. “PNG, 300 dpi” saves the sheet you are looking at as an image, for a print shop or a photo app.

What can I write on the speech bubbles?

Anything up to 80 characters. Short lines work best: “Nice list since 2019” prints on two lines at 68 pt in a speech bubble, while a sentence of about 50 characters drops to 36 or 38 pt over three lines. Past roughly 65 to 70 characters (depending on the words) it no longer fits at 36 pt; the box under it then says so and the words step down in size, still inside the bubble. A family name goes on the frame (“Merry Christmas from the Okafors”) with the year under it. Leave a bubble empty after typing your own words elsewhere and it prints blank, which is handy for guests to write on with a whiteboard marker if you laminate it.

How many props are there, and which size should I print?

The Christmas set has 27 drawn props plus two speech bubbles, a thought bubble, a sign and the frame; on A4 or Letter at face size they fill 14 sheets (about 8 for the New Year set). The New Year’s Eve set has 13 drawn props (some, like the moustaches and lips, are shared). “Big, one per sheet” blows each prop up to fill its own sheet, which looks comic in a group photo taken from a few metres away; it uses more paper, so untick the props you do not need.

Can children colour them in?

Choose “Colour-in”: every prop prints as black outlines on white with the same cut line and stick marks, which makes a good table activity before the photos. Crayons and felt-tips work on card; let paint dry flat before cutting.

Is there a New Year’s Eve version?

Yes: switch to New Year’s Eve for a party hat, a top hat, a glass of bubbly, a clock at midnight, glasses with the coming year on them (for 31 December 2026 that is 2027), a party blower, a tiara and a disco ball, with its own bubbles and a “Happy New Year from the …” frame.