How To Make A Photocall For Children

The best party memory is a fun, personalized photo. With these ideas to make a home photocall you will surely succeed!

Is the day of your child’s birthday party coming up and you are thinking of doing a photocall for children? Do you want it to be colorful and fun? So stay around here, we are going to share with you a guide so you can do it at home.

What do you need to make a photocall for children?

To create very original photos, nothing better than a decoration with the colors, designs and themes that children like the most. Next, we show you how to make a photocall for a birthday.

For the frame

Materials:

• A thick cardboard of 65 x 90 centimeters.
• Cutter.
• Paint the color of your choice.
• Brush.
• Rule.
• Pencil.
  

Step by Step:

1. Take the cardboard, measure around the edge 5 centimeters inwards and mark with a pencil and a ruler.
2. Cut along the lines with the utility knife, remove the excess and the base of the frame will be ready.
3. Paint the frame with the paint and let it dry.

For decoration

Materials:

• EVA rubber sheets of different colors.
• EVA rubber with glitter.
• Cereal box cartons.
• Plastic bottle caps.
• Silicone gun.
• Colored ribbons.
• Rule.
• Pencil.
• Pair of scissors

Step by Step:

1. Take apart the cereal box and draw a figure of a multi-tiered cake on the cardboard.
2. Paint each floor a different color.
3. Glue the plastic caps with the silicone gun as if they were confectionery decorating the cake.
4. Cut out the letters of the guest’s name from the glitter EVA.
5. Make flowers, butterflies and balloons with the EVA rubber of different colors.
6. On a cardboard write the birthday number, cut it out and paint it a nice color.

Arming the photocall

The last step to have a fun photocall for children is to stick all the decorations you created in different parts of the frame, ensuring that you have a balanced design.

For this model, it is best to stick the name at the bottom in the center, the cake in one corner and the number in the other. While at the top of the frame you place the figures of butterflies, flowers and balloons, to which you can add hanging gift ribbons, which will give the model a special movement.

This idea of ​​this photocall  is great because the base frame can be reused on different occasions, since you can take off the decorations, paint it again and glue new figures on it.

Other ideas of themes to make a photocall for children

• Far West : the base design is painted in brown and you add the poster a sign that says ” Wanted” . Decorations can be toy guns, sheriff stars, and cowboy hats .
• Rock Star : On a gold or silver base frame, add figurines of guitars, colored glasses, musical notes and instruments.
• Surf and beach : with the colors of the sand in the background, glue shapes of turquoise waves, sun, starfish and surfboards to the frame.
  

• Characters and superheroes : this theme is very popular with children, so it is a great idea to make a photocall with their favorite cartoon or with the protagonists of their favorite movie.
• Princesses : For younger girls, use pastel shades like pink, green, and yellow to put together a photocall with castle figures, queen crowns, and flowers.

To complete the photo, you can also add a table with masks, decorative headbands, fun glasses, mustaches and colorful party supplies. Everything adds up to have a nice party memory, be it a birthday, a communion, a baby shower or a sleepover with friends.

Learning and fun with crafts

Making a photocall for children is a fun proposal to share with the little ones, since crafts, DIY (Do it yourself) ‘do it yourself, and recycling are activities that offer diverse learning.

Creating, painting, drawing, choosing figures and assembling personalized models for your own party will make you feel independent and will increase your self-confidence, in addition to other benefits such as stimulating creativity, learning to share and developing psychomotor skills.