It doesn't matter where you are going to celebrate your birthday. It doesn’t even matter if it’s your holiday or one of your loved ones. The main thing is that it is held in a fun and warm atmosphere. You should definitely think about it in advance beautiful bright posters that will cheer up both you and your guests. You can buy them in a store or make them yourself.
What should an ideal poster look like?
Making a birthday party poster is not only a good method to decorate your party room. He also can be an excellent gift for a birthday boy or at least an addition to the main present.
You should start making it with a sketch. Make it on a regular small piece of paper so as not to spoil whatman paper and waste your time on redoing it.
Here are some simple tips on what the ideal greeting poster should be:
- Remember that a birthday is a fun holiday that can briefly return a person of any age to a carefree childhood. The poster you prepared for this occasion, must be bright. Do not skimp on rainbow colors - only in this case both the birthday boy and the rest of the event participants will like it.
- Do not think that the inability to draw is a reason to refuse to make a poster. You can make it using newspaper and magazine clippings, photographs and printed images.
- Engage fantasy. This will help you express your individuality.
- Don't forget that A greeting poster, in addition to its decorative function, should also serve as an informative one.. In it you can write the name of the birthday person, his date of birth, the names of the guests, wishes, and so on.
Main types
Congratulatory posters can be of several types:
Cool
Such hand-made posters should be used when you are absolutely sure in the sense of humor of the hero of the occasion and other participants of the event. Otherwise, you risk remaining misunderstood. The humor involved here should be soft, casual and light. Refrain from biting irony, flat and vulgar jokes, as well as unflattering statements about the birthday boy or any of the guests. Black humor is also inappropriate in this case..
Such posters can be used instead of traditional postcards. Write everything you would like to wish on a large piece of whatman paper and hand it to the birthday person. Don't forget to decorate your poster with beautiful drawings or photographs of the hero of the occasion.
You can leave a blank space on the poster and invite guests gathered on the occasion of someone’s birthday to write a few memorable lines to the birthday person.
Don't forget to bring colorful markers or felt-tip pens with you to the party.
Photo collages
If you are well acquainted with the celebrant and you have photographs together with him, arrange the poster can be in the form of a photo collage. Sign each photo attached to the poster with an interesting phrase. One part of the poster can be left for congratulations. If you don't have any ideas on how to make your own birthday poster, use the options below.
Poster for a boyfriend or girlfriend
To make it you will need paints, whatman paper and a photograph of you together. This option will be made in old Russian style. The predominant colors are yellow, beige and red. Draw a scroll in the center of the Whatman paper. It will contain a photo of you and your boyfriend. It can be decorated with an ornate frame. Borrow the required pattern for it from the Internet. In the lower left corner draw two buffoons. One of them can play the pipe, and the other can walk on stilts. Draw a sun in the upper left corner. Above the photo scroll, write “Happy Birthday!” in pen and ink. Place your congratulations and wishes on the right side. It can also be framed with an old Russian pattern.
Poster for a loved one
You can also congratulate your soulmate on his birthday in an original way using a beautiful and original poster. Make it, for example, shaped like two hearts. Take pink or red paper for this. If you only have white Whatman paper, paint it evenly with gouache. Draw small circles or hearts all over the poster using a pale outline. This will add expressiveness to the product.
On the top of one half of the heart write “Beloved/Beloved”, and on the second “Happy Birthday!” You should not write a standard wish on such a poster. Give preference to randomly written compliments. Here is an approximate list of them (an option for a birthday man): affectionate, gentle, breathtaking, the sexiest, the only, inimitable, the very best, only mine, Mr. radiant smile, an angel descended from heaven, charming, the best, beloved, dear and etc. Add a few lines of recognition to the compliments: “After our hearts united into one, my life without you makes no sense, because I am you! Happy birthday! I love you! Yours (name or affectionate nickname)» .
Paste a photo of you together into the other half of the heart.
Cool poster for a student friend
If the birthday is celebrated in a student dormitory, then for a friend who is a student at a college or institute, you can draw an essential congratulatory poster. On a large sheet of whatman paper, stick the following items in a chaotic order with tape and write the inscriptions next to them:
- Rollton noodles: image is nothing, hunger is everything!
- Alka-Prim tablet - there is no such thing as a good morning.
- A cigarette is a spare one if you suddenly quit smoking.
- One more cigarette - on duty, if suddenly there is not enough spare.
- Socks – a fresh pair of the SAME socks.
- A condom - if you urgently need to go on a date.
- Deodorant - if you urgently need to go on an important date.
On the top of the poster write “Happy Jam Day!” Don’t forget to sign on it with your whole group and write the notes “Friends will not leave you in trouble” and “Whoever was not a student will not understand.”
Poster with sweets
On a large sheet of whatman paper, use small candies to write the inscription “Happy Birthday!” These and other sweets can be glued using either regular or double-sided tape. On the remaining space of the poster, you must place the following sweets with the appropriate inscriptions:
Poster with handprints
You can make the following poster quickly and easily. To make it you will need:
- large sheet of Whatman paper;
- bath for rolling out paint;
- gouache or finger paint;
- multi-colored markers.
Place a photo of the birthday person in the center of the sheet. However, before starting work, it is better to simply leave some free space on the poster so as not to accidentally stain the photo.
Ask the hero of the occasion's friends to dip their hand in paint and apply it to the poster. This should be done in such a way that the prints seem to surround the photo. Under each paint palm, its owner can write a cheerful and kind wish for the birthday person. In the midst of a birthday celebration, you can ask him to guess where whose fingerprint is.
Poster for a child
Children, like no one else, love everything bright and colorful. You can make your own poster in honor of your child’s birthday using a large number of his photographs. If the baby is turning three or five years old, choose pictures where he is one month old, six months old, one year old, and so on. If the baby is only a year old, photos by month will do. Do not forget to write inscriptions with wishes. You can decorate the poster with images of animals, funny people, drawn or cut out from magazines, as well as your child’s favorite cartoon characters. The main inscription can be made as follows: “Our (daughter's name) already a year old" or "Our (child's name) for six whole years."
In order to make such a poster, you will need pictures of the baby, mom and dad. Decorate the top of the sheet of paper with the inscription “To our baby today (number of years)» . Place his photo in the center of the poster. On one and the other side there should be photographs of mom and dad. At the bottom write “Dear guests, who do I look like?”
In addition, whatman paper can be decorated with images of animals and cartoon characters. You can also leave space on the poster for a small table. It will have two columns - “Mom” and “Dad”. Each guest who comes to the holiday will have to make an entry in the appropriate column. At the end of the event, you can make calculations and find out who the guests think your child is like. To make the next poster you will only need a sheet of whatman paper, a few multi-colored markers and a little creativity. Watch the video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tisnw1g84jQ
This is one of the most common paper greetings. Everyone can create it with their own hands. Anyone who wants to bring joy to the birthday boy, hero of the day, or new resident can be involved in its design.
The work process will not be difficult, you just need to follow simple rules:
- do all preliminary sketches not on whatman paper, but on album sheets;
- remembering that this is a holiday greeting, use the brightest colors;
- do not be afraid of the lack of drawing ability - pictures can be copied, transferred, cut out and supplemented with suitable signatures, aphorisms, slogans;
- There are no strict limits - you can use your imagination and do it at your own discretion.
Thematic posters
With original ideas
When congratulating colleagues, friends, acquaintances, relatives, it is enough to remember their tastes. Following in this direction, the use of landscapes, landmarks, and memorable photographs is allowed. Car lovers will love the glued car. Jokers and wits will appreciate greetings and wishes in a comic form. The vain can be pleased with their favorite phrases.
With a selection of photographs
Such a paper greeting is suitable for any occasion. Efforts will be required to collect the best photographs of a particular person. If this is dad, mom, elderly relatives, you need to try to find photographs from long ago, footage of family events. They will become the subject of memories. The hero of the occasion will understand your sign of attention, your efforts to please him.
To design such a congratulation you will need a lot of photographs. After collecting them, it is not difficult to decide on the topics of the photo collage: with household members, pets, among friends, among colleagues, etc.
Romantic congratulations
Shapes such as hearts, white clouds, a flying balloon are suitable for their design, add compliments, words of declaration of love. You can glue colorful butterflies.
Congratulations to the children
Of course it's for children. To create it you will need small gifts: candies and sweet surprises go well with cartoons and favorite books. The birthday boy will be pleasantly surprised by his own drawings. For an older child, forgotten photographs from different years will be a new discovery.
Yummy poster
At such a congratulation the main content will be sweets. They should be chosen for their light weight to ensure they can be attached in weight. Glue, tape, and a stapler will help with this. Additional decorative elements will include candy wrappers, colorful bows, ribbons, and appliqués.
Fun poster
If the goal is to amuse the guests and the birthday boy with jokes , laughing, you need to turn to making a comic stand. Extraordinary images that match the meaning of the character, life, and successes of the hero of the occasion will come to the rescue. Family photos will take their place on it.
Of course, you can’t do without a congratulatory text - it will decorate the center, humorous poems, phrases, captions under photos, funny comments. Paint the remaining empty spaces with contrasting colors.
Making a small collage with your own hands will also brighten up the holiday. You need to try to make it using original ideas. By the way, there will be small drawings and bright applications that complement the overall plot. Write funny captions under each photo.
Sequence of steps when creating a wall greeting
Its creation begins with planning, a diagram. First, place gifts, inscriptions, decorative details on a simple piece of paper, mark all places with a simple pencil. Paint empty spaces with bright colors.
The center of the poster should contain a congratulatory message to the hero of the occasion: write beautiful letters yourself or cut and paste. You can mention the best qualities of his character and hobbies.
When creating a photo collage, you can immediately start working on whatman paper:
- arrange pictures by topic;
- mark the contours with different colors;
- cut the corners of the contours made, insert photo cards into them;
- decorate with decorative elements;
- free space can be filled by coloring it with a marker;
- You can make signatures in a humorous manner.
When creating a sweet surprise, work in this order:
- sketch out the diagram on a separate sheet, thinking over places for inscriptions, drawings, sweets;
- draw a sheet of whatman paper according to the diagram;
- if necessary, use watercolor paints or colored pencils for a background;
- perform the congratulatory part with wishes especially carefully;
- glue photographs and pictures to the allocated places;
- fasten delicious products with a stapler.
If you try, you can use sweet gifts to create a riddle, rebus, or puzzle on whatman paper.
It is not so difficult to come up with and create a poster with congratulations. The only downside to the original gift sheet is that it takes time.
But the advantages make up for this disadvantage: anyone can do it, it does not present any difficulty; the creator realizes his creative abilities and receives moral satisfaction; the recipient accepts not just a gift made from the bottom of his heart, but an expression of love and attention.
It doesn't matter where you are going to celebrate your birthday. It doesn’t even matter if it’s your holiday or one of your loved ones. The main thing is that it is held in a fun and warm atmosphere. You should definitely think in advance about beautiful, bright posters that will cheer up both you and your guests. You can buy them in a store or make them yourself.
What should an ideal poster look like?
Making a birthday party poster is not only a good method to decorate your party room. He may also become a great gift for a birthday boy or at least an addition to the main present.
You should start making it with a sketch. Make it on a regular small piece of paper so as not to spoil whatman paper and waste your time on redoing it.
Here are some simple tips on what the ideal greeting poster should be:
- Remember that a birthday is a fun holiday that can briefly return a person of any age to a carefree childhood. The poster you prepare for this occasion must be bright. Do not skimp on rainbow colors - only in this case both the birthday boy and the rest of the event participants will like it.
- Do not think that the inability to draw is a reason to refuse to make a poster. You can make it using newspaper and magazine clippings, photographs and printed images.
- Use your imagination. This will help you express your individuality.
- Do not forget that a congratulatory poster, in addition to its decorative function, should also perform an informative one. In it you can write the name of the birthday person, his date of birth, the names of the guests, wishes, and so on.
Congratulatory posters can be of several types:
Cool
Congratulatory posters can be of several types: Cool Such hand-made posters should be used when you are absolutely sure of the sense of humor of the hero of the occasion and the rest of the event participants. Otherwise, you risk remaining misunderstood.
The humor involved here should be soft, casual and light. Refrain from biting irony, flat and vulgar jokes, as well as unflattering statements about the birthday boy or any of the guests. Black humor is also inappropriate in this case.
Such posters can be used instead of traditional postcards. Write everything you would like to wish on a large piece of whatman paper and hand it to the birthday person.
Don't forget to decorate your poster with beautiful drawings or photographs of the hero of the occasion.
You can leave a blank space on the poster and invite guests gathered on the occasion of someone’s birthday to write a few memorable lines to the birthday person.
Don't forget to bring colorful markers or felt-tip pens with you to the party.
If you are well acquainted with the hero of the occasion and you have photographs together with him, you can design the poster in the form photo collage.
Sign each photo attached to the poster with an interesting phrase. One part of the poster can be left for congratulations.
If you don't have any ideas on how to make your own birthday poster, use the options below.
Poster for a boyfriend or girlfriend
To make it you will need paints, whatman paper and a photograph of you together. This option will be made in old Russian style.
The predominant colors are yellow, beige and red. Draw a scroll in the center of the Whatman paper. It will contain a photo of you and your boyfriend.
It can be decorated with an ornate frame. Borrow the required pattern for it from the Internet. In the lower left corner draw two buffoons. One of them can play the pipe, and the other can walk on stilts.
Draw a sun in the upper left corner. Above the photo scroll, write “Happy Birthday!” in pen and ink. Place your congratulations and wishes on the right side. It can also be framed with an old Russian pattern.
Poster for a loved one
Take pink or red paper for this. If you only have white Whatman paper, paint it evenly with gouache.
Draw small circles or hearts all over the poster using a pale outline. This will add expressiveness to the product.
On the top of one half of the heart write “Beloved/Beloved”, and on the second “Happy Birthday!” You should not write a standard wish on such a poster. Give preference to randomly written compliments.
Here is an approximate list of them (an option for a birthday man): affectionate, gentle, breathtaking, the sexiest, the only, inimitable, the very best, only mine, Mr. radiant smile, an angel descended from heaven, charming, the best, beloved, dear and etc.
Add a few lines of recognition to the compliments: “After our hearts united into one, my life without you makes no sense, because I am you! Happy birthday! I love you! Your (name or affectionate nickname).” Paste a photo of you together into the other half of the heart.
Cool poster for a student friend
If the birthday is celebrated in a student dormitory, then for a friend who is a student at a college or institute, you can draw an essential congratulatory poster.
On a large sheet of whatman paper, stick the following items in a chaotic order with tape and write the inscriptions next to them:
- Rollton noodles: image is nothing, hunger is everything!
- Tablet "Alka-Prim" - there is never a good morning.
- A cigarette is a spare one if you suddenly quit smoking.
- One more cigarette - on duty, if suddenly there is not enough spare.
- Socks – a fresh pair of the SAME socks.
- A condom - if you urgently need to go for it.
- Deodorant - if you urgently need to go on an important date.
On the top of the poster write “Happy Jam Day!” Don’t forget to sign on it with your whole group and write the notes “Friends will not leave you in trouble” and “Whoever was not a student will not understand.”
Poster with sweets
This version of the poster will appeal to those with a real sweet tooth. On a large sheet of whatman paper, use small candies to write the inscription “Happy Birthday!” These and other sweets can be glued using either regular or double-sided tape.
On the remaining space of the poster, you must place the following sweets with the appropriate inscriptions:
- “Bounty” - we wish your life to be a real heavenly pleasure.
- “Twix” - we wish you to find your soulmate as soon as possible. For those who are in a relationship or have a long-term relationship: we wish that you and your soulmate will be like these two inseparable sticks.
- “Snickers” - just in case of inhuman hunger or lethargy.
- “Kinder Surprise” - you need to stick several of them and write: may your life be full of pleasant and unexpected surprises.
- Candies or chocolates with the image of dollars or euros - may you always have a lot of money.
- Skittles - try the rainbow and share with your friends.
- Chocolate with cognac - let happiness intoxicate.
- Lollipop with lemon - you can’t do without a slight sourness in life, otherwise joys will not be perceived so brightly.
- Chewing gum “Orbit” or “Dirol” - your radiant smile blinds and drives you crazy.
- Chocolate “Inspiration” - we wish you graceful and kind muses and lots and lots of inspiration.
Poster with handprints
You can make the following poster quickly and easily. To make it you will need:
- large sheet of Whatman paper;
- bath for rolling out paint;
- gouache or finger paint;
- multi-colored markers.
Place a photo of the birthday person in the center of the sheet. However, before starting work, it is better to simply leave some free space on the poster so as not to accidentally stain the photo.
Ask the hero of the occasion's friends to dip their hand in paint and apply it to the poster. This should be done in such a way that the prints seem to surround the photo.
Under each paint palm, its owner can write a cheerful and kind wish for the birthday person. In the midst of a birthday celebration, you can ask him to guess where whose fingerprint is.
Poster for a child
Children, like no one else, love everything bright and colorful. You can make your own poster in honor of your child’s birthday using a large number of his photographs.
If the baby is turning three or five years old, choose pictures where he is one month old, six months old, one year old, and so on. If the baby is only a year old, photos by month will do.
Don't forget to write inscriptions with your wishes. You can decorate the poster with images of animals, funny people, drawn or cut out from magazines, as well as your child’s favorite cartoon characters.
The main inscription can be made as follows: “Our (daughter’s name) is already a year old” or “Our (child’s name) is six years old.”
In order to make such a poster, you will need pictures of the baby, mom and dad. Decorate the top of the sheet of paper with the inscription “Our baby is (number of years old) today.”
Place his photo in the center of the poster. On one and the other side there should be photographs of mom and dad. At the bottom write “Dear guests, who do I look like?”
In addition, whatman paper can be decorated with images of animals and cartoon characters. You can also leave space on the poster for a small table. It will have two columns - “Mom” and “Dad”.
Each guest who comes to the holiday will have to make an entry in the appropriate column. At the end of the event, you can make calculations and find out who the guests think your child is like.
