Christmas Photobooth ideas
Whether you're planning a staff Christmas party, a family event, Christmas community outreach, or decorating your church's foyer so that guests can take pictures, a Christmas photo booth is a great way for both kids and adults to enjoy their time at your facility and share about your church on social media.
Whether you're providing the photographer or each person is taking their own festive photos, here are some Christmas photo booth ideas to make your photo booth a success this year.
Choose a Christmas Photo Booth Backdrop Theme
Your background frames your church's Christmas photo booth. It sets the design style, the color palette, and the mood for the rest of your photo booth.
Your Christmas backdrop banner can make or break your photo booth, taking a good photo booth to a "WOW" photo booth that people can't wait to share on their social media.
Consider some Christmas Photo booth background style ideas:
- Traditional living room /fireplace
- Abstract
- Winter scene or colors - evergreen with blue skies
- Red and Green
- Traditional designs - stained glass windows or nativity
- Ornamental Christmas tree
Customize your Christmas photo booth backdrop:
Choose any design style from our Christmas Backdrop catalog, then customize it with your church's logo or adjust the color scheme or font to make it pop.
If you love a design that says "Merry Christmas," you can customize those letters to your logo's font for consistency. If you find the right backdrop design but would like to customize the color scheme, our design team is happy to provide free customization.
Many backdrop banners can be printed both front and back so that you could have one design for your staff party and another for your community event on the same backdrop banner.
You could also set up two photo booths with completely different themes by putting your double-sided backdrop in the center of your space and having people take fun pictures on both sides during your party.
One side could be winter with a snowman and a Christmas tree, and the other side could be a festive living room where friends can gather around a fire.
Christmas Photo Booth Props
Christmas handheld signs (that you can use for your church's parking lot team) are a great addition to your photo booth props allowing each group a fun way to customize their photo.
Choose designs that match your backdrop for a consistent look, or have the inverse design on the back. If your backdrop is a red design with green accents, then one side of your handheld could be mostly red with some green, and the other could be mostly green with some red details.
Christmas handheld sign ideas:
Merry Christmas
- Joy To The World
- Peace On Earth
- 'Tis The Season
Other props could be funny glasses, Christmas ornaments and decorations, Santa hats, balloons, or wrapped Christmas presents.
Use Christmas Decorations To Complete Your Photo booth:
Your Christmas photo booths aren't just about the background but the entire booth. Create some dimension for your pictures with Christmas trees, lighting, and some options for people to either sit or stand while posting with friends.
A comfortable chair, couch or park bench can help frame the booth and the photos. Remember that many people will cherish these photos with friends and family as their Christmas photo for the year, so create a space where guests can comfortably pose for a photo, not just take a casual selfie.
Consider that your Christmas photo booth will need to accommodate different-sized groups of people, from a couple who want a quick picture to a "group photo" of everyone at the holiday party.
Consider the location of your Christmas photo booth
If your photo booth is outside, then you might want to give a bit more space if people are likely to be bundled up wearing bulky winter clothes.
If your photo booth is outside at night be sure to mount lights in front of the photo booth so that the resulting photos are not silhouettes or blurry from low light, but bright photos worth sharing on social media.
If your photo booth is going to be inside, turn all of the lights on in the area of the photo booth to create bright, crisp images. Even if your theme for the rest of your facility is candlelight, be sure that your photo booth is well-lit, and take some 'practice' photos a few days ahead to be sure the end result will be exactly what you're hoping for, and adjust if necessary.
