How to Make a Giant Photo Booth Style Picture

I LOVE photo booth pictures!
This GIANT one adds a modern touch to our living room.
I saw this photo over on Pinterest and knew I could make it using the same technique I did with my Giant Canvas. 

{Sorry I don’t have a direct link…all the links on Pinterest lead to spam….
but this is a photo from the movie “The Joneses”}
First I took some cute snapshots of my boy, picked my 4 favorite and added a black border. I tried to crop each one to the same size.
I made sure all my photos were in landscaping so they would be 24x18.
I went online to Staples, uploaded my photos and ordered  the 18x24 engineering print for $1.97 each!

I used some leftover insulation foam board and spray adhesive.
You could also use poster board, wood or cardboard.
I did find that with this foam board it does expand and contract in extreme cold or heat.
The shop I was working in was very cool and when I took it outside in the heat to spray, my prints got all warped! It did slightly fix itself when it cools off again so don't panic if you see that happen or make sure you are working in one temperature to prevent that from happening if you use insulation board.

I laid out my prints to figure out placement.
I liked it best without trimming the white part of the print.

I sprayed one area at a time with spray adhesive. I  started with my print rolled and pressed edge of print to edge of board then roll out and smooth with a credit card.

Continue to smooth out any bubbles with the credit card and
prepare to trim the board by laying it out on a flat surface.

Use a fresh sharp utility knife and make sure
it’s as long as the board is thick. 

Then use a straight edge to make a nice clean cut

Then I used a sanding block to smooth the edges.

Brush off any sanding dust.

This step you can skip if you are a pro at editing photos.
I didn’t get my photos cropped to the same size so I needed to fix my margins and make my border wider.
I used a straight edge and a sharpie

and filled in with a black marker.

Perfect!

Next, paint the edges of the board.

This picture is 6ft tall.
If I didn’t rotate my photos to landscape, my prints
would have been 8ft tall.

Next I sealed my prints with some Mod Podge clear acrylic sealer.
{this is where I noticed the warping in the heat}

Oh isn’t it just lovely?!?!
This project was $8 and took about an hour!


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