Looking for cute ways to display pictures at your grad party? Here are the best graduation party photo display ideas that you’ll want to copy.
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Looking for the best way to display pictures at your graduation party? This article has you covered!
Photos are a must-have decoration for any graduation party. Your guests will love looking back on your favorite memories from your years in school.
Plus, it’s a great way to show off any milestones and achievements from your school career.
Here are 9 of the most creative graduation party picture display ideas that will make a huge impact at your party.
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1. Graduation Photo Yard Signs
One of my favorite graduation party photo display ideas is to put the graduate’s pictures through the years onto yard signs.
Guests will be able to watch them grow up as they walk up to the party.
You don’t really need too much to recreate this photo display. Just print out some pictures and glue them to card stock.
Then secure them to lawn stakes and stick them in the ground.
If your graduation party will be indoors, you could also line the hallway with these pictures of the graduate through the years.
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2. Pallet Photo Display
How beautiful is this reclaimed pallet graduation picture display?
This idea will definitely require a little bit more work, but it’s worth it if you’re handy.
If you have something to lean it against, like a deck or patio wall, you can secure the pallets in place with zip ties.
If you want it to be freestanding like in the picture, you’ll need to make a base for it. Here are some good instructions for making a DIY pallet photo backdrop.
Once you have your structure built, you can easily attach photos, balloons, banners, and whatever else you’d like.
Don’t want to DIY a whole pallet structure? You could also just use individual pallets to display your grad party photos.
3. Photo Wreath
A really cute way to display photos from every year of the graduate’s life is with a photo wreath.
This would look really cute on a front door or inside the party on a display board.
I love the photo wreath idea because it’s super easy to DIY.
Just print out photos, stick them to card stock, and arrange them in a circle.
4. Tabletop Graduation Party Photo Display
A classic way to display photos at a graduation party is to make a tabletop display. Your guests will love taking a few minutes to check out all of the pictures.
All you really need for this is a trifold poster board, pictures of the graduate, and some double sided tape.
If you don’t have the time to DIY this, you can also order something similar from Etsy!
You just upload digital files of your favorite pictures, and this Etsy seller will create a beautiful custom photo board for you.
5. Grad Party Picture Centerpieces
Another genius idea for displaying photos at a graduation party is to use them in your centerpieces.
Your guests will love going table to table looking at all of the pictures of the graduate.
There are two really easy ways to make photo centerpieces.
The first is to just stick your photos onto table number holders. This is super easy, affordable, and the holders can be reused for future events!
You could also use premade photo frame centerpiece sticks. They come in a bunch of different colors and styles, so you can match them to your party theme.
You can stick them into vases of flowers, cups with glass beads, or any other centerpiece that will allow them to stay upright.
6. Tree Photo Display
One of my favorite picture display ideas for an outdoor graduation party is to wrap photos around a tree.
All you need for this are printed photos, string, and some mini clothespins.
Another super unique picture display idea involving a tree is to hang your pictures with ribbons from a tree branch. Such a beautiful idea!
7. Grad Photo Letters
How good do these “grad” photo letters look?
This DIY project is a little bit more advanced than the others on the list, but the results make all of the effort worth it!
For this project, you’ll need the following supplies:
- Cardboard letters
- Foam craft brush
- Rubber cement
- Scissors
- Photos
- Modge Podge
Basically, all you need to do are cut the photos to fit the cardboard letters and glue them down with rubber cement and Modge Podge.
For the full instructions, head over to Michelle’s Party Planit Blog.
8. Graduation Year Photo Display
One really creative way to display photos at a grad party is to make a graduation year display.
Cut the numbers of your graduation year out of card stock or foam board and stick your photos on them.
This would look really good on a fence at an outdoor graduation party or hung on the wall for an indoor one.
9. Graduation Photo Banner
One really cute way to display pictures from each year of school is with a graduation year banner.
Make a giant party banner with one photo from each year of school, starting with kindergarten.
You could DIY this with paper frames, photos, and string, but I think these pre-made versions from Amazon look incredible.
Hopefully this gave you some good inspiration for how to display your photos at your graduation party.
