How to Design the Perfect Happy Birthday Banner

Birthday parties aren’t just for kids – they are a yearly event for family and friends to share the celebration. After years of lockdown, any opportunity to gather with family and friends is more precious than ever. With birthday signage you can vastly enhance all the traditional party décor. And designing custom birthday banners to coordinate with the party invitations and other decorations can really turn the celebration up to eleven.

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Happy birthday banners are festive and fun for any birthday celebration, where they add a special touch to the décor and atmosphere. But a big, splashy banner really sets the scene for important “milestone” dates. Throwing a party presided over by a personalized Happy 21st Birthday banner complete with photos of the guest of honor cements your reputation as a party master. Guests will be impressed, the birthday boy or girl will be overwhelmed, and you’ll collect the accolades! Win-win-win! Your customized birthday banner will lovingly communicate your personalized message.

Not only is every individual unique, but we also change so much through the course of our lives that designing custom birthday banners is highly personal. But, you can never have too many awesome birthday banner ideas, so here are a few of our favorites:

Custom birthday banners make a big impression. You can create a highly personalized banner to celebrate one specific birthday, like a 50th birthday banner for Dad, celebrating his peculiar attraction to ostrich racing and cuckoo clocks (seriously? He’ll love it).

Or, consider designing a slightly more generic birthday banner that could be customized for the entire family. This banner could then be used to celebrate everything from the newest great-grandchild's first birthday right on up to Memaw’s big day. Our vinyl birthday banners are so durable and easy to store that they’ll look just as great for the 50th party as for the 1st!

This is such a fun birthday banner idea — for guests and the guest of honor! As much as the part-goers want to celebrate the guest of honor, it’s a great idea to include the guests in the birthday banner design.

Customize the banner as you like, but add a sizeable patch of white in the design. Hand out felt-top pens to the guests when they arrive, and encourage one and all to write their own personal messages on the birthday party banner. This transforms the banner into a precious gift the birthday boy or girl will cherish for years. For a new college student, consider a big, colorful birthday banner signed by family and friends that can double as decoration for their dorm room.

Consider designing a custom birthday banner that can double as a game. Order custom-printed stickers or decals to coordinate with the banner’s theme. For instance, you might choose star stickers for an outer space-themed banner or individual horses for a cowboy theme. Each guest gets a decal to use in a modified game of “pin the tail on the donkey.” In this way, your guests can contribute to the design of the birthday banner.

Turn your custom happy birthday banner into a fun photo op for the party! Make it a step and repeat banner that combines your “Happy Birthday” message with a couple of fun graphics that tie into the party’s theme. Guests will love the celebrity treatment and get their pictures taken. Collect a copy of each photo to include in a scrapbook for an after-party gift! (Learn all about creating your step and repeat banner here)

When you choose to print a birthday banner for the party, subtlety is out the window. So, why not let the neighbors in on the fact that you’re celebrating?! A yard sign or A-frame sandwich board sign out front that coordinates with the party theme helps guests find the right house for the party.(Be sure to order a big enough cake to share the following day!)