1st Birthday Photo Garland
This 1st birthday photo garland makes meaningful, beautiful party decor – AND a fabulous keepsake! When you’re done with this, you’ll want to check out our DIY felt first birthday crown too! This post contains affiliate links.
One of the most meaningful things I did for Baby Jay’s first birthday party was to make this 1st birthday photo garland. It hung over the party table where it could stay clean and people can look at it and enjoy the progress of his milestone photos and how much he grew.
I designed it from scratch to be easy to assemble and versatile to use. Our party didn’t really have a theme but it had soft, botanical vibes with eucalyptus and sage greens, browns, soft golds, and, I’m ashamed to say it, lots of beige.
More things you can craft with this milestone frame SVG
When designing the 1st birthday photo garland SVG, one of my goals was to create something that can be used in multiple ways.
For that reason, I didn’t add holes to the garland template. They’re easy to punch – and anyway some people might prefer other methods of hanging, such as taped on paper tabs or just taping a string along the back and not making holes.
Here are a few more things you can do with it:
- Mount it in shadow boxes or frames and display it along the table
- Turn it into a photo book – you can actually do this with the garland when you’re done with it – as I’ve done!
- Use these as scrapbook frames
- Since it’s an SVG and you can upscale the size of the frames, you can also make them full-sheet and hang them as posters
Get the SVG for the 1st Birthday Photo Garland
This is a premium download available for purchase in my Etsy shop. Your purchase allows you limited commercial use to sell finished products, so if you’re a party planner or if you like to sell premade party goods, you’ll be able to do that!
What you’ll need
- A cutting machine, I used the Cricut Maker 3
- LightGrip (blue) mat
- Cardstock paper in your party colors
- Hole punch
- Twine or string
- Printed photos (note the size you’re cutting the hole on the SVG and make it slightly larger)
- Tape or glue
How to make a 1st Birthday Photo Garland
1. Upload your SVG to Design Space, change the colors and sizes as needed. Send it to your Cricut to cut.
2. Remove them carefully from the mat. You can do this by flipping over the mat, and peeling the mat away from the paper instead of vice versa so it doesn’t curl as much.
3. If needed, cut your photos to size.
4. Tape or glue them behind the frames.
5. Punch holes in the two top corners (they’re easy to find and coordinate due to the shape of your 1st birthday garland).
6. String them on string or twine so that the string runs behind most of the frame and comes out of the holes on the sides.
7. Hang them up and party away! What a beautiful, meaningful decoration to have at your kid’s first birthday party!
In case you missed it, you can get the 1st birthday photo garland SVG here!
