Silhouettes are a great way to capture stages of a family, especially as small children grow. I have long been wanting to have family silhouette portraits but with kids, it can be a bit of a trick to get them to sit still to trace their profile. Fortunately, there’s a pretty easy solution. This craft requires only a small canvas board and frame for each portrait, a camera and printer, paint and paint brushes, scissors, a pencil and an Xacto knife. The possibilities are endless too as the colors, background colors, fonts, frames, etc are changed. Here’s how to make some of your own in less than ten steps!
1. Take a photo of the subject’s profile. If they’re squirmy or too young to understand instructions, dangle something enticing in front of them (candy anybody?). You might need help from a second person.
Just a tip: If you are doing adult and children’s silhouettes, when printing the photos, print the adults on a full 8×10 paper and the children on a smaller size, such as 4×6. It will make the children’s silhouettes smaller in contrast to the larger adult’s silhouettes.
5. If you’d like to put names under each silhouette, print off each name in the desired font and size and cut out with an Xacto knife. Names may also be free-handed.
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LOVE IT! I think I need to take a trip to Hobby Lobby now. . .
I saw those in the background of one of your other posts. Cute:)
GENIUS! And so creative! I love it Rach! Keep 'em coming!!
Beautiful! I {love} them 🙂
xx melissa @ mamamiss
I love this! I may even be able to stay within the lines enough to do it! I would love for you to share this at my linky party Gettin' Krafty With It: http://kraftykat76.blogspot.com/search/label/Gettin%27%20Krafty%20With%20It
Thank you for the compliment and the invite! I did share it and hope others enjoy it as well!
Thank you!
Desperate times call for desperate measures, especially since kids rarely sit still, haha! Glad you like them Jenn!
That is my problem too–once I find something I want to try, I have to go to Hobby Lobby ASAP!
Thank you! Yeah, that wall was looking a little bare. I'm enjoying decorating a bit now that the walls are finished!
WOW!!!!!!!! AMAZING!!!!
Thanks so much for sharing this at The DIY Dreamer.. From Dream To Reality!
Love it! I can't wait to make my own. Pinned.
I am a new follower too. Hope to see you at True Aim!
Cute idea! Thanks for stopping by for our Pretty Things Party. Hope to see you again next week!
Thank you and I plan on it! 🙂
I love this. I need to make these for D and I and Willow. Thanks for sharing on Tout It Tuesday! Hope to see you tomorrow.
I know it's still a little ways off – but I think this would be a wonderful gift for grandparents. Thank you for sharing it last week at All my Bloggy Friends – I can't wait to see what you link up at this week's All my Bloggy Friends!
You are welcome! Hope you find time to make a few. 🙂
Agreed! I hadn't thought of sharing it with other family members–I'm sure grandparents would especially love them.
Love this! I want to make some!
What a lovely project! Thanks for sharing this with us. We have featured this project at the Crafty Saturday Party. do stop by and grab a featured button if you fancy so.
Hugs,
Lelanie
I have been wanting to do this for awhile. Thanks for sharing. I'm totally going to do it soon now! 🙂 Yours turned out SO CUTE!
Hope you get a chance to make some–they're pretty easy and so fun! 🙂
Wahoo! Thank you! I will!