Activity
Themed Photo Shoot
Yearbooks are great mementos, but they're expensive and can't be carried around in your wallet or back pocket. If you're looking for a fun and easy way to remember your friends, a themed photo shoot is the way to go. Invite everyone over for a fancy dress get-together full of food, fun, and some good-natured goofing off and document it all with a group photo shoot. Not only will you have a one-of-a-kind keepsake, but you'll get to hang out with your friends in the process!
What You Need:
- Camera
- Props of your choice (optional)
- Large white sheet (optional)
- Photo printer or access to a place that prints photos
- Snacks and drinks (for all the friends you invite over)
What You Do:
- Brainstorm themes for your photo shoot with your child. Here are a few to get you started:
- Vampires (perhaps use leftover Halloween paint to spice it up)
- Wild west, complete with cowboy hats and jeans
- "Great Gatsby”, a 1920s flapper theme
- Color theme (perhaps school colors), where everyone dresses in the same color(s)
- Encourage your friends to bring their own costumes with them, but it's a nice touch to have a few extra accessories on hand for your friends to play with and try on.
- On the day of the photo shoot, gather everyone together. For best light, try shooting outside. If you have a white sheet, you can hang it up as a backdrop for a more professional look.
- Once everyone is in place, start taking pictures! Encourage everyone to have fun with it, trying different poses and action shots.
- Rotate photographers among your friends or get a parent or sibling to help out in order to make sure everyone is included in the shoot.
- When the shoot is done, upload the photos to your computer, edit them, and print them out or take them to a photo printing shop.
- Don’t show anyone the photos until the end of the year, and then give them as parting gifts to all of your friends. Have everyone sign each others' photos and write a short message to remember them by.
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