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Home ยป Craft ยป Home Decor ยป DIY Photo Booth Backdrop Frame – for around $10!

DIY Photo Booth Backdrop Frame – for around $10!

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Easy DIY Photo Booth Backdrop Frame for $10

We whipped up this awesome diy photo booth background frame in about ten minutes for just around $10 using items available from your local hardware store.

The photos are pretty self-explanatory in terms of assembly, but I wanted to give you some measurements for cutting the PVC. Our booth is 4.5′ wide by 5.5′ tall, so we cut two of the 10′ pieces of PVC pipe nearly in half into 5.5′ and 4.5′ lengths. From the third 10′ piece, cut another 4.5′ length and then cut the bottom supporting “feet” from the remaining piece. If you want the photo booth to be free-standing, I’d suggest cutting four 12″ pieces for the feet. My photo booth will be set up right in front of a wall most of the time, so I choose to cut two longer front pieces and two shorter back pieces (16″ and 4″), but do whatever works best for your set-up. The lower cross bar helps lend support and also works well for setting up a shorter background for seated photos. I set ours at around 32″ high because that’s a few inches taller than my tallest kiddo when seated.

Easy DIY PVC PhotoboothDrape some fabric across the top bar and clamp into place. If you don’t already have clamps,  you can pick these up at the hardware store too for about $1 each. There are SO many different options for backgrounds, so get creative! Old sheets work great and so do rolls of paper – I think holiday decorated kraft paper would look awesome too! Photo Booth Pictures 2I can’t wait to see how awesome this looks when they’re actually in their Halloween costumes this year! No more boring garage door photos for us! I think I might even add a few orange paper bats and pumpkins to the background too.

Photo Booth PicturesThis will be SO much fun at birthday parties too! I just added a few photo props, and my boys went crazy for them! (Note to self: next time, don’t choose a photo prop that blends in with your background lol!)

 

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Comments

  1. Heather says

    September 21, 2013 at 1:43 pm

    My son wore the astronaut one last year from PBK and wears it all the time still for pretend play. Great value and so well made.

    Reply
  2. Liz@craftbaby says

    September 23, 2013 at 10:46 pm

    I love the Max one best too. Although the parrot is adorbs. We’re thinking pirate for Trip this year w/ a shoulder parrot ๐Ÿ™‚

    Reply
  3. kelley @ Miss Information says

    September 24, 2013 at 1:26 pm

    This is so cute! I would love it for our Fall Festival! Where did you get the 3/4 joints? We were looking for them for a game we were making and Home Depot said they don’t make them. Must have gotten someone bad at the store!

    Reply
    • Heidi says

      September 24, 2013 at 3:53 pm

      We got ours at Home Depot! Both HD and Lowe’s should have them! ๐Ÿ™‚

      Reply
  4. Meegan says

    September 29, 2013 at 11:52 pm

    Cute kids, cute mom, cute, idea and cute costumes. Thx for sharing Heidi.

    Reply
  5. Kim Gonzalez says

    October 2, 2013 at 1:19 pm

    Really great! Where did you get the floor pattern paper (fabric?) from?

    Reply
    • Heidi says

      October 2, 2013 at 5:38 pm

      Thanks, Kim! The floor pattern is a vinyl photo background from Ink & Elm (https://www.etsy.com/shop/InkAndElm). ๐Ÿ™‚

      Reply
      • Krystal says

        June 30, 2015 at 7:47 am

        What size backdrop did you use for the floor?

      • Heidi says

        June 30, 2015 at 10:43 am

        Hi Krystal, it is a 4’x 4′ backdrop on the floor ๐Ÿ™‚

      • Michelle says

        July 29, 2018 at 12:02 am

        They do have rolls of paper like that at Michaels and Hobby Lobby. Its sold in a long roll. In the teacher area aswell at Staples and Office Depot????

  6. Liz says

    February 19, 2014 at 11:54 am

    I love your photo booth frame. Did you glue yours together — or does it stay together on its own? I need to make a larger one for a gym (and I sure could have used it at Christmastime for a Santa’s workshop). Thank you for the inspiration!!

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    • Heidi says

      February 19, 2014 at 1:26 pm

      Thanks, Liz! My frame stays together on its own. I keep it that way so that I can disassemble it and store it in a closet when it’s not in use. ๐Ÿ™‚

      Reply
  7. Chelsea @ FrontPaigeNews says

    March 21, 2014 at 8:48 am

    OMG I love this!! I make photo booth backdrops out of fabric scraps and have been looking for a creative way to hang them at events! Definitely a must build for my family! Thanks for posting.

    Reply
  8. Belinda S says

    August 27, 2014 at 4:41 pm

    Hi Heidi! Does yours ever try to topple over? I made one, and am using a cloth tarp for the backdrop, and it keeps tipping to one side or the other, and sometimes toppling over completely! I don’t know what to do to fix this. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Thank you for your great tutorial!

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    • Heidi says

      August 28, 2014 at 12:26 pm

      Oh no, Belinda! I’m so sorry to hear that you’re having tipping issues! I have not actually had any problems with mine, and we’ve even used a similarly built XL version as an outdoor movie screen on a windy night, too. To remedy the situation, perhaps you can make the “foot” pieces longer? Maybe with a little more length it will alleviate some of the tipping problems. Good luck!

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      • Belinda S says

        August 29, 2014 at 5:24 am

        Thank you Heidi! I’ll try that with the feet! I’m using it at our church picnic this Sunday….thanks again!

      • Melissa says

        February 4, 2016 at 12:08 pm

        Hi – wondering if you have specs for the larger one that you use for a movie screen stand?

        I’m looking to make one for my friends bridal shower, and would like it to be 7 feet (ish) tall. Any thoughts?

  9. Alyssa says

    November 20, 2014 at 4:13 pm

    So I bought all the pieces and I had them cut into the measurements you said. I am assuming the 5.5ft ones should be cut in half so that you put them in both sides of the T joints right? I thought the T thing would just slide right down and it didn’t….

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    • Shellie Meehan says

      September 20, 2016 at 3:20 pm

      I had the same issue…I just cut them in half and it worked great ๐Ÿ™‚

      Reply
  10. Dione says

    January 26, 2015 at 9:47 am

    Hi Heidi,

    I love your Diy photobooth frame. We are planning on making one for our daughter’s first birthday party. Since we have adults who would probably take photos what would you suggest on how we should cut the pipes for a taller frame? Possibly no more than 5’8″-6′?

    Thanks!
    Di

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  11. Ralph Bach says

    October 7, 2015 at 4:04 am

    Great idea for a light-weight and easily-portable background hanger.

    Reply
  12. Laura says

    September 23, 2016 at 12:43 pm

    How much fabric do I need for the backdrop?

    Reply
    • Heidi says

      September 26, 2016 at 11:20 am

      I used two yards of fabric on mine ๐Ÿ™‚

      Reply
  13. Brian says

    October 25, 2016 at 10:49 am

    Yours kids look like they really enjoyed this! I love the little props too. Thanks for sharing!

    Reply
  14. Theresa Callahan says

    April 21, 2017 at 11:45 am

    I love this idea!! I am planning on making one for some upcoming events. Just wondering if it is easy to take apart once it’s assembled? I will not be able to easily transport it once it’s assembled and would like to put it together on-site.

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    • Heidi says

      April 24, 2017 at 9:10 pm

      Yes, it is!

      Reply
  15. Stefani says

    May 27, 2017 at 2:12 pm

    I just found this amazing diy but I would love to make it about 7′ tall, has anyone done so? I want to be sure I get the correct number of pieces for the taller version. I did read that you’ve made a XL version to watch movies, would you be willing to share the details?

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    • Carmen says

      August 8, 2017 at 7:56 pm

      Please post measurements for the larger version!

      Reply
  16. Kellie says

    February 9, 2018 at 6:01 am

    Just made the backdrop and it was SO easy. I kept putting it off cuz I am not saw savvy. However it literally took me 20 minutes (had to keep stopping to throw the ball for the dog). This is going to be so handy. Love it. Thank you.

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