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The Best Birthday Sign

When you think about birthday parties, memories of cake with ice cream come to mind, along with pointed hats and little noisemakers. Outdoor parties held at a picnic table, with balloons tied here and there and streamers surrounding the table. Now, what else? Fun and gifts, yes. What about the birthday sign, that big banner with your name and, perhaps (!), age proudly displayed for all to see?

The birthday sign takes many forms, from the laser-printed banner to a glitzy display customized at the party store. Found tacked across the wall above the dining table or spread between trees outdoors, the birthday banner can be a focal point with lasting memories for your guest of honor.

A birthday banner offers photo opportunities to mark the event, creating a “forever” memory of the occasion. Hang your banner in a location where all the guests can gather around the honoree for a memorable photo. Who knows that ten or twenty years from now, your birthday person won't look back and relive that moment fondly?

You have a world of possibilities from which to choose your birthday banner extraodinaire! A simple birthday banner from a dollar store can do the trick. Party stores offer exciting birthday signs in a variety of attractive materials. You can customize the store-bought birthday sign with add-ons of sequins, glitter, paint, beading and  other individual touches.

Your basic store-bought birthday banner is both convivial and inexpensive. Each letter is strung together by small metal hinges, so that it can be bent around trees, or hung in an arc on a wall. Paper letters don't look especially sharp, but that's okay, so long as it looks cheerful and happy. You always have the option of personalizing.

You can have a birthday banner sign specially made for the  birthday girl or boy. Find a printer who does screen printing, and you are sure to be able to purchase a professional looking birthday sign that won't let you down. You can have simple or elaborate art work printed on your birthday sign, or simply the persons name and age.

The hand made birthday sign can be a complicated, humorous or romantic decoration. Children love making these for their friends, parents, or grandparents. Even adults will take pleasure in making a personalized birthday sign.

If you want to make a birthday banner from scratch, visit a crafts store or school supply and purchase a roll of paper, available in sheets of 10, 15, 25, 50, and 100 feet long. These are quite inexpensive and are blank sheets for your imaginative expression of the birthday sign.

Use rubber, potato, or sponge stamps to make your design. The only real limit in making a personalized birthday sign is your own imagination.

Once the party is over, and all the guests have been photographed in front of it, don't throw the sign away! The person can tuck it away in a box of memories, and always be able to remember their special occasion.