Celebrate a special day with a tissue paper birthday number. A tissue paper birthday number is the perfect way to celebrate their birthday. Use the 3D photo-worthy number as a photo prop, on the party table, or as decorations.
How to Make a Tissue Paper Birthday Number
A tissue paper birthday number is the perfect way to celebrate a birthday, anniversary, or other important date. Attach sticks to them, hang them from the ceiling, or use removable poster tape to attach them to the wall above a party table.
Tissue paper birthday numbers are an inexpensive way to celebrate an important occasion of someone you love. All you need is an old cardboard box that you can cut up, a packet of tissue paper (which you probably have from the holidays) and a glue stick.
Supplies Needed to Make a Tissue Paper Birthday Number
Note: Our two cardboard pieces measure 21″ by 18″. Our numbers measure 16″ high when using the method below.
- Cardboard box
- Tissue paper
- Scissors
- Glue stick
- Printer and paper
- Marker
- Hot glue
- Stick
Instructions for a Tissue Paper Birthday Number
Step 1
Using your computer, make a number that fits an 8.5 x 11″ piece of paper. I recommend using a service such as PicMonkey or Canva to do this because you can try out different fonts. You can see from the image above that I used PicMonkey and the font I used is called ‘Impact’. Save your number/s as a jpg image.
Step 2
You will need to print your number as large as you can to fit on your cardboard. Our numbers are 16″ high. Follow this format to print your number over multiples pages.
- Open ‘Paint’ on your computer
- Open the image
- Click ‘print’ and then ‘page setup’
- Adjust the ‘fit to’ section from 1 by 1. I made ours 2 by 2, but if you want a larger number you can make these numbers larger too. Change the paper orientation to ‘portrait’. Print your pages – our image printed out over 4 pages.
Cut out the pieces for your numbers and tape them together. You’ll use this as a template on your cardboard.
Step 3
Trace around your number onto the cardboard with a marker. Cut out your cardboard number.
Step 4
Cut out strips of tissue paper and then cut fringing into them (see the image above). Glue the strips of tissue paper onto the cardboard starting with the bottom of each number and working your way up to the top.
Step 5
Attach a stick to the bottom of your number if you plan on having the birthday boy or girl hold them for photos. If not, they can be attached to a wall using removal poster tape.
Notes:
These carboard cutouts are perfect, but you could use the same method to make cardboard letters. However, we always used them to make to make a giant number.
Worried about the cardboard showing? Spray paint the cardboard first.
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Prep Time
10 minutes
Active Time
1 hour
Total Time
1 hour 10 minutes
Difficulty
easy
Materials
- Cardboard box
- Tissue paper
- Scissors
- Glue stick
- Printer and paper
- Marker
- Hot glue
- Stick
Instructions
- Print out a number from your computer. You can print it as large as you like by printing it over multiple pages.
- Cut out the number, use tape to stick the pieces together, and then trace around it on the cardboard.
- Cut strips of tissue paper in your child’s favorite colors, and then cut a fringe into the bottom of each strip. Attach it to the cardboard number using a glue stick. Work from the bottom of the number to the top.
- Hot glue a stick to the bottom of the tissue paper number.
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