You’ll need to figure out what words you want on the banner, whether it be your child’s name and the words First Communion or First Holy Communion. You can either go with personalized First Communion banners or you can get generic ones that just announced the 1st Communion, whichever way you prefer.
However, there are a couple of ideas to consider before buying generic or getting a custom made banner from a copy shop or printing company. If you have someone with artistic skills, whether they be actual paint-and-palette skills or simply computer design skills you can get a banner made for much less.
If you want to go with a printed banner from a coffee shop then if you don’t include any design then you’ll likely spend an average of one hundred to one hundred and fifty bucks for your 1st Communion banner. If you look online however, you will find that there are many online printers offering better deals and your First Holy Communion banners may not be that much.
You’ll want a banner that is large enough to see, so I recommend one that is at least six feet long as two or two and a half feet wide. You can even go up to eight or ten feet if you want. Outdoor vinyl is a good choice for your banner and you can attach strings to the end of it to tie it up high where it will be instantly visible.
To make a homemade banner cut the material that you choose for it into whichever size you want and get out some paints for the artist you have chosen. You’ll probably want to use stencils or hand draw the letters and images with pencil first. You can print out images from your computer onto card stock and make your own stencils if you want.
What you put on your 1st Holy Communion personalized banner is up to you, but obviously to mark the occasion for pictures and such, you should put your child’s name on the banner, as well as First Communion or First Holy Communion and the date of the party, that way it will show up in photographs.
There are many options for First Communion Banners and choosing to have someone in your family make them, especially someone that requires little or no supervision can certainly save you a lot of party planning time and quite a bit of money, or you can choose to go with an experienced company for a professional looking banner. Either way, I’m sure it will look great!