I am getting ready for my 40th year high school class reunion. Does anyone have any ideas for different or unique name tags?
Irene from Alabama
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We used copies of senior pictures from the yearbook on our nametags. Spouses/partners got a nametag of that photo of the the classmate reading " I'm with...." and then their name. It worked great !
Please share with me how you got the pictures onto the name tags.
How did you do it? What application(s) did you use? Templates, etc.
Hi, would like to know what template you used for this idea. I have seen this and would like to do this with our fiftieth year. Thanks.
How did you get the high school year book picture on the name tag? I am trying to do that for our upcoming reunion.
Most people scan the photos from an old yearbook so that they can create the nametags. You could make them in Word (or any word processing or desktop publishing program) and then print them out the size of your name tags.
How did you actually put the high school yearbook picture on each name tag? I'm trying to make name tags for our reunion now.
How do you copy photos from a yearbook? I need pics for a memories table - only 55 photos are needed, not the entire student body.
Thanks!
I think the best way would be to scan the pages that have the photos you are looking for. You may need to press or weigh down the yearbook if the images are close to the spine. Then, you can go in and crop out the specific pictures and enlarge them if you wish.
Good luck!
How about putting the name on the name tag and underneath "ASK ME ABOUT....." and an event or occasion in that persons life following high school.
For Example
JULIE
"Ask me about.....THE JOB IN THE SHOE SHOP"
It could be a good way to get people talking and rekindle old friendships. (Hope it goes OK!!)
One other idea - we put the HS photo on both the classmate and their spouse's nametag - that way, people knew who was with who. We put the classmates photos on the right side of the nametag and spouses on the left side. That way, you don't spend time trying to figure out who a spouse is in pictures from the event!
We also only put the first name (in big print) beside the photo. That let us use bigger type than if we'd put the full name. We included the full name in smaller type below (and the classmate's name for spouses). That also aided in identifying people from photos.
For our 25th reunion nametags - instead of a photo of the graduate, I put a yearbook photo of one of our teachers on each, especially the ones who were notably memorable - to spark conversation and recall old times in their class.
Irene from alabama
We got a old Student body card made up one with any computer picked through old yearbook pictures from any year we were in school 1965-1967 they look really awesome we put them in a name tag holder this could be a reunion favor.
We had pins made up of our old school pin and put the pictures from the year book on them for the alumni....
You could go to the website http://www.infoplease.com and punch in the year you're interested in and look at all the events and popular items of that year. Pick one and make the nametags in that shape/image/style. Good luck!
I think the picture idea is a good one. We used that at our reunion and it was always fun to be able to look at the picture and remember who that person was. People can change so much over the years. With scanners and copiers, you no longer have to cut up a year book to do it.
Name tags for the reunion could be made by copying pictures from the original yearbook onto name tags showing both the maiden name and married name of females. Since many of the original graduates may have moved away and not stayed in touch they may not be familiar with married names of some of their former classmates.
Lucille Gifford
Irene,
When I have attended h.s reunions, the organizer made copies of our year book pictures, with our name typed on them.
Utitlize school colors? Try google.com for ideas for class reunions. Try classmates.com and put it out there on that site.
p.s I hear valium works wonders for keeping things in perspective lol
We made up name tags with photos from the yearbook but, instead of giving them out to the owner, we put them in little envelopes and handed them out randomly. After everyone arrived, we told them to open their envelopes and find the person whose name tag they had. It was a great ice breaker!!
Put a photo from the high school yearbook on the nametags. It will help you identify each other. This is an idea that I'm suggesting for my husband's 40th reunion this year.
Hi everyone.. well, I am in charge of making the name tags for everyone in our 20th year graduating class next . My idea is to make buttons (Badge a minit press) and copy pics from the yearbook I will then write their names and a quote ,like, "Look at ME now"..
I went to Morton West. Our 40th reunion is on Sept 23
I am in this boat. Our 20th is coming up and I'm in charge of name tags. We thought using sticky ones would be easiest, but I'm not sure where to go to create them. We want to put the high school pictures on them with their names, so each one will be different. I looked at Avery.com, but that seems a bit limited in options. Anyone have an idea? Please?
I went to Office Max and they scanned in our senior pictures (26 pages) for 9 cents a copy. What a deal! Now all I have to do is cut them out and put them on the Name Tags...Don't scan them in yourself...let the store do it!
Why did you cut them out instead of having them downloaded to an name tag template?
Has anyone used lanyards? or is everyone sticking to stick on labels and pins?
Posting of 3-21-08. Yes we are using lanyards! Ordered in school colors, the plastic holders hold the senior pictures great. Don't have to stick or pin name tags on clothing. Add's a little "school Spirit" using school colors! Love the lanyard idea!
For those who stated they used pictures on the name tags. So once you scan in the pictures from the yearbook, how to you get them onto the name tag? Is there a template for this, or do you cut and literally paste them onto each name tag? Also, does anyone have any good award suggestions?
It isn't a new idea, but using the senior photo on the name tag esp. at 40 yrs plus, is a good reminder of how we were. I will use the extra photos of people who don't come as a wall of reverence and those who couldn't make it. This way it includes all of the graduating class. Those photo shy individuals can have a an earlier yr. picture or a candid from the time.
I made great big Family Feud nametags. I printed the nametags cut out the oval. Glued It to a small piece of foam core and used duct tape and a safety pin to pin it on. Cheap easy and can be read across the room.
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