Ask the returnee's family and friends to email or mail you funny pictures of themselves and the returnee, if they can't make it to the photo-taking session.
A welcome sign is an inexpensive way to decorate for a homecoming party, or you can hold one at the airport or train station to welcome a loved one back home. Add bright color and a personal touch to the sign by using photos of the returnee's family and friends. Add humor and evoke happy memories in the returnee by making the poses, expressions and settings ones that will make him laugh or remember old jokes. Once you've found pictures you think will delight the returning loved one, making the sign should take about an hour.
Instructions
1. Gather the returnee's friends and family and take pictures, using a digital camera, of them doing funny things -- acting out a ridiculous moment, making funny faces, in funny positions or whatever you think the returnee will enjoy seeing. Continue taking pictures until you have at least 11 (the number of letters in "Welcome Home") that you'd like to use in the sign.
2. Print out the photos on office paper, one photo per sheet of paper.
3. Arrange the photos in the order you'd like them to appear on the sign. The photos should be arranged so that the first seven will be used to spell out the word "welcome" and the remaining four spell out the word "home."
4. Place the stencil for the letter "W" over the photo you've determined should be used for that letter in the sign. Trace the letter with a marker. Repeat that process until you've traced each of the letters on their respective sheets of paper.
5. Cut out all of the traced letters. Glue each letter onto a sheet of colored paper, using the glue stick. Punch a hole in each of the top corners of each sheet of colored paper, using a hole punch.
6. Arrange the letters in order so they spell out "Welcome Home." Add a sheet of colored paper -- either with a picture glued onto it, or blank -- between the words, if desired. Thread the ribbon through the holes at the top corners of each colored piece of paper. Hang the funny welcome-home sign in a place the returnee is sure to see it.
