A Guestbook Fit for A Bride But Made For A Family Reunion

A fingerprint tree is a traditional wedding guest book, but it makes a fine memento for a family reunion idea. You’ll be able to cherish it forever and it makes a wonderful keepsake and not just for the coffee table.

In case you don’t know, a fingerprint tree is a picture of a bare tree that guests can leave their fingerprint for the leaf. During the reception, guests press their fingerprint into the bare tree. What you end up with is a tree loaded with the fingerprints of all your guests.

Of course, it depends on the person, but sometime the fingerprints are signed by the guest. When you throw your family reunion, you can use a fingerprint tree to record all the members of your family, including the kids, grandma and grandpa, and of course, all the love-in-laws right down to the babies.

How to Make a Fingerprint Tree for a Family Reunion

Making a fingerprint tree is simple. You can make it as big or little as you want. If you have a huge family, then, most likely, you’ll want a giant poster size tree. There are websites that will make a fingerprint tree for you.  However the one I highly recommend is Fingerprint Tree Generator.  Their easy to use interface lets you have a high quality digital Fingerprint Tree in minutes.  You simply choose a tree template, tree color, font, font color and you get in real time.  Everything is done right on the site. There’s no waiting for approval…no back and forth emails discussing revision, etc…when you’re satisfied with what you see on the screen, simply click pay and your high quality digital Fingerprint Tree is delivered to you instantaneously.  Your image is contained in a pdf file and the image is vector which means you can print it any size and it won’t lose quality.

There are several other sites you can purchase one from.  Just do a Google search and you will see a vast array of fingerprint trees.  However, be careful as a lot of the offerings are not high quality images and many of the ones which are charge a zillion dollars for hand painted ones.  Some are not printed on high quality paper or printed on the wrong kind of paper which will cause the fingerprints to smear.

Whatever option you chose, whether it’s to design, create and make it yourself or simply go with Fingerprint Tree Generator, a fingerprint tree is one that will make a beautiful keepsake for all family members. When it’s done, you can take a picture of it and share it will everyone from the family reunion.

A Fingerprint Tree is not limited to a wedding or family reunion, you can also use it for your pets, birthdays, baby showers, bridal showers, births, christenings, milestone birthdays, retirements, graduations, housewarmings, holidays, corporate, church events, and anniversaries and more.

Material Needed For a Family Reunion Fingerprint Tree

• Canvas or Archival Paper
• A tree image
• Ink Pads – archival
• Ink Pen-archival

Image Credit: Photo with kind permission of Celeste Monsour

You can use a image of choice or draw your own tree. There are also some free generic templates online.  You can create a  .psd, so you can use it with Photoshop, Gimp (it’s free), or any other photo software. You can also use the templates with Illustrator.

When creating your own fingerprint tree, you can use any program you want such as Photoshop or even Word, and of course Mac. When using photo imaging software like Photoshop or Gimp (it’s free), you will need to print off sections to create the largest size such as an 11 x 14 or larger. You can also take it to Office Depot or Kinko, if you have one, and have them print it for you. They have the print capabilities in larger fingerprint trees.

If you choose to make the fingerprint tree, then just start by drawing on the canvas or whatever paper medium. You can also create a template on tracing paper to create your tree. Another way is to let the kids draw the tree to make it unique for your family.

Making a Fingerprint Tree for your family reunion is a great idea for preserving the memory of your family reunion. You can also create more than one for the reunion.  If all you can do is print off an 8 x 10, then you can have several trees for the kids, grandparents, teens, and other family members or have a combination. This is why I love Fingerprint Tree Generator.  You get two high quality vector digital trees for a total $35.00…that’s right…the first tree is $30.00 and an additional tree is $5.00.  They let you create, customize, personalize and instantly have your Fingerprint tree for ANY occasion in minutes!  Additionally, Fingerprint Tree Generator explains exactly what quality of ink pad and pens you need and goes into a detail and informs you what is required to have the best Fingerprint tree.  No other site is as detailed as they are.

You will also need some items for your setup, I will update this post later and tell you exactly what’s need.  However, in the meantime, you can find that information at Fingerprint Tree Generator.

Don’t forget to take a picture of it and share it will all your family members. So, there you have a great family reunion idea perfect for your next reunion.

I hope you got value and inspiration from this post. Your feedback is welcome. Please leave it in the comments below.