25+ of the Best Pinewood Derby Photo Booth Ideas
Find over 25 Pinewood Derby photo booth ideas in this post! From simple to elaborate, you’re sure to find the perfect photo background for your pack.
Have you ever thought about having a Pinewood Derby photo booth? It’s a fun way to commemorate the most anticipated Cub Scout event of the year.
I still remember the first Derby I attended. The excitement is infectious!
Over the years, our Pinewood Derby evolved from simply showing up and racing your car to a fun family event with activities and snacks.
We decided to add a backdrop for taking pictures. This really added to the event. Parents could get cool pictures for posting on social media or sharing with grandparents.
25 Pinewood Derby Photo Booth Ideas
In this post, I’m sharing 25 Pinewood Derby photo booth ideas. You’ll find lots of suggestions from simple to elaborate and from DIY to ready-made.
These were collected from several sources including some of my Facebook followers.
Thank you to everyone who agreed to share their pictures.
Note: Where possible, I’ve linked to the original source of this image, but I couldn’t find the sources for all of them. If one of these pictures belongs to you and you want me to link to your site or you don’t want it featured, please email me at [email protected], and I’ll take care of that. Thanks!
This is my family. That year, we all made Pinewood Derby cars–even my husband and me!
For this Pinewood Derby photo booth, we used a plastic checkerboard tablecloth for the background.
One thing we learned was that plastic wasn’t the best material because the light reflected off of it causing a glare.
One of the parents in our pack had a connection to someone who owns a race car, so she got the gas cans for us.
Side note: Those cans are called dump cans. If you’re a NASCAR fan, you probably know that already.
This year, we decided to use a black cloth backdrop to avoid the glare. It worked a lot better.
This is probably my favorite from our pack. We used tires, an old gas can, and a traffic light for this Pinewood Derby photo booth. We also used a white backdrop.
I love this simple and inexpensive backdrop! A colored sheet and checkerboard bunting is all you need.
Using old tires for your Pinewood Derby photo booth adds a realistic look. Check out how they placed the trophies in front of the tires.
I’m not sure how Pack 194 made their sign, but it’s a great way to show off your pack number while standing in front of the checkerboard door covering.
You can purchase this awesome photo frame and have it personalized for your Pinewood Derby! It’s a bit pricey, but you can store it to use for several years. I love it because 3 or 4 people can be in the photo at once.
Tires, flags, traffic cones, oil cans, and traffic lights make up this snazzy backdrop.
Stephanie Ortiz shared this fun photo. Check out the jumper cables! I haven’t seen those in any other backdrops.
The Pinewood Derby winners from Wendy Hassler’s pack 781 in Cool, CA are showing off their trophies in front of this fun backdrop.
Check out this fun photo frame! It looks easy to make.
Angie Nolte-Jarvis from pack 599 in Oklahoma City, OK shared this super fun display! You’ll see a Scout sitting on one of the stools in the next photo.
The Scout can put his or her car on the other stool.
Amy Reber from pack 30 in Douglasville, GA shared this huge photo frame.
It looks like they may have set it up on a table so that it’ll stand up by itself.
You can purchase this photo frame from Etsy. The seller can personalize it for you, so you can change “Happy Birthday” to “Pinewood Derby.”
Check out this balloon display by Orange County Balloons. ! I love the “traffic light.” I’ll bet you could show this picture to any local balloon store and they could recreate it.
Kathryn Hannon from pack 303 in South Hadley, MA shared this fun Pinewood Derby photo frame! I like how the Cub Scout is holding both his car and his trophy.
Check this out! I’ll bet their pack number is 1161.
Brian James shared this creative idea! Paint your pack number on an old tire.
You can make this photo frame from black foam board and letter stickers.
Looking for fun Pinewood Derby printable activities? Check these out!
Shana Snyder from Pack 10 in Groton, NY took a photo of an actual New York driver’s license. She photoshopped it with a new name and address then had it blown up to poster size and printed. After gluing it to poster board, Shana cut out the rectangle. Very creative!
The red, white and black balloons really add to this fun Derby photo booth.
You can make your own car photo booth using these instructions from Vicky Barone at A Little Moxie.
This big photo frame is awesome! I’m not sure if this is the Cub Scout’s dad or den leader, but it’s great to have an important adult in the picture.
Love, love, love the balloon arch! And the Winner’s Circle sign really adds to this Pinewood Derby photo booth.
Another fun photo backdrop!
This isn’t a backdrop, but these are so cute! They look like they’re baseball cards. Love that they the photo of the car and the Scout with their names on it.
Check out this huge tire! How fun would it be to have your picture made while you’re standing in the middle of a tire!
I love this shot of all the parents taking pictures! 🙂 It looks like their photo frame is big enough for their entire den.
Amanda Nally from Pack 351 in Spring Hill, TN shared this with us.
So, what do you think? Did you find a Pinewood Derby photo backdrop for your pack? Share a picture with us!
Yours in Scouting,
Sherry
261 responses
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I love the blush color. I would use it to take pictures of activities and also to create an attendance board. Thanks for the chance!
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Being the committee chair of our pack, the Noir one would be perfect for is to use for our meetings and events!
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? I am loving the Noir ? our pack 111 from Montana would make great use of this! I have never seen this and it is just so neat! Would love to be able to capture and share those precious memories made in Scouts. ⛺️??????? so many fun things need to be documented.
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Our Cub Scouts also are members of a Positive Learning team at their school. They promote the virtues of Cub Scouts and also just do positive things for the school. One example is handing out poem in your pocket day when students receive a poem when they enter school. They also create helpful messages and stickers for lockers. The printer(any color!) would help the pack continue to promote positive messaging and helpfulness. Thank you for a great idea.
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I am the Den Leader for our Den of Tiger/Wolves. We started off last year with a few and double in size and we are excited to see how each year and hoping the girls will continue on together. I like the Printer Noir. This would give us a chance to take pictures at our meetings but also on outings and the girls would be able to take a copy back to have a memory to treasure. It would also help with my idea of preparing scrapbooks for the girls at the end of each rank. I wouldn’t have to keep saying it’s on my To Do List, I could print the pictures and keep adding throughout the year and have ready to present to them at the end of the year. It would definitely be a keepsake for them but also a bragbook to show their friends just how fun scouting really is.
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I’m the Cubmaster for our Pack and I think the uses for a HP Sprocket Printer would be endless – Pinewood Derby Race score cards, Rocket Launch leaderboards, recruitment events, Den chore assignment charts for the Lions… I’d choose Noir.
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The silver is cute
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Noir!! Our Pack lost our Cub Master. He passed suddenly and we have been trying to build our Pack back up. We have a small group of boys and girls and I know they would love to have printed photos at all of our events! We just did a Cast Iron Chef Challenge (think Master Chef Jr) and pics of the winners with their trophies would have been amazing. We have our Pinewood Derby coming up in January and this would also make a great addition to our event.
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The marble version (as well as the other variations) gives tech a fashion on its own. The whole package is offers a small and efficient way to bring to any event. The article was great with many ideas for the Pinewood Derby. Thank you for sharing.
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