FOOTBALL SENIOR NIGHT GIFTS.
Senior Night Ideas3 min read
By John Birch, designer and founder
Football senior night comes once: the last home game, the name read out over the field, the walk with the people who drove to every practice. If you want a gift for it built from your senior's own photos, this is what we make and when to order it. The whole senior edition is on the senior night page; the photo guide shows which photos to pull from your phone first.

WHAT MAKES IT A SENIOR EDITION.
Senior Night is our seventh style, made for this one night: the gold senior finish, the class year, the four-year career line — FR · SO · JR · SR — and their senior quote, on a card and a poster that are theirs alone. The back carries career highs, position, team and senior season, the athlete signature line, and SENIOR EDITION · 1 OF 1 beside the registered card ID.
Football wears a number, so theirs is on the card, on a kit copied from your photos, crest and all. We never reproduce league or governing-body marks (NFL, FIFA, NCAA, Olympic). Your school or club's own crest — yes, exactly as you send it.
The senior set also brings die-cut bonus files — a badge and a sticker in the senior gold — and a printed Certificate of Authenticity ships with every printed set. Every printed senior set includes every digital file: the files arrive first, and the printed set ships after you approve the proof.

PHOTOS FOR A FOOTBALL CARD.
Football photos come with one problem of their own: the helmet. The face needs both eyes visible, with no cage and no visor shadow across them, so send at least one close-up with the helmet off. Add one in the full uniform — a game photo or team photo day — because the kit on the card is copied from it, and one full-body photo, head to shoes.
FOUR GIFTS FROM ONE SET OF PHOTOS.
Every piece below is built from the same photos and the same artwork, so you can ask for one or all of them on the same free proof.
- The poster. Art for the wall — the stats stay on the card. 18 × 24 sits above a desk or dresser; 24 × 36 holds a wall on its own, and every poster order includes both sizes as files.
- Trading cards. The senior front and back, printed square-cut and UV-coated: 12 cards, or 24 — enough for the team and the family.
- A banner. A vinyl banner for the fence, the gym wall or senior night. Printed vinyl at 1 × 2, 2 × 4 or 3 × 6 ft, or the print-ready file at full size. Printed banners ship separately, in 1–2 weeks.
- A blanket. A plush blanket printed with their artwork — bedroom, dorm or the bleachers. New, and coming in three sizes — price confirmed with your free proof.


THE TIMELINE.
Senior night has a date, so we plan backwards from it.
Senior night clocks
In practice: order the digital files at least a week before the night and a printed set at least two weeks before. The free proof comes first and takes 1–2 business days, so ask for it a few days ahead of those marks. A printed banner ships on its own clock, so order it early.
You don't have to count by hand. The calculator on the senior night page takes the date and shows what is still in time, counting business days from the day you order. If a printed set can no longer make it, the files still can: gift the digital first and print the gift note — the printed set follows after the night.
Ordering for a senior night date? Add the date — we schedule proofs against real deadlines.
THE WHOLE SENIOR CLASS.
Ordering for every senior on the team? Email us the sport, roster size and event date at hello@gamedayedition.com. Every family orders their own athlete under one team setup, and each card is built and proofed individually.
FREE PROOF FIRST. PAY IF YOU LOVE IT.
No payment now, no card details. You see the proof first.
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