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The wanted poster gift, matched to the person
A wanted poster only works when the crime is true. This page starts from the occasion and the personality, not the product: pick the situation below, steal the wanted-for line, and the poster writes itself. Every idea here ends the same way, with a $4.95 file you download and print the same day.
Instant download
One poster, delivered as a file. No shipping window to miss.
- 300 DPI, PDF and PNG
- Print it at home tonight
- Free watermarked preview before you pay
- Re-download it whenever you lose the file
Optional add-on
Museum-grade cotton print, shipped in 3–5 business days.
Worth it when the gift has to arrive wrapped and you have a week to spare. Formats and dimensions are laid out in the sizes and formats guide.
Compare the print formatsSix occasions, six ready-made crimes
Each card gives you the target, a wanted-for line you can paste straight in, and the reason it lands. If none of them fit, the inspiration gallery has fifty more concepts sorted by personality type.
Birthday
Anyone turning a number they would rather not discuss.
“Wanted for turning 40 and refusing to act like it”
Milestone years want a joke that ages well. The poster survives the cake.
birthday wanted poster guideLeaving do / farewell
The colleague whose desk is about to be empty.
“Wanted for stealing the good chair for six years”
A card gets binned. A framed poster follows them to the next office.
15 wanted-for lines by occasionBachelor & bachelorette
The one getting married on Saturday.
“Wanted for leaving the group chat single”
It doubles as party decor, then as a keepsake on the wall.
inspiration galleryAnniversary
The person you have been putting up with for years.
“Wanted for stealing the same heart twice a day”
Romantic without being sentimental. The old-west framing does the work.
what a wanted poster actually isTeam & club
The squad, the band, the Sunday league side.
“Wanted for a hat-trick and zero humility”
One poster per player makes a wall. Buy the files, print them in one run.
sizes and formats guideHousewarming
Friends staring at a very blank hallway.
“Wanted for a mortgage and a suspicious amount of beige”
They need something on that wall. Make it about them.
wall art gift guideHow to pick, in three questions
What are they famous for among friends? Not their job title, the thing people bring up every time. That is the crime. If nothing comes to mind, ask the group chat, the answer usually arrives in under a minute.
Do you have a photo where their face is clear? The poster is a face on paper. A well-lit shot from the shoulders up beats a beautiful landscape with them in it. The full workflow is written up in the step-by-step making guide.
When do they need it? Tonight means digital. Next week means you can add a print. That single question decides the format, not the price.
Gifts that survive the week after
Most funny gifts have a half-life of one evening. A poster has a different job: it has to be worth wall space in February. Two things decide whether it gets hung. The joke has to be affectionate rather than sharp, and the object has to look like something, which is why the layout copies real nineteenth-century reward bills rather than a meme template.
If you are curious where the format comes from and why the sepia halftone reads as authentic, the background is in our guide to the wanted poster. For the humor mechanics specifically, see how to write a crime that lands.
Pick one and build it now
Upload the photo, type the name, the crime and the reward, and watch the poster assemble while you type. The watermarked preview is free, the clean 300 DPI file is $4.95.
Start my poster — $4.95