Free printable wedding guest book pages (PDF)
Free printable guest book pages
Five pages: a title page, a guest page to print as often as you need, four prompt cards, a blank page with a border and a plain guest page for any event. Free to print and copy.
Our free printable wedding guest book pages come as one PDF with five pages: a title page, a guest page with room for a name and a note, four prompt cards, a blank page with a border and a plain page for any other event. Print as many guest pages as you need, punch them and put them in a binder, or have them bound after the wedding.
The pages are made to be written on by hand, in US Letter and A4.
What is in the download
- A title page with lines for your names and the date.
- A guest page with two columns, a name and a note for the couple. It has ten tall lines, so a note of two short sentences fits.
- Four prompt cards on one page, to cut apart or to leave whole.
- A blank page with a border, for a drawing, a longer letter or a photo.
- A plain guest page with “Event” and “Date” at the top, for a shower, a birthday or an open house.
How many pages to print
Most guests arrive as a couple or a family and share a line, so we count one line for every two guests. Each guest page has ten lines. Add two spare pages for spills and for the guest who needs a second try.
| Guests | Lines needed | Guest pages | With two spare |
|---|---|---|---|
| 50 | 25 | 3 | 5 |
| 100 | 50 | 5 | 7 |
| 150 | 75 | 8 | 10 |
| 200 | 100 | 10 | 12 |
If you want every guest to write a line of their own, print twice as many.
Page ideas beyond a list of names
A page of signatures tells you who came. A prompt gives you something worth opening again on your first anniversary. Zola’s wedding advice calls guest books “crowdsourced wedding keepsakes”, and a question is what turns a signature into one.
The four cards in the download ask for advice for a happy marriage, a date night to try, a wish for your first year and a favorite memory with you. More prompts to write at the top of a blank page:
- Where should we travel next?
- A song for our first anniversary playlist
- What we love about the two of you
- A recipe every couple needs
- Our prediction for ten years from now
- Draw the bride and groom (for the kids’ table)
- The best advice your parents gave you
- One thing to never stop doing
The blank page also takes an instant photo with a line under it. Our polaroid guest book guide works out how much film that needs.
Paper and pens
Print on thick paper so the ink does not show through: 28 lb or 32 lb bond in the US, or 100 to 120 gsm elsewhere. Choose “actual size” or 100 percent in the print dialog, not “fit to page”, so the margins stay even.
Put out three or four pens with fine tips, and try each one on a spare page. A pen that takes a few seconds to dry will smear when the next guest turns the page.
Binding the pages into a book
The guest pages and the blank page have a wider left margin, so holes do not land on the lines.
- A ring binder is the easiest. In the US, a three-ring binder for Letter paper has its holes 4.25 inches apart, and A4 binders follow ISO 838 with two holes 80 millimeters apart, according to Wikipedia’s article on the ring binder. A binder with a clear pocket on the front takes the title page as its cover.
- A copy shop can add a spiral or a comb, and a spiral-bound book opens flat.
- Two holes and a ribbon make a soft book for a small wedding.
- For the day itself, a clipboard works. Bind the pages when you are home.
On the day
Put the pages where guests wait: near the entrance, by the bar or next to the seating chart. A sign helps, and our guest book sign wording guide has six free ones in the same style, and our wedding welcome sign wording guide has six more for the entrance. Ask one friend to watch the table and to bring the pages home.
If guests ask what to write, there are 35 examples in our guide on what to write in a wedding guest book. If paper is only part of your plan, the wedding guest book ideas guide compares 14 other formats.
For guests who cannot come
Paper only reaches the people in the room. We make a free online wedding guest book, so take this with that in mind: guests far away sign it from their phones, and you can print those messages and add them to the binder.
Quick answers
Can I type on the pages? They are PDFs made for handwriting. To type names in advance, open the PDF in any editor that adds text boxes.
What size are the pages? US Letter (8.5 by 11 inches) and A4, one PDF for each.
Are the pages free? Yes. Print and copy as many as you need.