Next-Day Life-Size Cardboard Cut-Outs
From £73.22 +VAT
for 1 x 5 ft Cutout on Xanita Board 10mm
Prices at 5 ft Cutout on Xanita Board 10mm, +VAT
- 1 for £73.22 (£73.22 each)
- 5 for £228.53 (£45.71 each)
- 10 for £440.47 (£44.05 each)
The same product price as any other day; next-day delivery is from £9.95 +VAT, priced at checkout for your address. Free standard UK mainland delivery over £50.
A life-size cut-out is the print people book late: the surprise for a fortieth, the absent colleague at a leaving do, the founder at a launch. Order and approve your artwork by 2.30pm Mon–Fri and it is printed the same afternoon and delivered the next working day anywhere on the UK mainland. The dates at the top of this page are worked out on your clock, so a Friday order shows Monday, and a bank holiday is skipped automatically.
Each figure prints full colour on one side of 10 mm Xanita board and is cut to the outline of the person in your photo. Choose the height that matches them, from 5 ft to 6 ft 4 in one-inch steps, and order one or up to ten in the configurator, with a custom quantity for bigger sets. Cut-outs are upload-only: send a print-ready PDF and the price is the same as any other day, with the delivery speed priced at checkout.
- Milestone birthday surprises
- Leaving-do stand-ins
- Launch-day founders
- Sports club mascots
- Trade show greeters
- Wedding photo corners
Your dates if you order now
Next-day delivery, UK-wide
Order, and approve your artwork, by 2.30pm Mon–Fri: printed today, delivered the next working day. From £9.95 +VAT, priced at checkout.
Same-day courier, London only
Order, and approve your artwork, by 2.30pm Mon–Fri. Same-day details
Standard delivery
3-5 working days, free to UK mainland addresses on orders over £50.
How next-day life-size cardboard cut-outs work
Order and approve by 2.30pm
Choose your options, upload your artwork, and pay by 2.30pm Mon–Fri. Choose next-day delivery at checkout, then approve your free proof by the same time, because we print once you approve.
Printed the same day
Your photo is printed on 10 mm Xanita board in our London print room the same afternoon, then the figure is cut to its outline ready for the courier.
Delivered the next working day
A tracked courier delivers the next working day anywhere on the UK mainland. Next-day delivery skips weekends and bank holidays, and the dates above already account for that. Saturday Delivery is offered at checkout, to UK mainland addresses, when your order can leave us on a Friday: order between 2.30pm on Thursday and 2.30pm on Friday, and approve your artwork by 2.30pm on Friday.
Life-Size Cardboard Cut-Outs you can have next day
- Sizes
- 6'4 ft Cutout, 6'3 ft Cutout, 6'2 ft Cutout, 6'1 ft Cutout, 6'0 ft Cutout, 5'11 ft Cutout, 5'10 ft Cutout, 5'9 ft Cutout, 5'8 ft Cutout, 5'7 ft Cutout, 5'6 ft Cutout, 5'5 ft Cutout, 5'4 ft Cutout, 5'3 ft Cutout, 5'2 ft Cutout, 5'1 ft Cutout, 5 ft Cutout
- Boards
- Xanita Board 10mm
- Printing
- Single sided, full colour as standard
- Quantities
- From 1 per design, in tiers up to 10, or type the quantity you need; the configurator prices it before you pay, and we quote larger runs
The next-day rule
Next-day delivery needs your order in, and your artwork approved, by 2.30pm Mon–Fri for delivery the next working day. Production is scheduled from your approval, not from the time you order, so orders placed or artwork approved after that, or at weekends and bank holidays, are dispatched on the next working day and arrive the working day after. Every order gets a free print preview within the hour; changes to the artwork itself are a priced service per file, back within the hour too.
Missed the 2.30pm cutoff? In London, choose the Priority courier at checkout: printed first thing on the next working day and delivered by tracked courier that day (tomorrow when you order Monday to Thursday), priced like same-day.
What counts
- Working days are Monday to Friday, excluding England and Wales bank holidays; the print room is in London.
- Next-day delivery covers the UK mainland; Highlands, Islands and Northern Ireland rates and timings are shown at checkout.
- Order and approve your artwork by the cut-off: a print-ready PDF with 3 mm bleed. We book production from your approval, not your payment.
- Not in a hurry? Standard delivery is free to UK mainland addresses on orders over £50 and takes 3-5 working days.
Next-day life-size cardboard cut-outs FAQs
Which height should I choose for a life-size cut-out?
Pick the real height of the person in the photo. The configurator runs from 5 ft to 6 ft 4 in one-inch steps, so a 5 ft 9 guest of honour gets a 5 ft 9 cut-out and the joke lands when people stand next to it. If the photo is a mascot or a character rather than a person, choose the height you want it to be in the room; the file is scaled to that.
What is a next-day cut-out made of?
It is printed in full colour on one side of 10 mm Xanita board, cut from a 1220 × 2440 mm sheet, which is why the figure can be a full 6 ft 4 in one piece. The board is printed single sided, so the back is plain. Sizes and material on a next-day order are exactly the ones listed on this page; nothing is swapped to hit the deadline.
What file do I upload for a life-size cut-out?
The best full-length photo you have: sharp, evenly lit, feet in frame and the person standing clear of clutter so we can cut cleanly along their outline. Because it is enlarged to six feet, a phone snap taken at full resolution works, a screenshot or a heavily cropped image does not. Supply it as a PDF at the finished height with 3 mm bleed and approve it by 2.30pm; cut-outs cannot be built in the online designer.
Can I order more than one cut-out for next-day delivery?
Yes. One to ten is a standard selection in the configurator, and the custom quantity option covers a bigger set, for instance a whole team for a conference stage. Every figure in the order can be a different person and a different height; add each as its own line so the file and the size stay together.
The party is on Saturday. When is the latest I can order?
Order and approve your artwork by 2.30pm on the Thursday and it is printed that day and delivered on the Friday, a day ahead of the party. A next-day order approved by 2.30pm on the Friday arrives on the Monday, because next-day delivery runs on working days only. Saturday Delivery is offered at checkout, to UK mainland addresses, when your order can leave us on a Friday: order between 2.30pm on Thursday and 2.30pm on Friday, and approve your artwork by 2.30pm on Friday. An order placed after 2.30pm is printed the following working day and arrives the working day after that.
I'm only ordering one figure. Does that cost extra to send next day?
Next-day delivery is from £9.95 +VAT to UK mainland addresses. No, a single life-size cut-out is priced no differently whether it's the only figure in the order or one of a matching set; the courier is worked out separately at checkout from the delivery address, so you always see the full total before paying. If the surprise can wait, standard delivery covers the same UK mainland addresses free on orders over £50, and takes 3-5 working days.
Can I use artwork I made with ChatGPT, Canva or another AI tool?
Yes. Every file is checked before it prints, whatever made it. AI images are often made at screen size, so on a larger print they can come out soft: if yours would, we show you which image and you choose to print it as it is, upload a sharper file, or send us the high-resolution images and our studio updates the artwork for you. You can run the same check before you order with our free file check.