Custom Family Reunion Shirts
Custom family reunion shirts for the one relative who said yes to organizing them. Soft tees in sizes for the kids, the cousins and the grandparents, printed with the family name and the year. Made in Fort Collins, Colorado and shipped to wherever the family is gathering in the United States.
Family reunion shirts with no minimum order, so a small family and a huge one are both welcome. Put your design on a real shirt in the studio below, enter your headcount, and see the price per shirt before you collect a single payment.
Design Your Reunion Shirts Right Here
Type the family name, add the year, and try it on a real shirt in a few colors. The price for your custom family reunion shirts updates as you change the count, which makes it easy to tell everyone what they owe. It opens on a soft, lightweight tee that suits a warm afternoon outside.
The Hard Part of Custom Family Reunion Shirts Is the Size List
Designing the shirt is the fun part. The work is getting an answer out of every household about who is coming and what size they wear. If you are the one organizing, the size list is where your time goes, and a little structure up front saves a lot of chasing later.
Collect by household, not by person. Ask one adult in each branch of the family to send back a single list with every name and size, kids included. A shared spreadsheet or a simple form works better than a group text, where answers get buried under photos and jokes.
Set your deadline earlier than you think you need. Count back about 14 days from the reunion for printing after proof approval, add shipping time, then add another week for the relatives who always answer late. Tell the family that date and hold to it.
When someone is unsure, size up. A shirt that is a little roomy gets worn, and one that is too snug stays in the bag. For kids, ask for the size they will be wearing at the reunion, since a summer event ordered in spring can be a full size different.
Order a few extras in the common adult sizes. Somebody always brings a new partner, a late confirmation, or a shirt meets the barbecue sauce before the group photo. A small cushion costs far less than a second order placed the week of the reunion.
Family Reunion T Shirts and More
Screen Printed Reunion Tees
Soft family reunion t shirts in adult, youth and toddler sizes, printed in one or two ink colors. The most affordable way to dress a large group.
Long Sleeves and Hoodies
For reunions in fall, at a cabin, or in the mountains, the same design goes on long sleeve tees and hoodies. Mix them with tees in one order.
Embroidered Family Hats
Hats and beanies stitched with the family name make a keepsake for grandparents, the host, or the cooks at the grill. No sizes to collect.
From Family Name to Boxed Shirts in Six Steps
You approve a proof before anything is printed, so the names, the year and the colors are right when the box arrives.
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Pick Your Garment
Three we actually recommend, with the reasons why. Full catalog is one click away.
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Drop In Your Art
Upload a logo or start from a sketch. We fix files that will not print.
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See Your Price
Per-piece pricing moves as you change quantity and print locations.
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Approve A Proof
Nothing runs until you have seen exactly what we are about to make.
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We Print It
Screen print, embroidery or DTF, whichever your art and quantity call for.
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It Ships
About 14 days from the day you approve the proof, printed and boxed.
Find Out What to Tell the Family It Costs
Enter your headcount, choose a shirt and see your price in the studio. Change the numbers as replies come in.
Any Size Family
There is no minimum, so a reunion of eight orders the same way as a reunion of eighty. Late additions are fine too, and the price per shirt drops as the list grows.
Check Every Name First
You get a proof showing the design exactly as it will print. Nothing is made until you approve it, which gives you one last chance to catch a misspelled name or a wrong year.
No Designer in the Family
A sketch on notebook paper or an old shirt from a past reunion is enough to start. We clean up or redraw rough artwork so it prints well.
Talk to a Person
If this is your first time ordering shirts for a group, call. A person answers on weekdays from 9am to 5pm Mountain and can walk you through sizes and timing.
A Simple Timeline for Ordering Reunion Shirts
Most reunion shirt stress comes from starting late. Work backward from the reunion date and give each step its own week or so. The outline below is a comfortable pace that leaves room for slow replies and one round of changes.
Two months out, settle the wording, the shirt color and the ink color. Show the family one or two choices, not five. A quick vote ends faster when the options are few.
Six weeks out, send the size request to each household with a firm reply date. Collect the money at the same time if relatives are paying for their own shirts.
About a month out, place the order and review the proof. Read every name, date and place out loud, and ask a second relative to check the spelling too.
Shirts arrive with time to spare. Sort them by household before the day so each family grabs one bag, and keep the extras with you for surprise guests.
If your reunion is closer than this, do not give up on shirts. Standard turnaround is about 14 days from proof approval, and if the date is tight you can ask. Sometimes it can be done faster, and a quick phone call will tell you where you stand.
Reunion Shirt Ideas That Work on Every Generation
The best reunion shirt ideas share one trait. They look good on a toddler, a teenager and a great-grandmother in the same photo. That rules out a lot of clever designs and points toward a few reliable ones that families come back to year after year.
The classic is the family name, the word reunion, the year and the place. A family tree with roots, a simple outline of the home state, or a line about where the family started all sit well with it. A founding couple's names and wedding year make a meaningful anchor when the reunion honors them.
Color coding by branch is a favorite for large families. Each set of siblings and their descendants wears a different shirt color with the same print, so the group photo shows the tree at a glance. Choose shirt colors that all work with one ink color, such as white or black, to keep the cost down.
Matching family shirts do not need a lot of ink colors to look good. One or two colors on a soft tee is clean, readable and budget friendly. Full-color designs and photographs are better suited to direct-to-film, which prints any number of colors and works well for a smaller family.
Watch the small details. A long list of names on the back is a lovely idea, and it only works if the letters are large enough to print cleanly. Thin script fonts and tiny dates tend to fill in on fabric. We will flag anything too small on the proof and suggest a fix.
Reunion Date Already on the Calendar
Tell us the date and the rough headcount. Standard turnaround is about 14 days from proof approval, and if it is tight, ask.
Keeping Custom Family Reunion Shirts Affordable for Everyone
A reunion shirt has to work for the cousin with five kids as well as the uncle who never asks what things cost. Keeping the price per shirt reasonable is usually the organizer's biggest worry, and a few choices make most of the difference.
Quantity helps the most. With screen printing the setup is shared across the whole run, so the price per piece drops as the count goes up. Getting one more branch of the family to join the order can lower the cost for everyone already on the list.
Fewer ink colors and fewer print locations keep things simple. A one color front print is the least expensive layout, and adding a back print or a sleeve adds to each shirt. Printing every shirt the same way, with no individual names, is also kinder to the budget.
Shirt color matters too. Ink shows up easily on light shirts, while dark shirts need an extra base layer under the print. Larger adult sizes often cost a little more than standard sizes because the blank shirt does. The studio shows your real price as you make these choices.
For collecting money, the simplest method is one flat price per shirt for everyone, set a touch above your cost to cover the extras and shipping. Collect payment along with the size, before you order. It is much easier than tracking down a dozen relatives at the picnic.
Family Reunion Shirt Questions
Is there a minimum order for custom family reunion shirts?
No. You can order one of our custom family reunion shirts or enough for every branch of the family. The price per piece drops as the quantity goes up, and the studio shows that live. This also means a late relative is not a problem before the order is placed, since adding one or two more shirts is fine.
How early should we order?
Standard turnaround is about 14 days from the day you approve the proof, plus shipping from Fort Collins, Colorado. Placing the order about a month before the reunion is a comfortable pace. If your date is closer than that, ask before ordering. Sometimes it can be done faster, and we will tell you honestly.
Can we get kids sizes in the same shirt?
Often, but it depends on the shirt. Some tee styles are made in both adult and youth sizes, and some are adult only, and the exact color can vary slightly between the two. The print is usually scaled down for the smallest shirts so it fits the chest. Check the size run on your chosen shirt in the studio, and we confirm what is available before your custom family reunion shirts are printed.
Can each branch of the family have a different shirt color?
Yes, and it is a popular choice. The print stays the same while the shirt color changes by branch. To keep the price down, pick shirt colors that all work with a single ink color, so the whole order runs as one job with a simple change of garments.
Can you print a list of names or a family tree on the back?
Yes, as long as the lettering is large enough to print cleanly. Very long lists get small quickly, and tiny or thin letters can fill in on fabric. Send the list and we will lay it out and tell you if it needs trimming or a larger print area. You see it on the proof first.
What if someone signs up after we order?
Once an order is in production, added shirts become a separate small order. There is no minimum, so that is possible, though the price per piece is higher on a tiny run and timing may be tight. Ordering a few spare custom family reunion shirts in common sizes up front is the easier answer.
We do not have a design. Can you help?
Yes. Send the family name, the year, the place and any idea you have, even a rough sketch or a photo of a past reunion shirt. We clean up or redraw artwork so it prints well. You can also build a simple design yourself in the studio with text and see it on the shirt.
Can you ship to the reunion location?
We ship across the United States, so the order can go to the organizer's home, to a relative who lives near the venue, or to another address you choose. Sending it to a person who can receive and check the box is usually safer than a park or rental property.
Where We Are
Olive Branch Apparel
706 East Stuart Street
Fort Collins, CO 80525
Get the Whole Family in One Shirt
Open the studio, type in the family name and see the price for your headcount. A small gathering or the full family tree, you approve the proof before anything is printed.