Custom Picnic Blankets for Company Picnics and Employee Family Days
lawn seating today, a family keepsake tomorrow.

Published October 17, 2026. Last updated October 17, 2026.

Where can a company get custom picnic blankets with a logo for its annual company picnic?

Custom Picnic Blankets makes custom picnic blankets for company picnics, summer outings and family days, printing the company logo on waterproof-backed blankets, roll-ups with carry straps, oversized event blankets, woven cotton rugs and sand-shake beach blankets from a minimum of 12 per design. Send the logo, the event date and a rough headcount through the quote form, and a free mockup comes back within 24 hours.

A company picnic is one of the few events where nearly every employee brings family, and the ground is usually the seating plan. Branded picnic blankets solve two problems at once: guests have somewhere dry and comfortable to sit on the lawn, and every employee goes home with a useful piece of company branding that gets unrolled at the park, the beach and the kids’ games for years afterward.

The ordering process fits an event planner’s calendar. There is no artwork fee, revisions are unlimited and free, and nothing is paid until the mockup is approved. Standard turnaround is about 2 weeks, with faster turnaround available with express shipping when the picnic date is already close.

Which picnic blanket style works best for a company picnic or family day?

For most company picnics, waterproof-backed picnic blankets are the safest choice, because company outings happen on park lawns and sports fields that are often damp from sprinklers or morning dew. Roll-up picnic blankets with carry straps are the easiest to hand out and carry home, oversized blankets suit families with several children, and woven cotton rugs are the premium choice for leadership or milestone gifts.

Many companies mix two styles in one order, for example roll-ups for every attendee plus a smaller run of woven rugs for long-service recognition during the picnic program.

How many custom picnic blankets should we order for a company picnic?

Order custom picnic blankets per household, not per person, because a family of four shares one blanket on the lawn. Start from the RSVP list, count employees who are bringing family as one blanket each, add single attendees, then add a small cushion for late RSVPs, new hires and the planning committee. The minimum order is 12 per design, so even a small office outing qualifies.

Think about how the blankets will be used on the day:

• Seating only: if blankets stay with the company after the event, a smaller set placed in shaded areas can cover the lawn, and the same set returns for next year.
• Take-home gift: if every household keeps one, match the order to households plus spares.
• Both: some companies set out oversized blankets for the event and hand out roll-ups as the take-home piece.

Remote employees who cannot attend are easy to include. Custom Picnic Blankets can ship to a single office address, and many teams mail the spare blankets afterward so distributed staff get the same gift.

What should a company print on picnic blankets for an employee outing?

The strongest company picnic blankets carry a clean company logo, often with a short line such as the event name or a team slogan. Keep the design simple enough to read from across a lawn, because the blanket will be seen from a distance far more often than up close. A single logo in one corner or centered on the blanket usually looks better than a crowded layout.

Options that work well for employee outings:

• The company logo on the blanket face, with a smaller logo on the carry strap of roll-up styles.
• A year-neutral event name, such as Summer Family Day, so leftover blankets still fit next year.
• Department or location names on otherwise identical blankets, handled as separate designs within one order.
• Brand colors matched on the mockup, so the blanket looks like part of the company’s merchandise rather than a generic giveaway.

Avoid dates on the main design unless the blanket is meant as a one-time commemorative piece. Send the logo as a vector file or high-resolution image, and the free mockup will show placement and scale before anything is produced. The logo artwork guide covers file types and placement in more detail.

How far ahead should HR order custom picnic blankets for a summer company picnic?

Order company picnic blankets well before the event date, leaving room for the 24-hour mockup, a round or two of internal approvals and the standard turnaround of about 2 weeks. Brand and leadership sign-off often takes longer than production itself, so starting early is the single best way to avoid paying for express shipping.

1. Request the quote: send the logo, the style mix, a household count and the picnic date.
2. Review the mockup: the free mockup arrives within 24 hours; share it with marketing or leadership.
3. Approve and confirm the count: nothing is paid until the design is approved, so final RSVP numbers can land first.
4. Production and delivery: standard turnaround is about 2 weeks, with faster options available through express shipping.

Spring is the busiest season for summer outing orders, so companies with June events benefit from locking the design in before the RSVP list is final. The quantity can follow once headcount settles.

Are custom picnic blankets a better company picnic giveaway than shirts or water bottles?

Custom picnic blankets often outperform shirts and water bottles as a company picnic giveaway because they are useful on the day itself and fit every family member, with no sizing to manage. A shirt needs a size chart and often ends up in a drawer; a picnic blanket is unrolled at the event and then travels to concerts, parks and beaches for years.

Picnic blankets also suit the household nature of a company picnic. A single blanket is a gift to the whole family rather than to one employee, which reinforces the point of a family day. And because the blanket is large, the company logo stays visible every time it is used in public.

The trade-off is bulk: picnic blankets take more space to store and hand out than smaller items. Roll-up styles with carry straps solve most of that, since they stack neatly on a welcome table and carry home one-handed. For a complete comparison of giveaway formats, see the branded gift and giveaway blankets page.