DIY First Day Of School Signs
August 12, 2013 in All Posts, DIY
This weekend we were supposed to go on an impromptu Disneyland trip before school started, but we ended up staying home, so I had some time to make these cute First Day Of School Signs for my preschooler and pre-kindergartener.
They were so easy to put together and will make a great photo prop for our Monday morning first day of school pictures.
Materials
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- Elmer’s Foam Board
- Cardstock (you could also use construction or wrapping paper, or any themed paper to suit your child’s interests, like music sheets or the sports page)
- Scissors
- Glue (we used Elmer’s Disappearing Purple School Glue Sticks because the children did the gluing, but otherwise I would have used the Elmer’s Craftbond Spray Glue Adhesive)
- Ruler
Instructions
First, cut your foam board down to size if it’s too big. I cut a 20″ x 30″ board in half to make two equal-sized signs.
Second, choose your cardstock patterns and cut out squares. We used four different patterns for each board and cut the cardstock into 6 x 6 squares. The smaller pieces are 3 x 6 and 2 x 6.
Third, add whatever lettering you desire. I handcut letters from self-adhesive glitter foam for my daughter’s Pre-K sign and pasted handcut patterned cardstock letters over a glitter foam rectangle for my son’s Preschool sign.
Optional: Decorate the back of your sign.
Some fun alternatives:
- Leave a square blank for your child’s “All About Me” answers to things like my favorite color, my best friend, my favorite class, etc.
- Add the year to one of the squares.
- Highlight your child’s name and age on the sign.
- Paste a photo of your child and/or your family in place of a cardstock-covered square.
How do you document your children’s first and last day of school? Please share in the comments!
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These are adorable!!!! I love the idea of adding an about me square-what a sweet idea!
What a great idea (and a fun project)! I wonder if I can get my tween to hold up a sign… Thanks for sharing the cute pics! Lynnee
I love these! Last year my printer was down and I couldn’t print those little signs that are all of the internet. I wish I had thought of this then. I ended up just writing the grade on a little chalkboard and that was pretty cute too. I love how individualized this project is.
Jackie- that’s one of the ideas I really liked before I got started on this, but I didn’t have a little chalkboard to use. But now that I think of it, we have self-adhesive chalkboard paper and we could have used that on the foam board. Ooh, some good ideas brewing now…thanks for the inspiration