I am a sucker for handmade posters in my classroom. From inspirational quotes to anchor charts for ELA and math, my room is full of them!
Anyway, lots of people use Publisher for banners, but you can print great posters, as well. And, as long as you like puzzles, it’s a snap to do!
First, design or find a high-resolution jpeg. If it’s not high-quality, it will pixelate when you blow it up. Then, save it to your computer.
Now, open Publisher:
Next:
And you will have:
Then:
Finally:
It will print out on several sheets of paper. You will then have to trim them and carefully piece them together (like a puzzle). You can tape them to a large piece of poster board or just tape them to each other. I highly recommend laminating them (or clear contact paper them, or even frame them), but you don’t have to! And voila! A beautiful poster that you made for a tiny bit of ink and some copy paper!
Here’s a few from my room this year (don’t mind the glare or the terrible camera phone pictures!):
Here is a close up so you can see the seams where I pieced the pages together:
(It’s not even visible when the poster is hanging!)
So, there you go! A cheapy way to make beautiful posters for your classroom. Any other easy and inexpensive ways you make posters?
Happy teaching!!
P.S. If you are interested, I do sell the motivational posters pictured in this post in my Teachers Pay Teachers Store. What you would actually purchase is a high-res (8.5″ X 11″, 300 dpi) jpeg that you can print at an office supply store or a print shop… OR PRINT IT THE CHEAPSKATE WAY!!
- Pay Attention (pink frame)
- Listen (orange frame)
- Joining In (yellow frame)
- Great Accomplishments (purple frame)
- Getting What You Want (turquoise frame)
- Be Kind (green frame)
- Plot Elements
- Story Elements
- Characters
- Mood and Tone
- Point of View
- Theme
- Quote, Summarize, Paraphrase (useful for text analysis)
Do you have these posters available on Teachers Pay Teachers as a file? I love them!
Do you have or can you point me to where to find the plot elements poster? I love it!
I've updated the post to include a link to it!! Thanks for reading!
I updated the post to include a link to them! Thanks so much for reading!
I love the simple tutorial. I will have to give it a try! Thank you!
I just tried this. Amazing. Such an easy way to make posters. Now I just to figure out how to save high resolution pictures.
Thanks so much for reading!!
Yay! I'm glad it worked for you 🙂 Thanks for reading!
Do you have the schedule in your store?
I love your "notebook" poster, how did you create this one? at least the "notebook" part..
Thank you 🙂
If you click on the links in the post, you'll be taken to my store where I sell the hi-res JPEGs 🙂
If you click on the links in the post, you'll be taken to my store where I sell the hi-res JPEGs 🙂
I've purchased the Interactive Notebook bundle from you that contains the plot, character, theme, etc concepts. Would the page that is in the bundle be high enough resolution too blow up to poster size? I really like the idea of having them on the wall.
I've purchased the Interactive Notebook bundle from you that contains the plot, character, theme, etc concepts. Would the page that is in the bundle be high enough resolution too blow up to poster size? I really like the idea of having them on the wall.
Would you be willing to post just the notebook paper template on TPT so we could fill in text for a different poster??
Hi Megan!
I just searched my files and can't find it! (My computer blew up last year, and my guess is it was one of the "unrecovered" files. But, if you Google around, you'll easily find lots of very similar pictures 🙂
Oh bummer! Thank you!
This comment has been removed by the author.
Thank you soooo much! Learned something new.
Emma
Thanks for sharing information about Custom Poster Printing Services.
Custom Poster Printing Services
It offers cheap printing services
bao bì màng Metalize
In phông bì tại Hà Nội
Thanks for sharing details of poster printing services.
Personalized Poster Printing Services
Do you use a color printer for these and if so, what printer?
You have discussed an interesting topic that every body should know. Very well explained with examples. i have found a similar website3d lettering signage visit the site to know more about singking
You have discussed an interesting topic that every body should know. Very well explained with examples. i have found a similar websiteprinting company Sydney visit the site to know more about Johnfisherprinting
You have discussed an interesting topic that every body should know. Very well explained with examples. i have found a similar website3d lettering signage visit the site to know more about singking
If you want information about Custom Poster Printing Services then please visit
Custom Poster Printing Services
I experience considerable difficulties my contemplations on substance, however I truly felt I ought to here. Your article is truly awesome. I like the way you composed this data. post card printing
Custom Poster Printing Services.
Create fascinating posters with Expertprinters marketing material printing services. Use vinyl poster printing to enliven your marketing and advertising collaterals.
Custom Poster Printing Services
Poster Printing Services Provider in UK.
Custom Poster Printing
Poster Printing Services
I purchased your bundle on TPT and now I am struggling to print the notes as anchor charts. Because of the PDF, I cannot extract the one page. What can I do?
Are you able to do this in photoshop? If so, would you ever consider giving the visual tutorial as you did for Publisher?
Thank you!
I can set up my new idea from this post. It gives in depth information. Thanks for this valuable information for all,.. Poster Display Stand
Thanks for sharing i really appreciate it..
Banner Print
Interior Printing
I love your ELA focus board! Where can I find it?
This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.
Thanks so much for the great info. I've always enlarged posters using my computer and LCD. After enlarging the images, I spend time tracing them. This is so much easier and the posters look so much better than mine. I'll have to look into downloading the jpg. This is new to me and I am sure I will struggle with that part but thanks again:)
For anchor charts, do you make one for every period or one for all your classes?
Thank you for this! I just found out I have this on my school computer. Game changer! 💕
Hi, I purchased the motivation posters from your tpt store. Can you tell me how big are the posters in your room because I plan to take them to get blown up and laminated
They are 11 X 14 🙂
Girl. You are brilliant! Thank you so, much for sharing!!
Hello! I just would like to give a huge thumbs up for the great info you have here on this post. I will be coming back to your blog for more soon.