DIY First Day of School Chalkboard Sign Photo Prop

Supplies

• Photoshop Elements (or another program like PicMonkey, Canva, Silhouette Studio, MS Word/Powerpoint, Preview on a Mac, etc.)
• Digital chalkboard background (check this out to learn how to find one)
• Lots of different fonts, including dingbats (check this out to see my favorite free ones!)
• Sheet of paper, printer, & ink
• Frame
• Cute two-year-old boy rocking some sunglasses and a bow tie :)

How I Created this First Day of School Chalkboard Sign

I created this chalkboard sign the exact same way I make my birthday chalkboard posters….and since there’s no sense in recreating that wheel, you can check out this tutorial for a complete how-to (it’s really easy!).

All it involves is firing up Photoshop Elements, opening a digital chalkboard background (check this out if you need help with where/how to find one), adding lots of text layers (I’ve compiled some of my favorite chalkboard fonts here and here), then jazzing the design up with some dingbats (and I’ve also shared some personal faves of these here and here).

Super simple!  No really, it is. :)  I knocked this sign out in under an hour the night before Rowan’s first day….nothing like the last minute!

Tidbits of Info I Included:

• Rowan’s name (obvi)
• Grade
• Teachers’ names
• Age
• Classroom’s name (the Bumblebee Room….too adorable!)
• School’s name (I’ve blurred it out in these photos because stay away creepers!)
• Date of the first day of school

Since Rowan’s only two-years-old and it’s just a Mother’s Morning Out program and not real preschool, I only included the basics.  Once he gets a little older, it will be fun to include other tidbits that he can provide, like what he wants to be when he grows up, what his favorite subject is, sports he plays, and things like that.

I just love creating keepsakes for him (I mean, my Project Gallery is filled with them), especially ones that we can watch him grow throughout the years….ahhhhhh, memories. :)

Rowan’s First Day of School!

And just look at how stinking cute my little man was on the morning of his FIRST first day of school!  That smile….those shades….that bow tie….his first backpack and matching lunch box…. {sigh}

Rowan was also just as adorable walking into school while holding Daddy’s hand. :)