Making printables is my favorire thing to do! So after numerous requests from teacher friends and customers I finally got around to making some classroom decorating & organisation printables… Which led me to filming videos and eventually creating an ecourse if you want to learn how to make them!

If you’re a teacher that’s tired of forking out money each year for cute printables to decorate your classroom – now you’ll be able to make your own 🙂 And you’ll be able to make them in any font style, color, size, shape and quantity that you like!

No need to pay for a custom order or spend hours scouring the net for the printable you need. Now you can organize and decorate your classroom and keep it pretty and functional.

Tutorials included in the ecourse

Introduction to Photoshop

• Basics of Using Photoshop (Introduction – 2 Video Tutorials)
• My Favorite Tools in Photoshop (2 Video Tutorials)
• How to use the shapes tool in Photoshop (Video Tutorial)
• Favorite keyboard shortcuts for making printables (video tutorial)
• How to use clipping masks in Photoshop (video tutorial)
• How to use the align tools (video tutorial)

Using Fonts

• How to download and install fonts (video tutorial)
• How to choose fonts (plus my favorite resources for free and paid fonts)
• How to use the text tool & change font style in Photoshop (Video Tutorial)
• How to make multi-colored text and how to color match anything (Video Tutorial)

How to Choose Colors for Your Designs

• How to Use the Color Tools In Photoshop (Video Tutorial)
• My Favorite Resources for Color Inspiration
• How to color match anything in Photoshop (Video tutorial)

Setting up Print-Ready Files & Creating a Style Guide

• Getting started designing classroom printables (things to keep in mind)
• Copyrighting your designs & adding a watermark overlay (Video Tutorial)
• Resizing Printables & Speeding up your Workflow (Video Tutorial)

How to Make Classroom Decorating Printables

• Types of classroom printables you can create (downloadable list)
• Download the list of 80 Classroom Theme Ideas
• How to make fold over cards e.g. student namplates (video tutorial)
• Alphabet Word Wall (Video Tutorial)
• How to make classroom signs
• Scallop edge bulletin board decorative borders (video tutorial)
• How to make hall pass cards (video tutorial)

How to make classroom labels

• How to make contents storage labels & name tag labels (video tutorial)
• How to make classroom labels using clipart (video tutorial)
• How to labels using Avery or online labels templates – option 1 (video tutorial)

Making a classroom calendar

• Download the Calendars Template & Video Tutorial on How to Customise
• Days of the week labels for noticeboards (video tutorial)
• How to make a day, month and year sign (video tutorial)
• How to make calendar numbers

Using patterns & clipart with your printables

• Where to find graphics for your designs (and how much you should pay for them)
• How to use clipart to add interest to your designs (video tutorial)
• How to use pattern overlays (part 1) (Video Tutorial)
• How to use a pattern overlay (part 2) (Video Tutorial)
• How to use patterns when designing printables (video tutorial)
• How to make a stripe pattern in Photoshop (video tutorial)
• Designer Terms of Use Explained (what type of licences you need)

How to Make Binder Covers

• Planner Dividers (plus a FREE template!) (Video Tutorial)
• How to make a binder cover/planner cover (style 1) (video tutorial)
• Binder Cover or planner cover (Video tutorial)
• Half Size or Custom Page Size Binder Covers (Video Tutorial)
• Effectively Utilising Photoshop’s shape tool to make binder covers (Video Tutorial)
• How to make binder spines (Video Tutorial)

How to make computer, iPhone or tablet wallpaper

• How to make a categorised desktop wallpaper (Video Tutorial)
• Personalised Desktop wallpapers (using Canva) (Video Tutorial)

How to Sell Digital Products

• Saving files and preparing for sale & printing
• My personal quality control checklist (Downloadable PDF)
• Where to sell your teacher printables

Resources

• Printing Tips
• Favorite classroom decorating supplies
• Exclusive discounts

Click here to enroll in the ecourse

No prior experience with using Photoshop is needed to enroll in the course!

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Not interested in learning how to make teaching printables? Download a ready-made classroom kit from my shop!

Included in the printable classroom kit

BANNER

– All 26 letters of the alphabet (2 letters per page) –
Spell out any word / s you like such as welcome, reading corner, student birthdays, merry christmas etc.

CLASSROOM SIGNS
– ‘Welcome’ sign (8.5 x 11″)
– ‘Reading Corner’ sign (8.5 x 11″)

CALENDAR KIT
– 16 x 20″ calendar
– 2.5″ calendar numbers (to fit the boxes on the 16 x 20″ calendar)
– Days of the week headers (8 x 2″)
– Months of the year headers (8 x 2″)

* The Calendar numbers labels can be used for cubby numbers, table numbers and group / team numbers

BINDER COVERS
– Editable cover (2 styles)
– Editable binder spine (2 styles)

BULLETIN BOARD DECORATING
– Rainbow pattern scallop border for bulletin boards
– Solid colors (that coordinate with the rainbow stripe pattern) in the same scallop border plus black
– Digital Papers – 8 in the colors from the rainbow (Ideal for the backing of a bulletin board, wrapping cans to decorate pen cups, tray liners etc.)

LABELS
– 2 x 2″ square (editable – add your own text)
– 2 x 2″ labels – one color per label in the same colors as the rainbow stripe pattern (editable – add your own text)
– ‘My name is’ student name tags (editable – add your own text)
– 2 x 3″ labels – rainbow (editable – add your own text)
– 2 x 3″ labels – one color per label in the same colors as the rainbow stripe pattern (editable – add your own text)
– Bonus – Contents labels (in different colors – great for color coding)

HALL PASSES (3 x 4″ size)
– Nurse pass
– hall pass
– bathroom pass
– library pass

EXTRAS
– Desk name plate / fold over card (editable – type in your student’s names before printing)
– ‘It’s my birthday!’ sign to fix to the back of a chair
– Table number signs e.g. table 1, table 2 etc. (10 tables) – 8.5 x 11″ (US letter page size)

Total printable pages = 63

The labels are editable so you can type in your text before printing (and type multiple lines of text)

These are 2.5″ (the same size as the boxes on the calendar)

Want a specific classroom theme? Send me an email via allaboutplanners@gmail.com

You may also be interested in my printable (and editable) teacher planner: