Create a Poster for your fav music artist!
Design and decorate a poster of your favorite music artist using paper, colors, photos, and creative lettering to practice art, layout, and self-expression.
Step-by-step guide to create a poster for your favorite music artist
How to make posters for any occasion
Step 1
Place your poster paper flat on a table so you have a clean workspace.
Step 2
Lightly write your artist’s name across the top center with pencil to plan your heading.
Step 3
Use the ruler to draw light layout lines to mark where the photo title and margins will go.
Step 4
Cut out the printed photos or magazine pictures carefully with scissors.
Step 5
Place the cut photos on the poster to test different positions without gluing.
Step 6
Glue each photo onto the poster in the position you like using the glue stick.
Step 7
Trace over the pencil heading with a bold marker to make your artist’s name stand out.
Step 8
Write song titles or a short favorite lyric neatly on the poster with colored pens or markers.
Step 9
Draw simple doodles or a decorative border that matches your artist’s style.
Step 10
Add stickers glitter or other decorations to fill empty spaces and make it pop.
Step 11
Press down on all glued photos and decorations so everything sticks firmly.
Step 12
Write your name and the date in a small corner to sign your poster.
Step 13
Share your finished poster on DIY.org
Final steps
You're almost there! Complete all the steps, bring your creation to life, post it, and conquer the challenge!
Help!?
What can I use instead of poster paper, printed photos, or a glue stick if I can't find them?
Use a flattened cereal box or a large sheet of construction paper for the poster paper, cut magazine clippings or hand-drawn pictures instead of printed photos, and substitute white school glue applied thinly or double-sided tape for the glue stick when you glue each photo onto the poster.
My photos are peeling up or the heading smudged—what should I do?
If glued photos peel or your marker heading smudges, press down firmly on glued photos with a clean ruler or heavy book as instructed and let the poster dry flat, and erase excess pencil lead before tracing the name with a marker to avoid smudges.
How can I change the activity for different ages?
For ages 3–6 have an adult pre-cut the printed photos and help with ruler lines while the child sticks photos and adds stickers, for ages 7–10 let them use the ruler and write song titles, and for teens encourage freehand lettering, more detailed doodles, or adding digital images before sharing on DIY.org.
How can we make the poster more special or interactive beyond stickers and doodles?
Personalize it by adding a decorative washi-tape or glitter border as in the instructions, attaching small lyric-booklet flaps beside photos, or wiring a short battery LED fairy-light strand around the edges before pressing everything down and signing the poster.
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Facts about poster design and visual art for kids
✂️ Collage—mixing photos, cutouts, stickers, and paint—is a classic poster-making trick used by pop artists like Andy Warhol.
🔤 Just changing the font can make the same words feel happy, serious, spooky, or fancy on your poster.
🖼️ Original vinyl album covers and vintage concert posters can be collector's items worth hundreds or even thousands of dollars.
🎨 Posters became super colorful in the late 1800s when new color printing made bright, big designs possible.
🎵 The Beatles' Sgt. Pepper album cover features a collage containing more than 50 famous people.
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