Litter Free Schools

Create Custom Banners and Posters

Creating custom Litter Free Schools banners and posters is easy and fun. Use photos of your school’s own athletes to turbocharge your campaign.

If you don't want to create your own, use our Predesigned Banners.

Before you begin

1) Take photos of your school’s athletes in action and transfer them to your computer.

2) Download borders, graphics and trash images for your banner or poster to your computer, from the table below.

borders

large banner landscape
medium banner portrait
11" x 17" poster portrait

graphics

sport	graphic	lettering
soccer	GIVE LITTER AN ASSIST GIVE LITTER AN ASSIST	black white
tennis or volleyball	SERVE IT IN SERVE IT IN	black white
basketball	SHOOT IT IN SHOOT IT IN	black white
swimming or diving	SPLASH NOT TRASH SPLASH NOT TRASH	black white
baseball	STRIKE OUT LITTER STRIKE OUT LITTER	black white
football	TACKLE LITTER TACKLE LITTER	black white
cheerleading or marching band	MAKE IT A ROUTINE MAKE IT A ROUTINE	black white
track or cross country	PICK IT UP PICK IT UP	black white
golf or baseball	PITCH IT IN PITCH IT IN	black white
lacrosse	SCOOP IT UP SCOOP IT UP	black white
wrestling	TAKE LITTER DOWN TAKE LITTER DOWN	black white
frisbee	THROW IT IN THROW IT IN	black white

Tip: all custom elements have a transparent background, which appears white in a browser. White lettered graphics may appear strange, but will display properly in your banners and posters.

trash

soda can
soda cup
water bottle
paper wad
french fry container
to go box
orange trash can

Design your own banners and posters

1) Go to canva.com and create a free account if you don’t already have one.

2) Click on “Use custom dimensions” to start a new design. Enter the dimensions from this table for the banner or poster size you want.

banner/poster size	dimensions
large banner 72” x 30” landscape orientation	5385 x 2265
medium banner 30” x 48” portrait orientation	2265 x 3585
poster 11” x 17” portrait orientation	1925 x 2975

3) Upload borders, graphics and trash images that you want for your banner/poster to the upload area of the tool.

4) Upload your athlete photos to the upload area.

Tip: if your JPG photos won’t upload properly, convert them to PNG and try again. Canva doesn’t work with JPG photos formatted as CMYK, and converting them to PNG solves this problem. If you don’t have photo editing software to do this, use a free online converter.

5) Here’s the fun part. Drag the border to the workspace and resize it to fill the sheet. Drag the athlete photo, graphics and trash images to the workspace. Move images forward or back so the athlete is the bottom layer, the border is above that, and the graphics and trash are the top layers. Move, resize and rotate images to create the look that you want.

6) Download the final design to your computer. Choose the JPG format. Examine it closely with a photo editor to make sure everything looks right.

Print your banners and posters

Posters can be printed on your own printer or printed by Staples on thicker (67 pound) paper for a higher quality result.

For banners, go to the Staples Copy and Print website and select Custom Banners. Select the banner size you want, choose from indoor or outdoor vinyl and upload your JPG file. Plan for how you're going to hang your banners up; choose clear adhesive hangers for indoor banners or grommets for outdoor banners. Pick up the banners in-store or have them delivered to you.