DIY wall newspaper. Design with photos, ideas, examples

A wall newspaper designed by yourself is already considered a nominal a hand-made giftIt is common to create such illustrations not only for school events.

As a greeting card, a way of recognition or an alternative gift, a wall newspaper can be designed in the appropriate style - for a birthday, anniversary, on the occasion of a new promotion and more.

General rules for designing a wall newspaper

Wall newspapers differ from drawings, posters and collages in some ways.

Therefore, when performing them, you need to adhere to the design rules:

• Informative material does not require a special genre in the presentation of information, but it should be done in the style or theme of the holiday.
• Creative posters of this type are created by editorial sectors, where there is a person responsible for the unusual presentation of the material. A creative approach is welcomed, so the presence of illustrations and a share of humor is not prohibited.
• There are standardized recommendations that should not be deviated from. This concerns aesthetics, design and dimensions.
• It is permitted to use newspaper clippings, printed texts and handwritten ones.

A wall newspaper made with your own hands (the design can be thought up together with the editor of the creative department) created must also meet the requirements regarding the size of the canvas, the use of fonts and font size.

Popular science material created for an educational institution, must meet the requirements regarding margins, indents and paper formats:

Parameter	Size/Feature	Characteristics/explanation
Acceptable formats	A0, A1, A2	The minimum size of the Whatman paper is A2, however, you can deviate from this parameter by creating a glued sheet of A4 paper for a non-educational institution.
Fields	As needed	The sketch may include margins if the wall newspaper will use text, headings, lines, and not just a drawing.
Indents	This implies an indentation around the perimeter of the wall newspaper.	It is acceptable to leave an indent of 1 in the range of 1.5-3 cm with a line thickness of 1-5 mm.
Framework	Allowed	Frames can be made to highlight important information, as well as to design the wall newspaper in a single style. Individual fields can have a completely different style, so frames are allowed to be used with text, illustrations or homemade drawings.
Headlines	Center or left	The heading can be placed in the center of the wall newspaper, or on the left side with a small indent. The size cannot exceed 150 mm, but it is acceptable to put it on several lines, taking up no more than ¼ of the entire Whatman paper.
Width	Up to ½ of the entire Whatman paper	It is not advisable to make a heading that will be located across the width of the entire Whatman paper. It is recommended to make it narrower so that it fits harmoniously into the style of the wall newspaper.
Font	Up to 1/6 of the entire wall newspaper	The font height cannot be greater than this value, so the parameter can be adjusted downwards.
Color and style	In the same style	The font of headings and text inserts must be in a single style. Highlighting of letters, ornaments, and flourishes are also allowed in the design of the wall newspaper.
Thematic material	On the topic of the wall newspaper	Smileys, sketches, and thematic materials that are appropriate when reviewing a specific topic of the material are allowed.

Wall newspaper can be decorated with additional images, three-dimensional parts of illustrations, made with your own hands. If the material is being prepared for a school or kindergarten, it is acceptable to use children's drawings. For a festive gift format, the wall newspaper is made with a slight deviation from the rules (formats and styles of composition, taking into account the width of the title and margins).

Color scheme, background ideas

The wall newspaper designer will initially have to determine the future style of the wall newspaper in order to create the background. It is also important to consider the location of all elements - some can be highlighted with a light or dark background.

In the artistic direction, color design will also influence the perception of information:

• Congratulatory wall newspapers can be made from photographs and illustrations. For this, it is not necessary to focus on the color background.
• Text materials for a school newspaper are selected taking into account the general style and subject matter. It is important to create a neutral, uniform background that will not distract the reader.
• Depending on the compositional meaning, the artist can resort to bright inserts to highlight information or emphasize it. This is acceptable in wall newspapers prepared for Teacher's Day, in preschool institutions and thematic communities.
• You can highlight headings with a background, but to do this you need to position them in advance so that the text is in a specific range relative to other parts of the Whatman paper.

For all wall newspapers it is advisable to use the main background and 3 additional colors.

• The background should be neutral, gradient or multi-colored.
• Light tones go well with dark and bright colors.
• A dark background can be diluted with bright and light shades.
• Autumn wall newspapers can contain more than 3 colors, as well as thematic posters with a lot of text information.
• The leading colours in the wall newspaper are grey, beige, light yellow, and pastel shades.
• The dominant color can be any bright accent that is intended to highlight the most important detail. If it is not a title, it is advisable to combine this color with auxiliary shades for a smooth transition from one thought to another.

Children can also make a wall newspaper with their own hands (the design can be done using the laws of contrasts for greater expressiveness). You can ask students to create several drawings, text plots, and then combine all the materials on Whatman paper.

Some may focus on balancing warm and cool tones, while others may focus on creating winning combinations where cool colors will look good against light shades.

Warm tones always look better against cold ones, but for a congratulatory theme such a combination is unacceptable. There is no need to achieve activation of a specific color if the wall newspaper is of a festive nature.

It is a mistake to think that a poster should be saturated with bright colors. Dark colors clash with white colors, so it is best to choose halftones with a translucent base.

Types and styles of wall newspapers

A wall newspaper is a subject of collective creativity, so it can be conditionally divided into several types and styles:

Types and styles	Festive	Thematic	Satirical	Amateur
Informational	A poster of fine folk art is a type of wall newspaper that combines festive and informational styles.	The topic is dedicated to a general educational event, memory of events, and so on.	Not used	Summarizing an event that took place among a group of people
Congratulatory	Congratulations for a specific person	Congratulations on the general holidays - New Year, Victory Day	A separate form of art, when you can congratulate a person or a group of people in a humorous manner.	Illustrative wall newspaper with elements of congratulatory stories - poems, personal wishes
Scientific	Congratulations to a famous person with an indication of achievements, mention of scientific work	Summarizing a scientific paper using subject headings	Not used	Dedication of the poster theme to a personal discovery in the scientific field
Story	Font compositions are used	Techniques for writing various congratulations using different types of fonts.	The law of constructing such a story comes down to the interpretation of the reader’s personal opinion.	Writing a text poster in the first person using narrative technique
Graphics	Schematic sketch of a poster using photographs	Poster with illustration elements	Drawings created using artistic schemes	Hand drawn drawings
Fine art	Inscriptions and texts in unusual font styles	Similar to a poster using photographs	Sketches and caricatures are acceptable.	Poster using only drawing

A wall newspaper made by yourself (the design will depend on the chosen style and theme) can be designed in any style, but it should be remembered that it is determined by the direction and nature of the material.

Symbols with regard to the color scheme in the visual technique of creating wall newspapers are often used outside of educational institutions. Here it is also important to observe the proportions, outlines and spatial position of all the details of the poster.

Application

Newspapers with elements of appliques can be made collectively for generalization or congratulations using applied printed graphics techniques. As a rule, this includes bright wall newspapers, where the main part of the exposition is occupied by an image, a headline and a couple of inscriptions.

To create such a wall newspaper, you need to distribute roles between students and set the future character of the congratulations:

1. On the Whatman paper you need to determine the central part of the applique location.
2. There should be a bright, large title in the center.
3. For inscriptions in the form of wishes, you can highlight the side parts of the Whatman paper, dividing them into several sectors.
4. As a background, you should take as a basis the color that will match the color of the applique.
5. A collective wall newspaper in a congratulatory thematic form can be made in the colors of the national flag.
6. In the center you can place a children's illustration - a craft, a drawing, a collective creative sketch.
7. It is advisable to make a title above the applique dedicated to the theme of the congratulation.
8. At the bottom and on the sides you can place auxiliary drawings, newspaper clippings or pictures that reflect the theme of the congratulations.

This type of wall newspaper will be appropriate for creating congratulations on Cosmonautics Day, ethnic themes, the history of peoples and the unity of states.

Collage

Wall newspapers using photographs and illustrations can be made in the style of fine art or graphic presentation of information.

1. To do this, you need to print out photos of children who are preparing a wall newspaper. It would be a good idea to make a schematic arrangement of the pictures in the form of the main characters.
2. Illustrations should occupy a central place on the Whatman paper.
3. It is acceptable to replace the title with an inscription.
4. If we are talking about generalization, scientific works, or the celebration of an international holiday, you can supplement it with newspaper clippings and essays with references to historical events.
5. Photos can be accompanied by captions to convey the message of the poster and make it stand out due to the predominance of images.
6. Photos can be diluted with thematic drawings, creating a background from them. For example, for Teacher's Day, make separate images of teachers with photographs of children's faces.

A wall newspaper made by hand (the design can be thought out so that children can make a graphic illustration themselves) for Mother's Day, Father's Day, or for congratulating the school can be designed in the form of an amateur illustration.

If you need to prepare scientific papers, it is acceptable to use graphic elements as a reference to the wall newspaper plot. For example, for Chemistry Day, present each element of the chemical table as a student (with his or her characteristic features).

Scrapbooking

This technique is borrowed and means using book and newspaper clippings when decorating a Whatman paper. It is very easy to make a wall newspaper using this technique, but it is only suitable for congratulating loved ones who like hand-made gifts.

Book sketches of blanks are used as decorations - these are pages, printed sections, large-format sheet images or artistic illustrative sketches.

The typeface direction can also be used to design parts of a wall newspaper. It is worth remembering that in scrapbooking it is not necessary to use a catchy title - photographs, lace ribbons, artistic metaphors and figures of different sizes are enough.

The combination of events in different times and locations will help create an image “through time”, and the outline designation of objects will add the very charm for which this technique is famous.

The font, background color, and placement of objects are all important, so photo paper, vintage visual effects, and small paintings are essential for this wall newspaper technique.

As an example, you can create several templates for the hero of the day, which will become the basis for creating a wall newspaper:

• On scrapbooking paper, measure 30 cm around the perimeter. This will be the basis for placing the photos.
• Episodes from a person's life should be placed under headings. For example, childhood, youth, school years.
• Individual sheets can be left for design and decoration of the wall newspaper.
• Additionally, you will need rhinestones, buttons, lace and cords. Butterflies and flowers can be used if desired.
• Next, you need to print out the photos and glue them onto different background paper blanks.
• Photos can be of different sizes, and it is permissible to combine several of them together.
• You can use ribbons to separate the sectors and stick printed inscriptions on top of them – “youth”, “childhood”.
• Above or below the photo, you can make inscriptions that will display the name of the sector with photos.
• You can use curly scissors to cut the corners of photos or section titles.
• Some photos that are superimposed on each other can be adjusted in size by cutting off the edges. This will add restraint to the wall newspaper.
• All decorative elements can be arranged in a chaotic order, or you can decorate the photographs with them along the perimeters.

Such a festive wall newspaper can be made in a congratulatory, graphic or pictorial style. The more photographs are present on the Whatman paper, the brighter the plot will be.

Quilling

Wall newspapers in this technique will always belong to the graphic or pictorial style, since the basis is a craft. Unlike applique, you cannot always use text or a title here. Drawings, as a rule, are combined with elements in the quilling technique only to complement and generalize the plot.

Of course, to create a large craft You need to make all the parts of the illustration separately, place them on Whatman paper and create a harmonious image.

1. The most difficult stage will be creating individual parts of the illustration.
2. Using the quilling technique, you can make a wall newspaper in a congratulatory style, for example, for Labor Day or May 9.
3. Thematic drawing or sketch should be done on paper, then transferred in parts to the drawing paper. An element in the quilling technique will be placed on top of the drawing.
4. To create a holiday-themed landscape, you need to choose a picture and schematically display it using paper of the desired colors. For example, for a simple landscape, paper in green, white, blue, yellow and orange shades will do.

A DIY wall newspaper (quilling design will become a 3D ornament and will look good with drawings on a plane) in this style can be supplemented with a title or inscription. Watercolor paints or scrapbooking paper can be used to create the background.

With its help, you can make blanks in the form of the sun, the sky and schematic greenery (trees, bushes, grass).

Next, you need to prepare all the parts of the quilling blanks for further assembly:

1. From green paper you need to twist several curls to imitate the crowns of trees.
2. The white swirls will serve as foliage that can be arranged on the tree.
3. Dense white curls with green leaves will become a flower bed.
4. And the round sun can be filled with curls of yellow and orange paper.
5. Clouds can be made from blue shades, complementing them with white inserts.
6. To create a bright accent, you can draw a rainbow on a blue background.
7. In the center of the Whatman paper you can write a congratulation on the international holiday.

Such a wall newspaper will become a memorable greeting even without words. To add uniqueness, you can use an old technique - printing on canvas and placing the drawing on thick fabric.

With pockets

A three-dimensional picture on Whatman paper using decorated elements can serve as the basis for creating a poster with wishes.

Such advent calendars have become popular for a long time, and they are used not only as greeting cards.

1. An advent calendar on Whatman paper can contain wishes for the month following the New Year.
2. Pockets can be made from paper measuring 10*15 cm to put a note with wishes or a gift in them.
3. It is advisable to make as many pockets as there are children in the class.
4. Instead of notes, you can put sweet gifts if this is acceptable at the educational institution.
5. Children can sign the pockets with their names so that everyone can wish a specific person something nice or make a delicious gift.
6. Coloured backgrounds are suitable for decoration – you can paint them or cover them with coloured paper.
7. The title can be the name of the event, holiday or celebration.

Wall newspapers were previously designed in the linocut style, when linoleum or a dense flexible material was used as a base. Less often, autotype with photomontage was used, so such colorful posters were considered complex technical work.

As photomechanical printing replaced lithography, digital printing emerged and a new era in poster decorating and DIY individual elements was born.

Video about wall newspaper design

How to make a wall newspaper for March 8: