Hand-made Door Signs

• 1). Cut a piece of poster board to the desired size for your door sign.
  
  
• 2). Write the desired text on the board with crayons or markers. You can use stencils to create the words if you wish.
  
  
• 3). Write the words with craft sticks, pom poms or other craft items if you want something more interesting than handwritten words.
  
  
• 4). Cut out a picture and glue it to the poster board in the desired area. If the sign is for a child's room, you might include a picture of the child.
  
  
• 5). Place stickers on the poster board to decorate the sign and display your interests. You might like to make a border with the stickers.
  
  
• 6). Cut out words from magazines that describe the person's personality or interests and glue them in random places on the sign.
  
  
• 7). Trace the words or outline pictures with glue, then apply glitter to the glue to make the sign sparkle.
  
  

Computer Designs

• 1). Open a new word processing document.
  
  
• 2). Type the text that you want to include on the sign.
  
  
• 3). Format the font as you desire, whether you want to change the font type, font size or font color.
  
  
• 4). Insert clip art or upload a photo to include on your sign. This option is found under the "insert" tab on most word processing programs.
  
  
• 5). Choose a border to frame the text and graphics of your sign. This option is found under the "format" tab.
  
  
• 6). Select a background color to apply to your door sign, if desired.
  
  
• 7). Save your work and print the sign with a color printer.
  
  
• 8). Frame the sign to protect the paper and hang it on the door.
  
  

Professional Signs

• 1). Visit the website of a company that makes professional signs for offices and other businesses, such as mydoorsign.com or officesigncompany.com.
  
  
• 2). Choose whether you want an acrylic or metal sign.
  
  
• 3). Select a sign template from the various options available on the website.
  
  
• 4). Indicate the background and text colors you want for your sign.
  
  
• 5). Choose the desired font styles you would like on your sign.
  
  
• 6). Type the text that you want on your sign. This may be a person's name, business name or the name of a room within an office complex.
  
  
• 7). Upload any graphics you want to include or select from clip art options. You might want to include your business logo on the professional sign.
  
  
• 8). Save your customizations, place the order and pay for the sign.