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    Back to School Photoshoot Board

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    Published: Jun 27, 2022 · Modified: May 23, 2024 by Jessica · This post may contain affiliate links · Leave a Comment

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    girl holding a back to school board on a front porch

    Cute DIY back to school photoshoot board! Perfect to re-use each year on the first and last days of school.

    You know how much we love our Cricut machines, and I'm excited to share a fun and easy project with you today. Enter, the first day of school whiteboard project! 

    If you love your Cricut as much as we do then you should also check out the personalized back-to-school supplies we made, as well as our fun teacher gift ideas! Or, you can find our entire Cricut project gallery here. 

    cute first/last day of school whiteboard on a light blue background

    Back to School Photoshoot Board

    Around back to school, I'm sure you've seen a bunch of cute kiddos holding up various "first day of school" signs in front porch pictures. I know I have! I've always wanted to customize my own, just how I wanted it and this year I finally made it happen. 

    The best part is, it was so easy! You need a Cricut Machine (I used my Maker), a whiteboard, some vinyl, transfer tape, scissors, and a weeding tool, and you are good to go. Are you ready for the easy tutorial? 

    How to Make a Back-to-School Whiteboard

    collage image of Cricut design space tutorial

    Top Left - Open up my design in design space (or feel free to design your own). Here is the link. You can customize your sizing to fit whatever size board you bought. I found my cute framed board at Michaels. 

    Top Right - When you are ready click "make it." This will show you what your project will look like on the mat. Make sure the correct mat size is selected on the left-hand side and click continue. 

    Bottom Left - Set your base material to vinyl, apply your vinyl to your mat (I used permanent shiny black), and load your materials onto your machine. 

    Bottom Right - Turn on fast mode if your machine has that capability and press go! 

    four photos in a collage image showing how to make a back to school whiteboard

    Top Left - Gather all the needed supplies. 

    Top Right - Allow your machine to cut the design. 

    Bottom Left - Carefully weed out all excess vinyl. 

    Bottom Right - Apply weeded designs to transfer tape. Plan out where you want each piece to lay, and adhere them to the surface of your whiteboard. Remove transfer tape. 

    diy back to school board surrounded by Cricut supplies

    Didn't that turn out so fun?! I purposely chose a whiteboard instead of a chalkboard, because I have four kids and this is so much easier to quickly wipe off and re-write in between photos. Plus, I think the white on white is so cute. 

    I wanted it to work for either the first or the last day of school, so I made a graphic so that you could star or circle whether it was the first or last day, which worked great. 

    Have Your Kids Decorate Your Board

    girl writing on a first day of school whiteboard

    I love that I will have pictures encapsulating my kids' handwriting at the beginning and end of each year, along with all the information gathered on the board. 

    zoomed in shot of a first day of school board

    I also had them draw a little self-portrait next to their writing and they turned out so darling! 

    girl in front of a black door holding up a first day of school whiteboard

    If you use this tutorial and appreciate it we would love for you to leave us a positive comment or review! They mean so much to us.

    girl in front of a black door holding up a first day of school whiteboard

    Cute DIY back to school photoshoot board!

    Perfect to re-use each year on the first and last days of school.
    Print Pin Rate
    Prep Time: 5 minutes minutes
    Active Time: 15 minutes minutes
    Total Time: 20 minutes minutes
    Makes: 1
    Author: Pretty Providence
    Cost: $20

    Equipment

    • Cricut Machine

    Materials

    • Permanant Vinyl Any Color
    • Weeding Tool
    • Scissors
    • Transfer Tape
    • Whiteboard
    • Dry Erase Markers

    Instructions

    • Open up my design in design space (or feel free to design your own). Here is the link. You can customize your sizing to fit whatever size board you bought. I found my cute framed board at Michaels. 
      When you are ready click "make it." This will show you what your project will look like on the mat. Make sure the correct mat size is selected on the left hand side and click continue. 
      Set your base material to vinyl, apply your vinyl to your mat (I used permanent shiny black), and load your materials onto your machine. 
      Turn on fast mode if your machine has that capability and press go! 
      collage image of Cricut design space tutorial
    • Gather all the needed supplies. 
      Allow your machine to cut the design. 
      Carefully weed out all excess vinyl. 
      Apply weeded designs to transfer tape. Plan out where you want each piece to lay, and adhere them to the surface of your whiteboard. Remove transfer tape. 
      four photos in a collage image showing how to make a back to school whiteboard
    • Have your little ones fill out their information and get their smiles on for a fun photoshoot!
      zoomed in shot of a first day of school board
    Did you make this?Mention @prettyprovidenceblog or tag #prettyprovidence!

    Happy back-to-school season, friends!

    xo, 

    This post was originally posted on Cricut's blog as a guest post. 

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