HOW TO MAKE A PROTEST SIGN FOR YOUR LOCAL RALLY ON SATURDAY?

FRIDAY NIGHT BEFORE THE BIG NATIONWIDE PROTEST OF PROP 8.

I have a dilemma. I know what I want to say on my protest sign but need some advice on how to make them....FABULOUS.

I decided to call my new best friend MARTHA and ask her....MARTHA how do you make the perfect protest sign for the biggest civil rights protest since the 60's?

She advised me and here is what I learned.

4 Easy Steps for making the perfect protest sign:

Start with your art kit that you have been preparing all summer long for all of your exciting fall craft projects for the holidays. Recycle those leftover items from your Halloween costume.
EX: Glitter makeup, black eye liner, Sarah Palin/Tina Fey glasses and pants suit.

Gather up the following supplies:

POSTER BOARD
Florescent Pink and Green make a lovely background for your slogan. It helps your message to pop out in a crowd. (White poster board is fine. Enhance lettering with a black outline.)

YARD STICKS FROM HOME DEPOT
Not only is the finish nice to hold while marching for an hour to your city hall, but you can recycle it for use later with your art kit for next week's Thanksgiving craft night.

(It's always a good thing to have a long, hard yard stick around the house.
Good for a few things I can't mention here in this blog.)

MASKING TAPE (PAPER)
If you don't have this in your art kit, then it is a must buy.
(It might come in handy at the protest to tape the mouth shut of the counter protesters.
Those people who voted YES On Prop 8. Martha would probably not approve of this but I do.)

STEP ONE
Take your large florescent poster board and cut in half.
Average poster board is 22" x 28".

This will leave you with two 14" x 22" vertical signs to be taped together around the yard stick.
The idea is to make a two sided sign that you can put clever and witty slogans on, thereby doubling your sign capacity.

OR

You can simply choose to fold it in half. This will help later with giving your protest sign greater stability. Something one wants when chanting and marching with thousands of others.

(If you require a larger sign don't cut or fold your poster board. Please note that your protest sign will be a little bit flimsier unless you go with thicker card stock or more expensive art board.)

STEP TWO
Take a pencil and sketch out your slogan first. This gives you the opportunity to space and center your slogan before actually writing on the poster board(s).

Take your large black marker (a must for every art kit) and begin to write your slogan on the poster board.

You can choose to outline the letters and fill in with coloured markers, glitter or even fabric left over from that bad Sarah Pallin pants suit you wore on Halloween night. It's all up to you.
(Glue sticks are a marvelous thing for one's art kit.)

Some sign suggestions for tomorrow's protest comes from this website below.

http://jointheimpact.wetpaint.com/page/Protest+Signs

Here are a few of my favorites:

2-4-6-8
How do you know your kids are straight?

NO H8

No More Mr. Nice Gay

I HELPED ELECT THE FIRST BLACK PRESIDENT
AND ALL I GOT WAS THIS LOUSY MARRIAGE BAN!

and finally my favorite...

CHICKENS: 1
GAYS: 0

STEP THREE
Now that your signs are all written and decorated, you are ready to assemble.

So that you can recycle your Home Depot yard stick, take your masking tape and double it over.

Use less tape by doubling over the masking tape in 3" to 4" sections.

Tape Tip:
Start the tape sticky side up in the palm of your hand. Hold the end with your thumb and roll the tape roll around your four fingers until it joins again. It's the perfect piece of tape.

Place on the yard stick and apply the back of the sign.
Repeat this on the other side of the yard stick.
Then place four similar pieces on the corners of the back of the sign.

Press together firmly and you will have the perfect double sided protest sign for you Nationwide protest!

STEP FOUR
Go out and use the sign and meet up with your friends at your local City Hall or State Capitol building.

Have a peaceful and safe march and let's all make history!

Peace and blessings,
GMAN