Creating and Fine-tuning a Basic Student ID Card

The Assignment: Make an ID Card for a Homeschool Student

Printed and self-laminated ID card

© J. James

I handed her a brand new copy of The Print Shop Deluxe 22, told her to install it on her computer, and gave her just a few basic guidelines about creating an ID card. Sam and her sisters figured out how to use the program with no trouble at all and were quite pleased with their first efforts. But after they were finished with their masterpiece, I came in and gave it a few tweaks as outlined in this walk-through -- resulting in the finished card shown above.

Products Used

• The Print Shop Deluxe 22 (to design the card)
• Photo (digital photo of student)
• Low gloss photo paper
• GBC SelfSeal (card-size laminating pouches)

Making Your Own Student ID Card

• About.com Homeschooling: Establishing a School Identity
• The Old Schoolhouse: Benefits of Homeschool ID Cards

Personal note: Our homeschool is named for my paternal grandmother, Nell Howard, who never went to high school but when she was around 70 years old she went back to school and got a GED.

Index: Creating and Fine-tuning a Basic Student ID Card

1. The Assignment: Make an ID Card for a Homeschool Student
2. First Version: All the Necessary Elements
3. New Version: Kept Some Elements, Changed Others
4. Alternate Makeover: A Little Different From The Final
5. Before & After: Comparing the Changes