Especialidades JA/Letreros y carteles/Respuestas
Nivel de destreza
2
Año
1933
Version
26.04.2025
Autoridad de aprobación
Asociación General
- Layout your poster with headings and subheadings.
- Layout the information into sections.
- The items on the page should have balance and simplicity.
- Choose where you want to add decorations, photographs, graphs, borders and design text around these.
- Avoid presenting too much detail.
- Leave enough white space (background space).
- Information should flow by column or by row.
- Simplify
Keeping a poster simple can be harder than it first sounds. Have you ever walked into a building that had so many items in it, that it was hard to see the beauty of the building? Over-cluttered posters can have the same effect. The message can get lost in the complications.
Here's a list of ideas to keep your posters simple.
- Use only one or two types of lettering.
- Choose a simple colour scheme.
- Use decorations sparingly, and only to strengthen the message.
- Organize the page space, try and have items balanced.
- Have a single message in mind when making a poster.
- Don't mix styles, try and have a uniform approach to text and images.
- Limit your creative elements, you can always use that other great idea on your next poster.
- Further reading.
The following wiki articles may be useful to helping you create an attractive poster.
One suggestion is to complete one poster of the Pathfinder Pledge, Law, Aim, or Motto. You could complete the requirement for your level in the section on Personal Growth - Commitment. A poster like this would be considered an art project.
- Explorer - Pathfinder Pledge
- Ranger - Pathfinder Law
- Voyager - Pathfinder Aim
- Guide - Pathfinder Motto
Other suggestions might be posters for;
- song lyrics
- school projects (science fair etc.)
- advertising posters for Pathfinder events
- summer Bible school poster
- memory text poster
- fund raising chart poster
- poster to teach other levels skills or honors
Remember that this requirement is to make posters in a variety of sizes. You do not have to make every poster with large poster boards. Perhaps one can be legal or even letter size. Be creative.
Some suggestions for topics: Some of these ideas will help you with other Pathfinder honors.
- decorative poster for your room
- get well poster for someone in the hospital
- motivational message for at home
- list of goals for your next year
- emergency phone numbers posted near the phone
- home fire escape plan
- bicycling safety and rules
- lettering on a knot board
- any information learned in a Pathfinder honor class.