I.D. Card Templates
to customize for your own use!

Here’s the original card I made for Carlianne.  I printed it out onto light blue parchment cardstock, cut it out, and then laminated it!  I used a Sears portrait, but it also works fine to get pictures of your child at various distances, in front of a plain wall. If you have a digital camera, or a friend who has one, that’s the easiest because you can just adjust the size of the photo itself instead of needing to get just the right distance to make the picture fit into the box on the card. In fact, it doesn’t have to actually fit INSIDE the box; just in the space allowed, which you can adjust by shortening the signature lines and font sizes. (Be sure to get the picture on before laminating!  I’ll give you ONE guess why I might feel the need to tell you something so obvious!!!   )

Here’s one card template for you to customize for your child.  To change or customize anything, just double-click over the word you want to change (which  will highlight it), and then start typing your word!  The font will then stay the same. If you want to change the font, just double-click on your word, then click the down-arrow in the font box (it probably says Times New Roman right now.  If you don’t know where it is, and want to find it, then click on one of these words that you are reading, and then look up at the toolbar and find “Times New Roman.”  Right next to it, in another small box, it should say “11” ~ that’s the size of the font.) and then start experimenting with the various fonts until you find one you like.      (This one is “Card A” in case you need to refer back to it.)
   
s   t   u   d   e   n   t        i   .   d   .        c   a   r   d 	

Your Homeschool Name  
School Year:  2005–2006
Photo	

Student:    Firstname A. Lastname 
 
______________________________                     
                                     Student’s Signature 
                                                                     
______________________________
                                     Principal’s Signature	

Here’s a sample of the above card with the two lines filled in with our “school colors”!  Actually, our three school colors are lavendar, black and grey, so I just made the center black line thicker!  (This is “Card B”)
   
s   t   u   d   e   n   t        i   .   d   .        c   a   r   d 	

Your Homeschool Name  
Photo	

School Year:  2005–2006
      
Student:    Firstname A. Lastname

_____________________________                     
                                     Student’s Signature 
                                                                     
_____________________________
                                     Principal’s Signature	
   
Directions for how to color in the lines:
   
You can either color in the lines with your “school colors” using a felt pen, or you can do it right here in Word!
   
1)  First, of course, decide on your school colors!  (We let each of our three children choose ONE color.)
   
2)  Next position your cursor inside the top line. (I had to increase my page-viewing size to 150%.  To do this, find the white box at the top that has a % sign in it; click on the down-arrow next to that, and then click on 150%.)
3)  Next, look at all the tool icons at the top and find the one that’s a little paint can tipping to the right with a color bar under it.  Right next to that is a tiny triangle pointing down; click on that and find the color you want to put in that top line, and click on it!

4)  If you want to find a different color, you can click on “More Fill Colors” at the very bottom of that color chart, and play with that until you find one you like.  (If you click on any of the honeycomb-shaped color spots in that hexagon, and then click on the “Custom” tab at the top, you will then see a bar of colors ranging from lightest (almost-but-not-quite white) at the top of the bar, all the way down to black at the bottom; move that black triangle (which is the color selector) up or down to point to the shade you want, and then click on it!  And then click “OK”!  You will probably end up doing this a few times until you find the exact one you like because they look different once in the bar!)

Here are three other templates with various fonts and lines:
(This is “Card C”)
s   t   u   d   e   n   t        i   .   d   .        c   a   r   d 	

Your Homeschool Name  
School Year:  2005–2006
Photo	

Student:    Firstname A. Lastname

____________________________                     
                                     Student’s Signature 
                                                                     
____________________________
                                     Principal’s Signature	
   
(This is “Card D”)
s  t  u  d  e  n  t     i .   d .     c  a  r  d 	

Your Homeschool Name  
Photo	

 School Year:  2005–2006
      
Student:    Firstname A. Lastname
   
____________________________                     
                                     Student’s Signature 
                                                                     
____________________________
                                     Principal’s Signature	
   
(This is “Card E”)
s   t   u   d   e   n   t        i   .   d   .        c   a   r   d 	
Your Homeschool Name  
School Year:  2005–2006

Photo	

 Student::
Firstname A. Lastname
      
____________________________                     
                                     Student’s Signature 
                                                                     
____________________________
                                     Principal’s Signature	

If I have forgotten anything, or anything is wrong, please email
me (at beshelton@aol.com) and let me know!

NOTE TO THE OVERWHELMED!    If all this just totally overwhelms you, and you just want me to make it for you, (with you getting the customized-by-me document from me, (you) printing it out, adding your own taken-by-you photo, and laminating it yourself; in other words, I would just do the computer work), I can do that for you for a fee.    Email me and we’ll discuss it. It’ll depend on how much time it takes to come up with something you like.  If you are easy to please and I can do it quickly, it would cost $5 for one card; if it takes a lot of going back and forth, with adjusting specifications, it could cost up to $20.)