Make Car Wash Signs
When you're holding a car wash event for a charitable cause it is essential to have car wash signs in places where people can see them. In order for your charitable event to capture the interests of onlookers, it is imperative that they also contain legible handwriting and list important details about the car wash. To make successful car wash signs you must follow a couple of steps before making the signs as well as deciding where and when you hang them up. These factors can have a significant impact on whether your car wash fundraiser signs attract people and raise funds or deters them and causes you to lose valuable profits.
Steps
- Purchase permanent markers in an array of colors such as lime green, red, blue and black. Find a few different bright colored poster boards like red, bright yellow or lime green.
- Buy large letter stencils to help you write legible text. Look for heavy-duty tape like masking tape or duct tape to hang the signs on light poles and street signs.
- Look for serrated scissors. You can use these to add even more detail to your car wash signs.
- Add pencils and erasers. You will use the pencils to outline the text and use the markers to color in the text.
- Add a scalloped edge to your poster board by using the serrated scissors to cut the outside edges of the poster board.
- Use the pencil and large stencil to make the letters on the poster board. Use the eraser to remove any mistakes you make.
- Take the markers and fill in the text. To make the car wash signs hard to miss, use different colored markers on each letter. Make sure to include the address, date, time and the hours of the car wash.
- Include bright arrows pointing people in the direction of the car wash. Make several signs, stating the same information and place these on light poles and street signs facing traffic, near main streets.
- Tape the signs using the heavy-duty tape or masking tape. Make sure not to conceal the text when taping the sign on the pole or sign.
Tips
- Placing the signs on main roads and busy streets is advised since it is more likely you will attract more people from busy areas in the city.
- Tracing the letters on the poster board with pencil is advised to prevent permanent mistakes from occurring.
- To make the car wash signs even more effective you can have participants hold signs on main streets to get the attention of drivers and attract them to your car wash fundraiser.
- Using a stencil is highly recommended to help you produce legible text. If you write directly on the poster board you may run out of room and have to squish letters to make them fit, which makes it difficult for people driving in their cars to read.
- In some places, hanging signs on light poles or street signs is illegal, so be sure to check where it's okay to put your signs.
Things You'll Need
- 3 bright colored permanent markers
- 4 bright colored poster boards
- Serrated scissors
- Pencil
- Eraser
- Heavy-duty tape
- Stencil
