Make Monthly Photos of Your Students - It's Easy With These Overlays

You can get ultra-cute photos of your students all year long with this super easy tip.

If you love putting together a memory book or want to capture monthly photos for your students, you'll love how easy it is to put these monthly pictures together.

I'll show you a finished sample {along with the super simple tips to getting good photos} and in the product I'll show you how to use PowerPoint or Google Slides to pull the student photos together!

Tips to take super-cute photos

Have your students lean up against the tree, hug the tree, cross their arms as they lean up against the tree, peek out from behind the tree... any cute pose with the child and tree off to one side will do.

Kids are always cute or funny with whatever pose they do making it easy to just point your camera at them. Then simply snap their photo!

• If you can, go outside and use natural light.
• Semi-cloudy days work best but being outdoors also makes these pictures even more awesome.
• You can also use a picture of your student holding a piece of artwork, a writing piece or reading a book.
• Just be sure to frame them off to the side of the picture before you click the camera button!

Here's the magic

I love photo props as much as the next teacher, but this is like magic. There is no need to print anything ahead of time or put anything into a frame.

You'll do a little work on the computer to finish off these cute keepsakes with an adorable subway art photo overlay. It lays right over the photo you took making it instantly a keeper.

Want to make them? In my School Days Student Photos Overlays instant download - I'll teach you how step-by-step!

The overlay is already done for you.

Simply switch out each student's photos using a quick shortcut I learned and you'll whip these out fast - even for a large class!

There are 2 color options for each month so you have options.

There is a "first day of school" and also a "beginning of the school year" overlay. I made both since sometimes the first day of school gets a little packed and taking pictures can fall by the wayside.

You can get creative each month and have a really cool way to document the entire year together!

What others are saying

These are AWESOME! I already did the kids first day pics (students AND my own!) and it's sooo easy... I plan to do it each month, print on the school colored printers and give the BEST gift ever to my parents this year! - Mrs. Miner's Monkey Business

These are so cool!!! Thanks so much! - Sherry H.

I can't wait to use this! Thank you - Doodle Mom

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