DIY: Making Tarpapel Using MS Word

My First Tarpapel (3x3)

Classroom teachers are usually spending their own money for visual aids, bulletin board display, poster and even tarpaulin.

But for all you know, they're resourceful. They have invented an economic, do-it-yourself visual aids or the like. And they call it "Tarpapel"

Tarpapel is made of a certain graphic design printed on several pieces of paper and is being patched one by one to form like a poster or streamer. When you look at it in a distance, it resembles to a tarpaulin. It is a do-it-yourself graphic tool for lesson presentation, for attractive bulletin board display, among others.

I had tried making one. For the first time, I created 3x3 "Back to School" poster.

Tarpapel via Word

Here are the simple tutorial steps on how to create a tarpapel.

Open the Word. Click the Page Layout to set your desired Orientation either Portrait or Landscape. and the size of your paper, either letter (short), legal (long) or whatever according to your need.

Then start encoding the text. Use the appropriate font for your text. Or if you want to use pictures or image, you may click Insert to attach those images or pictures. Since your purpose is to make a poster, enlarge your text by selecting font size. For images or pictures, edit them by increasing their width or their height to fit the size of your page.

When you're done, save it.

Printing Using Epson L120 Series

To print your work, press ctrl key and P together. Click Printer Properties to search for Multi-Page button.

At Printer Properties, check the Multi-Page to select printing style like 2-up, 4-up, 2x1, 2x2, 3x3, 4x4, depending what size you need.

Printing process and my finished work

I'm done with my 3x3 "Back to School" poster. Try to make your tarpapel. I am sure you will enjoy doing it too.