Placard making for next weekend

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Thought we could have a thread about placards - ideas for slogans on them, any hints on making them robust (waterproof?) but lightweight, size suggestions, etc.

Dd and I are going to use the bad weather today to do some pro-EU crafting on them

If you are laminating, cut large holes in the card first, then cut smaller holes in the laminate so that the poster remains waterproof. Or staple through the clear bits.

I'm not sure how big to make it tbh - we will be doing something afterwards and carrying it around would be annoying. I want it to be legible though!

My favourite is Borders against borders on a border terrier.

Other ideas:

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I wanted to say something about how ignoring over 700k protesters didn't work out well for Tony Blair...

Is that still the biggest protest in UK? Must be similar numbers?

I would use the words of the leavers against them.

Yes, Led By Donkies has a good selection of posters that do that very well.

I want a "The British in Europe are People too ... and so are the 3 million" placard because I'm annoyed with the PV people on this point .

But I will be placardless as I am arriving on the cheapest of cheap Ryanair flights, with no luggage allowance.

The National Brexit March is coming near me. I want to protest. Is “Farage = C*” (but written in full) strong enough?

DH is going as he will be in London but flying in so no placards sadly ☹️

I grew up in a Yorkshire mining town surrounded by people chanting 'Maggie Maggie Maggie Out Out Out'. Would 'Brexit Brexit Brexit Stop Stop Stop' work? Or too obscure?

Dd wants a sign just saying Stop Brexit. She's 7 but also wants to make some EU converse

Will also try to find a way to sneak in a red toothbrush as a nod to Westminstenders thread.

Trig
I'd be tempted to hang a banner out of the window, but then you don't want your house on the news...
Am really enjoying the Led By Donkey's fb links as they follow the 'march'.

My other option was 'Stop Brexit, please'. I like to be polite. And can anyone advise on size and materials?

I make A3 placards. I've varnished them, but that doesn't work well for ones that have printer ink on them.

My dsis made my 85 yo Gma a banner saying ‘I’m only here for the violence’ several years ago. She’ll be there with, she takes it to every protest she goes to.

Don’t want to out myself, but I think the marchers are staying one night in a town near me. I’m in two minds 1) behave with dignity 2) stalk them, find out which hotel they are staying in and then sit on my car horn all night until I get arrested for breaching the peace.
WWYD?

What would sitting on your cat horn all night achieve triglesoft?

OP don't get arrested, should it be that your car alarm developed a fault and randomly sounded off and on all night that would plainly be different.
I would ignore them though they have the right to protest peacefully the same as the rest of us.

My DTSs are 5.5 and want to march. BUT We are 100 miles away and OH is working on Saturday.

Shame as they want EXIT BREXIT on boards (they love shouting it as much as possible - no idea where they got it from!)

meowth. I would want to annoy and inconvenience them TBH. It’s a small town and the hotels are based in non residential areas so I wouldn’t be annoying the neighbours.

Bumping to ask for further placard practicalities as mentioned in the OP. We’re very last-minute about this, so no time to get anything printed or laminated. I’m planning to raid cardboard out of the recycling bin and write some stuff with sharpies. Which leaves me scratching my head for where I can get not-too-heavy handles for our placards. And I guess no way to waterproof them either.

Also scratching my head what to write. My thoughts are not concise enough for a placard slogan.

Happily the weather looks dry (maybe a little drizzley first thing way before the march)

What kind of handles do you want Element? Bamboo type sticks?

What kind of handles do you want Element? Bamboo type sticks?

Really no idea, I’ve never made a placard in my life Would bamboo garden canes work? I think we may have some if I take them off the plants in the garden!

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