[Handmade] Message board ideas that convey your honest feelings
A message board to express gratitude and encouragement to friends and upperclassmen graduating from school, or to colleagues transferring or leaving a company.
At farewell parties or on graduation day, it’s common to give a colored card or album filled with honest messages from each member.
You may be looking for ideas for a heartfelt message board.
In this article, we’ve gathered and highlighted handmade message board ideas.
From stylish designs to warm, hand-drawn illustrations, check out these handmade message boards you can use to suit any occasion.
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[Handmade] Message Board Ideas That Convey Your Honest Feelings (1–10)
Rabbit frame
To keep the messages in a group note from overlapping, it’s standard to enclose each person’s message in a frame.
Try drawing such frames with a rabbit motif to draw more attention to the messages.
It’s simple: when framing the entire message, draw two long ears at the top, and once the whole is enclosed, add whiskers on the left and right.
Choosing colors that evoke a rabbit or adding small rabbit illustrations within the messages will help emphasize the rabbit theme throughout, which is highly recommended.
pastel color
When you think of a message board, you probably picture writing messages on a white shikishi board.
This idea shows how to decorate that white board with pastels and transform it into a warm, vibrant look.
You’ll need pastels and a tea strainer: shave the pastels so the powder falls onto the board, then use a tissue to spread it and add color overall.
Using various pastel colors can create gradients on the board, but be sure to control the amount of powder and how you spread it so the colors don’t blend unintentionally.
Spreading the pastels with a circular motion is the key to conveying warmth and softness.
Club activity illustration frame
These are frames that surround each message, using club activity uniforms and equipment as motifs.
The content, which clearly evokes the club through illustrations, seems perfect for a farewell message collection for graduating members.
First, draw the outline of the uniform in a pale color and then firmly trace it in black so the messages stand out clearly.
If you decorate around the uniform with illustrations of the equipment you used, it will more effectively convey the essence of the club activities.
[Handmade] Message Board Ideas That Convey Your True Feelings (11–20)
LINE-style cork board
This corkboard is inspired by LINE, the messaging app that’s become essential for daily life.
Cover the corkboard with green construction paper reminiscent of LINE’s background.
Prepare characters and photos, cut them into circles to make icons, and create speech bubbles for messages.
Arrange and paste them as if it were an actual LINE screen.
Finally, decorate with ribbons and more, and you’ll have a one-of-a-kind, original group message board.
Give it a try!
acrylic board
This is a group message board that uses an acrylic board instead of colored paper, with message stickers applied to it.
Since you decide the placement of each sticker after all the messages have been collected, there’s no need to worry about having too much or too little space.
The combination of a transparent base and vibrant stickers also contributes to its visual beauty when displayed.
We recommend finishing it with an eye for extra flair—such as putting it in a translucent envelope so the contents show through, or adding decorative touches around the messages.
Disney character
These are message cards whose accessories—like ears and hats—and their colors and patterns evoke Disney characters.
Around a circular space for writing your message, each card is decorated with motifs of a specific character.
Inspired by Disney’s fun and vibrant image, the messages you write will likely look back on happy memories.
It’s also important to decide who will write a message for which character and how to arrange the collected cards.
Heart Drop
This is a group message board that feels charming and fun, with heart-shaped notes freely moving around inside the frame.
The frame sandwiches two acrylic boards, and you insert the hearts through the pre-made opening in the frame.
A delightful feature is that you rotate and move the entire piece to change the orientation of the hearts so each message can be read clearly.
To make the movement part of the enjoyment, don’t pack the hearts tightly—leave some gaps as you place them.
The cute look of heart messages on a transparent base also makes it perfect for display.