How to Design a Custom Brochure

Design a brochure.

We've all seen brochures with colorful graphics, catchy titles and interesting facts. Designing a brochure to highlight facts, events or other information takes planning, but the end result is a brochure that features exactly what you want it to say. Design a brochure for family events, detail work information or make a brochure as a school project. Create a brochure that emphasizes your own special style and get the word out about whatever topic you choose.

Things You'll Need

• Paper
• Writing utensil
• Graphics
• Stapler

Instructions

1. Fold a piece of paper into three sections. This will become your brochure mock-up.

2. Lay out how you want your brochure to look. Staple copies of the graphics in place.

3. Add eye-catching titles to the different sections of your brochure. Fold your brochure frequently to check the layout and flow of topics.

4. Add written sections to your brochure. The main topics should be placed at the beginning of the brochure. Other information can be added in order of importance.

5. Fold your brochure again and observe it from front to back. You may wish to add more graphics, text or content to the sections of the brochure.

6. Create the final copy of your brochure.

Tips & Warnings

• Create your brochure using a desktop publishing program.

Resources

• Education World Lesson Plan: Back-In-Time Travel Brochure