How to Create Free Athletic Award Certificates

Award your team members for their hard work.

Praise your sports team at the end of the season with athletic award certificates. They do not cost a penny to make if you use your home computer and printer. Personalize the award certificates with team colors, specific sports, names and honors, such as "most valuable player". You could even add sports clip art to further customize the certificates for your team.

Things You'll Need

• Design software
• Printer
• Paper

Instructions

1. Open a new page in your design software. Set the size to "letter," which is 8.5 by 11 inches.

2. Select the border tool and choose a design from the shapes offered or create your own border using the shapes available in the software.

3. Select a large, decorative font from the text tool. Type a title at the top of the page, such as "Most Valuable Player" or "Certificate of Participation."

4. Choose a smaller font that is easy to read from the text tool. Type the reason for the award and the team member's name beneath the sub-title.

5. Select the clip art tool and choose a sports design from the options available or insert your own photograph into the document.

6. Place paper into the printer. Select the printer icon from the top of your design software. Select the number of copies you want to print and click "OK" to print the award certificate.

References

• Microsoft Office: Sports Achievement Award