Cardboard signs are an easy and effective way to take a rectangular poster sign to the next level! You can double your impact by making the shape of the cardboard sign communicate your message in addition to any text or imagery on the sign itself. You can create a series of cardboard signs to be carried together.
A flat puppet is often made as a sculptural representation of a specific person that is often large or life size. These instructions are for how to make a flat puppet likeness out of cardboard that can be mounted on a stick and used as a puppet.
Music, sound and rhythm are powerful additions to events and to the movement as a whole. Here are few simple musical instruments that can be made using easy-to-find materials. Use these to add a bit of rhythm to any march, parade, performance or bike ride.
Parachute banners are highly visible and very photogenic from above, from below, and from all over. A parachute banner is an energizing way to amplify messages and images and to occupy space.
“Singing is another important connective practice. Songs unify us in ways that can feel mysterious, magical and sometimes even spiritual. Songs help us stay calm and resolute during a demonstration; channel anger, sadness or grief; raise each other’s spirits; and share history, heritage, and culture with one another.” - Sara Blazevic and Aru Shiney-Ajay (p. 166 in Winning the Green New Deal)
Stencils are great for reproducing images or text. They are easy and cheap to make, they can be used on a variety of surfaces and you can produce many images from a single stencil.
An art build is when a group of people get together to create art for a common project. Art builds are a great way to bring in new volunteers, share work that needs to get done, and get people motivated about an upcoming event!
A lot of campaigns forget one very important element of success: photography. An action can be strategic, technically smart, and flawless in detail, yet still fail if it has nothing to show for it — if it doesn’t have beautiful photos to demonstrate its power, excite the media & inspire supporters.