Ever wonder how to crop an image without buying expensive programs that take years to learn and a programming degree to figure out? There are many new computer users out there who don’t even know about the many free programs already included on their Windows computer.
Click here to watch tutorial on how to crop an image for kids play money
There are 2 programs you can use to do simple cropping within seconds. The first program is on ALL Windows computers from as early as Windows 98 (hopefully you are not on Windows 98) to the new Windows 7. (I just checked out Microsoft’s website, and they’ve really upgraded the functions in the Paint program in Windows 7 and made it easier to use!) Once you have your cropped areas, you can use the other tutorials to make your kids play money that have their own faces in them.
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Click here to watch tutorial on making play money with Word
The other day I went to visit my sister and ended up babysitting for a couple of hours when my nieces went to take a nap. I didn’t want to make too much noise, so I decided to play around making a few more money templates for the blog. My sister had Microsoft Word 2007 on her computer which I haven’t used too much and was amazed at all the cool graphic options it offered. So as I played around for an hour making some fast money templates, my older (5 year old) niece wakes from her nap and comes to see what I am doing. When I told her I was making play money on the computer, she became so excited. She immediately jumped on my lap and asked if she could help!
As we made the play money on the computer, she guided me on what colors she wanted each of the bills and had a blast laughing as the money started to take shape. Once we placed the picture of her in the center of the bill, it was like she won the lottery. Although the money was not real, you could tell she felt like an adult and started to buy things around the house with it..
I would recommend watching the video all the way through once first if you are not familiar with the functions of drawing objects with Word. If you have knowledge on using object tools, then feel free to follow along as the video plays. If you have any questions, feel free to post them on the blog for all to see. This way, when I answer the question back on the blog, those who may of had the same questions will see the answer.
Many more tutorials to come! Send me your ideas if you would like to see a money making lesson or tutorial made.