Create Custom Trading Cards for High School Sports

Create custom trading cards to make your players feel like professional athletes. High school sports are a huge part of students’ lives. Whether they’re playing football, baseball, or basketball, they’re dedicated to their team. Sure, they need uniforms and equipment, but one easy way to make your team players feel like professionals is to print custom trading cards. People can also make trading cards for individual players and gift them to family members and friends. Whether you’re a dedicated coach or a committed parent, you can easily make custom trading cards to make your team feel appreciated. This gives players, parents, and fans a fun keepsake at the end of an exciting season. And it’s not just for high school sports. Elementary school sports, middle school sports, and college intramural sports can all enjoy custom sports trading cards for their teams. 

What is a Trading Card? Usually made for fans of sports teams, a trading card highlights one athlete and their important details, like their team, accomplishments, and career highlights, alongside a photo. But they can also promote entire teams with a team logo, image, roster details, and statistics. The standard trading card size is 2.5” x 3.5”. 

How to Make Custom Trading Cards 

Take a Team Photo Most school teams will take a group photo before the season starts. Get everyone in their uniform, then pose everyone on the field. You can have them hold props, like footballs or lacrosse sticks, that are relevant to your sport. Feel free to include the coaches too, since they’re a crucial part of the team. Now, you don’t have to wait to share your photo in the yearbook. Use this photo of your team for the front of your trading card. A high-quality image will be the focal point of your trading card. Photo cards commemorate your team and serve as a fun keepsake from the season. Include Important Stats The design process lets you brag about your talented team. Add your team name, the year, the coach’s name, and any team captains’ names. If you’re waiting to print trading cards until later on in the season, you can include any impressive stats, like how many games you won. If you want, you can also include a short description of the team. 

Create a Hierarchy of Information You don’t want to just upload a photo and list text onto the trading card. Use different fonts, text sizes, and colors to make an engaging trading card layout. Your team name or player name, for example, should be in a large, eye-catching font. Other details should be in smaller fonts. You can bold the details you want to stand out. Use your team colors so your personalized team trading cards match all your other prints. Deluxe Trading Cards 

Make your trading cards look sharp with some special touches. Rounded corners make your customized trading cards look extra-professional and provide smooth edges. Alternatively, you can add Raised Foil or Raised UV sections, like for your team’s name or logo, for a fun 3D design element. Or use MoshiWeb. Gloss paper stock for your trading card printing. This cardstock uses full color printing combined with a High Gloss UV Coating to make your colors pop. Trading Card Examples You can upload your custom design to create a truly unique collector card. Still need some design inspiration? Browse our free trading card templates to get started