How to Make a Vision Board for Manifestation

Vision Board or Dream Board.

Does it work?

Well, you won’t know until you make and use one. 

A vision board is one of the most powerful tools for manifesting your dreams and goals. 

Using a vision board to focus intentions and to visualise your desired outcomes brings positive changes into your life. 

Wanna create one? 

I’ve got a simple 5-step guide on how to make one.

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What is a Vision Board 

Before you start, let’s define what a vision board is, just in case this concept is new to you. 

A vision board is different from a Mood Board. 

A Mood Board is a visual tool commonly used for design and creative projects, capturing the overall aesthetic and emotional tone through images, colours, and textures. It’s a great way to convey the style and direction of a project.

A Vision Board is a collage of images, words and quotes representing your dreams and goals. It’s also called a manifestation board or goal board. 

A vision board can be physical or digital designed to serve as a source of inspiration and motivation and is used for personal development and to set big goals. 

The purpose is to serve as a visual representation of your goals, helping to keep them top of mind daily. 

This powerful tool leverages the subconscious mind to focus on positive affirmations, and specific goals, helping the manifestation process.

Your brain responds better to images compared to other stimuli. Therefore, having a visualisation tool is a great technique to keep a mental picture of what you want.

There is a power in Visualisation. Cases in Visualization for Improved Athletic Performance is a good read to understand how great this technique is.

Does Vision Board work?

Vision Board works. They do.

However, it’s up to you whether this holds true or not. 

It’s an instrument and a powerful tool. By itself, it will not work. 

You need to put the effort in and do the work. 

To see the value of using a Vision Board you need to stay focused, consistent, and persistent in getting what you want. 

You also need to remember that having a Vision Board alone is not a guarantee that you can turn your goals into reality. Use it as an addition to whatever strategy you’re using in making things happen.

You can create your dream life and turn your goals into a reality by being intentional.

Be conscious with our thoughts and mindsets, actions, habits and routines, and before you know it, your goals are in front of you.

What is Manifestation

When we talk about a vision board, related topics that usually come up are the law of attraction and manifestation.

Manifestation is a process of bringing an idea, thought, or desire into reality. It’s when a belief and an intention are used to create a tangible result kind of like a law of attraction in action. 

Manifestation is also associated with the power of the subconscious mind through the use of positive thinking. A process that helps attract health, abundance, wealth, healthy relationships and other material and non-material desires in your professional or personal life. 

So putting together a vision board or a dream board combined with a belief in manifestation can be a powerful tool to achieve what you want in life. 

Check out how RAS or reticular activating system works. It helps you appreciate the power of having something to look at as part of training your brain to activate the RAS.

If you want more understanding of why Vision Board works, think about the Law of Attraction.

Bob Proctor has a very good explanation of the Law of Attraction.

The law of attraction is the belief that positive or negative thoughts bring positive or negative experiences into a person’s life. 

If you focus on the positive, you’ll attract the positive. Focusing on the Negative attracts the negative.

How to Create a Vision Board

Here are 5  steps on how to create a vision board for manifestation: 

1. Reflect: Set clear goals 
2. Collect: Gather the materials you need 
3. Personalise: Choose images and words that are aligned with your goals 
4. Assemble: Put it all together 
5. Use it: Put it somewhere visible 

1. Reflection: Set clear goals 

Start with goal setting. Identify specific goals you want to manifest.

Think of your big dream and all the good things you want to have. 

​I like thinking about my short-term goals instead of the long-term goals when I create my vision board. That’s just a personal preference. When you set goals, it’s totally up to you what type of goals you’re going to include in your vision board. 

Write them down and categorise them into life areas such as health, family, finance, relationships and personal growth.  You go back a bit and reflect on your core values and personal beliefs before setting your goals in those areas. Your goals must be intentional and meaningful. You can make any goal meaningful and intentional by aligning it with your core values. 

2. Collect: Gather inspiration

This is where “vision boarding” gets more fun. Gather images, quotes and other materials for your vision board. You can use magazine clippings. Imagine your future self, what does your future self would like to embody? What are the wonderful things you want your future self to enjoy? A lot of people create vision boards for personal goals but there’s no rule. You can also make a vision board for your professional goals. 

If this is your first vision board, don’t aim to make it perfect. 

A perfect vision board is something that contains only the images, words or quotes that resonate with you and that are aligned with your goals. 

Select images and words that represent your goals and desired outcomes. These can be photos of a dream house, a new car, travel destinations, or positive affirmations. Arrange them on your board in a way that feels right to you, ensuring that each element clearly represents what you want to achieve.

Here’s a short list of what you’ll need 

• a cork board or a foam board (you can also use a framed board) 
• double-sided tapes, glue sticks or push pins
• decorative paper
• photos, images or doodles 
• inspirational quotes 
• scissors 
• if you prefer the digital version, you need online tools or apps to create a collage 

3. Personalise: Make it yours 

Because a vision board is a visualization tool, it’s important it meets what you prefer in a vision board. Determine the size of your board. Where are you going to place it? And how many images or decorations are you going to use? 

My personal preference is small to medium size. Having this preference makes me more selective and mindful of what I am going to include in my Vision Board. This way, I am less distracted and more focused.

You can go for a minimalist style or you can go for a full-blown decorated vision board. It’s up to you. I like the physical board but you can go digital if you like.

Add personal touches to your vision board, such as your own drawings, photos, or notes

Assemble: Put it all together 

Make sure you have everything you need. 

Arrange your images or magazine cutouts, quotes and other elements on the board, don’t stick them to the board until you’re happy with the layout. 

Think about where you would like to put each piece and create a layout that feels balanced and inspiring. 

Refine your lay and once you’re happy with how it looks and how it feels, you can start sticking each piece to the board. 

​And it’s set. 

Use it. Put it where you’ll see it 

Place your vision board where you’ll see it every day. Then spend a few moments looking at it daily. 

Feel and savour all the positive emotions associated with achieving the goals you’re aiming for.  Regular engagement with your vision board will keep your goals on top of mind and it’ll reinforce your intentions. 

You can only experience the value of your vision board if you use it daily. 

​Your next steps

Now that you know how to create a vision board. 

Don’t sit on the idea for too long. 

Try it. 

Once you’ve got your vision board going, make sure that you use it every day by looking at it daily. 

But of course, looking is not going to be enough. 

To make things happen and achieve your goals, you need intentional actions. 

You can start using a manifestation journal, for documentation and monitoring progress. If you prefer using a planner instead, grab this Printable Sunshine Weekly Planner or Notion Weekly Planner Template. They are both free. 

So, use a planner to make intentional actions and use the vision board for visualisation. 

​It’s a combination that will get you closer to your goals. 

Soon enough you’ll start manifesting.