Yard Sign Guide: Coroplast Signs and Step Stakes

Yard signs are the cheapest way to put a message on every corner of a neighborhood – real estate, elections, open houses, contractors marking a job site. The formula is simple: corrugated plastic sign plus wire step stake. Here is how to get both right.

Why coroplast?

Corrugated plastic – coroplast – is fluted like cardboard but waterproof, lightweight, and stiff enough to stand in wind. The 4mm sheet is the industry standard for yard signs. Order it printed on both sides so the sign works no matter which way traffic flows, and keep the flutes running vertically so step stake wires slide into the channels.

The standard size exists for a reason

18×24 inches is the classic yard sign because it reads from a passing car, ships flat in stacks, and matches every standard step stake. Go 24×36 for corner-lot visibility or road frontage where cars move faster.

Stakes: buy the box, not the piece

Wire step stakes push into soil with your foot and hold the sign by its flutes. Our 50-count step stake box covers a typical campaign or a season of real-estate listings; for rocky soil or long deployments, heavy-duty step stakes use thicker wire that will not bend on the way in.

Design tips that survive the curb

One message, three seconds: a name, a service, a phone number. Use two high-contrast colors, letters 3 inches or taller, and resist the urge to shrink the text to fit more words. A blank margin of at least half an inch keeps text clear of the flute channels and the stake wires.

Price a full run – signs plus stakes – in a couple of minutes with the coroplast builder; quantity discounts apply automatically at higher volumes.