The holiday season is finally here! This is my favorite time of the year, everything seems so magical and it reminds me that I have so much to be thankful for. It has been so hard waiting to decorate for Christmas...I've been wanting to pull out all of Christmas decor for the past couple of weeks! With it almost being time to decorate for Christmas, I have started to create some cute DIY signs that will be perfect for my decor. These signs are so fun to make and perfect for personalizing each season. I purchased a Silhouette CAMEO 3 over the Summer and I have been having a blast creating some beautiful signs with it. In this post, I'll show you how to create DIY Christmas themed signs that will be perfect for your home.
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To make a DIY Christmas sign you will need a few supplies:
- Wood for Sign (I cut a 1x8 down to 16")
- Chalkboard Craft Paint
- Rubber Gloves
- Sandpaper- 220 grit
- Foam Paint Brushes
- Silhouette CAMEO 3 Bundle
- Stencil Film
- Transfer Paper
STEPS TO MAKE A DIY CHRISTMAS SIGN
- Cut wood to the size needed for your sign. Next, give the wood a good sanding to make sure it nice and smooth. Choose which color you want the background of your sign to be and paint or stain your wood sign. Make sure to let it dry in between coats until you get your desired color.
- I used Silhouette Studio that came with my machine to create my design. I searched in the Silhouette Studio Store to find the perfect design premade for me. This is so easy and makes the entire process so quick and easy.
- For this project, I used stencil film to create a stencil to be able to paint my design on the sign. This is such an easy way to create beautiful signs. See my DIY Fall sign tutorial (here) to see how to make a similar sign using vinyl. I loaded the stencil film into my machine and printed my design like I would do with vinyl.
- After the design was printed, I unloaded the stencil film. Since I am using this as a stencil, the weeding process is a little different than my other tutorial. I used the hook tool to carefully weed out the letters of my design, making sure to leave any "inner" letter pieces.
- Transfer paper is needed to transfer the stencil to the sign to be painted. I covered my entire design with pieces of transfer paper. Using the scraper tool that came with my machine, I pressed over the design to make sure there were no bubbles and the design was fully transferred.
- I carefully pulled the transfer with the stencil attached from the paper backing. Then I laid the transferred design onto the sign, making sure it was centered and there were no bubbles. Once again I used the scraper to make sure it was on there good!
- After the stencil was placed, I used chalkboard craft paint to paint my design on my sign. I used a foam brush and made sure to use a light hand and a dabbing motion to apply the paint. Less is more with this! Using too much paint can cause the paint to bleed through the stencil and ruin your design so be careful!
- Lastly, after letting the paint dry for 5 minutes I slowly peel off the stencil to expose the finished design. And that's it you're all done!
I hope you enjoyed this quick 8-step tutorial on how to create your own DIY Christmas sign. Here are 3 signs I've created with this method. I'm thinking about adding a wood frame to the signs to really complete the look. I hope you enjoyed this quick and easy tutorial!
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