How To Make A Small Sign For Halloween

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Do you remember when I took scrap pieces of wood and used up my left over paint?  Well, I did it again with a Halloween twist.  How to make a small sign for Halloween is an easy project to do to add a little bit of spooky to your décor.

I decided to do it for Halloween because believe it or not the other signs sold so well.  It was a little something handcrafted that was very inexpensive.

Once again I saved scrap pieces of pallet wood.  If you don’t have any scrap pieces of wood I think Home Depot or Lowes will cut a board in random sizes.  I had left over cream Old Fashioned Milk Paint from the curbside project that was a reindeer.  I used it on several pieces of wood that were various sizes.  Another piece of wood is sprayed with the bronze color spray paint.  I was using it to prop up the candle holder for the Thrift Store Upcycle Décor Challenge when I sprayed it.  Nothing goes to waste around here, does it?

I pulled out the holiday stencils and a couple lettered stencils to create the design.  This is the fun part because you can start playing around.  I kept it very simple.

On the one piece of wood that was used when I spray painted, I stenciled BOO on it in orange, yes left over paint from the autumn sign.  I had a very small scrap painted in cream OFMP and used a smaller font.  Using the smaller font stencil, I traced around the letters to spell BOO and painted it in the orange paint.

For the other 2 signs, I stenciled a black cat on one and an orange pumpkin on the other piece of wood.  Then I used the small font stencil and stenciled Happy Day over the pumpkin for Happy Pumpkin Day.  On the black cat, I used the small font stencil and traced “BOO” on the wood.  I used the orange paint.  You may need to paint a couple of coats for good coverage.

Once the paint dried, they got sanded a little bit to distress them. Of course, after that, I waxed with the clear wax and went back over it with the dark wax.

The signs can be displayed on small easels or as a standalone piece.  It makes a cute little gift.  I will be making more since they do sell.  Plus they look so cute, don’t you think so?  Will you be giving it a try?

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Materials List

Bronze spray paint                                          Cream OFMP

Poppie’s Furniture Paint Powder                 Orange Paint

Black craft paint                                              Halloween Stencils

Large letter stencils                                        Small letter stencils (suggested)

Clear Wax                                                         Dark Wax

Scrap pieces of wood                                     Small easels

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