I love holidays and Easter is definitely one of my favorites! I change my front porch decor for each major holiday. One of the easiest ways to jazz up your front porch is with a front porch sign. In this post I will guide you through building an Easy DIY Easter front porch sign.
Materials:
- Hobby Lobby Natural Barnwood https://www.hobbylobby.com/Crafts-Hobbies/Painting-Surfaces/Wood/Natural-Barnwood-Bundle—28%22-/p/80665550Bundle- 28″ (9.99)
- Miter saw
- Nail gun
- Bunny image cutout
- cotton balls
- glue gun
- Acrylic Paint
- Tape
Building the Sign Base
The Natural Barnwood Bundle from Hobby Lobby comes with 6 pieces of barnwood. For this project I used the entire bundle. I started by placing 5 pieces of the barnwood side by side.
I cut down the last piece of wood into two 6 inch pieces with a miter saw.
I placed one of the 6 inch pieces of barnwood horizontally across the top of the 5 pieces of barnwood that I had previously laid out. I placed the second 6 inch piece of barnwood horizontally across the bottom of the 5 pieces of barnwood. Using my nail gun, I nailed both of the 6 inch pieces into each piece of barnwood adhering the sign together.
This sign base can be used to make a variety of signs for a variety of holidays or events. Any wood you have access to can easily be used to make a sign base in any desired shape or size.
Decorating the Sign
Now that everything has been built, it is time to decorate! I used my Cricut to create a picture of a bunny with the saying “Hoppy Easter.”
Cricut Bunny Link:
https://design.cricut.com/#/design/138318599/user-project/138318599
There is a lot of debate whether cardstock or vinyl is best for painting signs. Personally, I like using cardstock because it is easy to handle and is less expensive but either material will work. I cut the image out onto cardstock.
I attached the bunny and letters onto the wood sign with tape.
I used a cream color acrylic paint to paint the bunny. I used a gold acrylic paint to paint the letters. Usually, I buy my paint from Michaels or Hobby Lobby. Any paint brush can be used for this project. I personally like to use foam pouncers because it does not collect as much paint as a generic paint brush. For this project I used Martha Stewart Foam Pouncers.
Once the sign has dried, glue 6 cotton balls to the sign to represent the bunnies tail.
The sign is complete. In less than an hour you can have a great and easy DIY Easter front porch sign for half the price of the signs you can find in stores!
