How I Made my Patriotic Sign

DIY patriotic sign, what better way to get your American pride home decor started and get a little paint therapy too! All we need are a few supplies and we are ready to go!Show more

Supplies I Used for my Patriotic Sign

Unfinished wood alphabet letter
Unfinished wood sign
Paint: Titanium white, Navy Blue, Lipstick Red
Round watercolor brush.
Scrapbook paper of your choice
Hot Glue gun and glue, Mod Podge
Scissors

PREPPING MY PATRIOTIC SIGN

To begin my project, I grabbed my letter and painted two coats of white.

While that was drying, I grabbed my scrapbook paper and roughly measured and cut the rectangle.

You can see in my YouTube video below, how I did the rough measuring.

I then liberally applied my Mod Podge on the board and decoupaged the scrapbook paper in place.

Now I always get inpatient during this step, once the paper is in place it’s best to wait until the paper is dry and then you can apply more Mod Podge as a sealer over it.

Once again, I didn’t wait and I had some bubbles pop up.

Thankfully they weren’t too noticeable!

PAINTING MY LETTER

Next I turned my attention back to my letter.

Now, with the scrapbook paper I had chosen, a solid colored letter would have looked great.

But I was in the mood to paint, and I did just that!

I grabbed my Blue and Red paint and started having fun!

Before I was done I even managed to add my version of stars.

HOW I PAINTED MY STARS

I used the end of my paint brush, dipped it in white and made a dot on my letter.

Then I used my brush to gently push the paint from the dot in five directions to make my star.

It worked!

ASSEMBLING MY PATRIOTIC SIGN

When the paint was all dry, I grabbed my favorite hot glue gun.

I applied a liberal amount to the backside and glued my letter in place.

And that is it!