Happy Birthday America! For this fourth of July we spent our day very similar to most Saturdays around here… doing house projects. We bought some trees for our yard, built some furniture & I made a Patriotic sign to decorate for the 4th of July! Our DIY Patriotic Sign was so EASY to make & only cost a few dollars to create.
Patriotic Sign DIY
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Supplies Needed to Make a Patriotic Sign DIY
- 1 Board of MDF
- Red, White, Blue & Gold Acrylic or Craft Paint
- Ruler
- Pencil
- Glue
- Star Cookie Cutter
- 1 Printed Picture of George Washington or any Favorite President
To Make a Patriotic Sign DIY
- Jason cut some MDF for me & I measured lines, traced star cookie cutters and penciled in a flag for it. Notice how my lines aren’t exactly straight? That’s why Jason does most of the cutting around here 🙂
- To make my sign a little different I added a picture of our first president, George Washington. I was back and forth whether to put it vertically or horizontally. You can definitely add any president you want to make it more personal!
- Here is a link to the picture online. I loved that the picture was an already an oval shape so all I did was cut it out. I first tried to decoupage it but it just didn’t look right and the picture bubbled so I printed out another picture of GW and glued it on with Elmers glue. Lastly I added some gold paint to finish it off.
We were blessed at the end of the day with something truly July 4th, fireworks in our yard!!! We had been away the last 2 holidays so we didn’t know that we could see fireworks from our own house. We had sent the kids to bed when soon after Ryan came running downstairs to tell us he could see fireworks from his bedroom window. We ran back outside to see not one but two firworks shows on either sides of our house. It was pretty awesome!
We were so pleased with how this sign turned out that we have been adding this sign to our living room mantel every 4th of July. (see our 4th of July mantel HERE)
I hope you all had a safe and fun holiday weekend!
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Great project, Tara! I love that you added the finishing touch of gold around the image. I’ve so enjoyed the patriotic projects I have done in honor of the 4th. There’s just something about the red, white, and blue that inspires me. Thanks for sharing your inspiration on Common Ground.
Hi Faith! Thank you so much for your sweet comments about my patriotic sign and for stopping by! Hope you had a great holiday weekend!
Tara, this sign is perfect for your mantle! It sounds like you had a great 4th of July. Fireworks from the yard are the best!
Hey Jenny! Thanks so much for your sweet comments! Hope you had a great holiday too:)
It looks like you had a wonderful celebration. I love your mantel!
Have a wonderful week.
Natasha in Oz
Hi Natasha, Thank you so much for your sweet comments about my 4th of July post and for visiting again:). Have a great week and take care!
I like it! I think sometimes when fishing around for fresh Patriotic decor I totally forget the Founding Fathers can be incorporated into decor too. Thanks for sharing your project!
Hi Cat, Thanks so much for stopping by and for your sweet comments about my Patriotic sign:). Have a great week and take care!
I really love this. I love that it’s unique and has a antique feel!
Thanks for sharing your great posts at Something to Talk About.
Karen
Hey Karen! So glad that you like my patriotic sign!!! Thanks so much for hosting something to talk about! I look forward to linking up every Monday morning:)
I was sure this was something you found at an antique shop – it’s fabulous !!!
Suzan, thank you so much that’s really sweet! Have a great weekend:)
What a great patriotic craft! I can’t wait to make my own…stumbled & pinned
Thank you so much for stopping by Marilyn and for pinning my 4th of July craft!!!
This is still one my favorite projects! Its so pretty! Thank you for sharing at Dream. Create. Inspire. Link!
Thanks Cat!!!