Halloween Signs

This Halloween I wanted a majority of my decorations to be inexpensively home made. For my first project of the season I made two signs to display around my condo. Hope you enjoy!

Here are the finished products:

Materials needed:

• Canvas(es) - I got mine from Michaels, they were buy one get one free.
• Acrylic letters
• Paint- any colors of your choosing.
• Paint brush
• Red crayon and lighter- if you want to add the dripping blood effect. (optional)
• Paint Pen (optional)

Cost : around $15 for 2 signs.

"BEWARE" SIGN STEPS
(beware: this craft is incredibly easy!)

• Step 1: Paint the entire surface with the color you want the letters to be.

• Step 2: After the color for your letters has dried, place the acrylic letters on the sign in the pattern you decide.

• Step 3: Paint the entire canvas (including sides and letters) with your chosen background color.

• Step 4: After the background color has dried, peel off the acrylic letters and reveal your Halloween term.

• Step 5: (Optional Blood Effect) Safely heat a peeled red crayon with a lighter and drip the wax down your sign (tilting the sign works best.)

"EAT, DRINK AND BE SCARY"

 

• Step 1: Place the acrylic letters for your phrase on a canvas.

• Step 2: Paint about 2/3 of the canvas (including sides and letters) with a choosen color.
• Step 3: Paint the other part of canvas (including sides and letters) with a different color

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• Step 4: After the paint has dried, peel off the acrylic letters and reveal your phrase.

• Step 5: (Optional) I felt like the sign needed some glitter or something to make it pop but I only had a silver paint pen on hand so I colored only the bottom letters to make them stand out.