DIY Sleepy Hallow Halloween Sign

Hi friends!  I can’t believe it is October already!  Bring on the Halloween Decor!  Today I’m sharing this cute DIY Sleepy Hallow Halloween Sign with you.

I was recently hanging out with one of my best blogging buddies and we happened to be thrifting it up at our local Goodwill store. I came across this pretty typical Halloween sign that I’m sure was from a craft store as a pre-made sign you could purchase.  It just wasn’t my style but I liked the jagged cut wood and the possibility of what it could be.  So I snagged it for $3.  I knew one thing for sure, I wanted a black and white sign.  So I came home and got to work and designed a vinyl stencil and started painting.

Supplies:

–  Vinyl Stencil

–  Wood Board, or Old Wood Sign

–  Acrylic Paint

–  Foam Brush

–  Light Sandpaper for distressing

I created my vinyl stencil in my Silhouette cutting program, I used a purchased design for the giant pointing finger.  The font I used for the lettering was Algerian.

I prepped my sign by giving it a quick coat of a medium gray acrylic paint, that way I wouldn’t see the orange lettering through the white paint.  Once that was dry I gave it a couple really good coats of white acrylic paint, let it dry. Then I applied my stencil and painted my design with black acrylic paint.  Once that was almost dry I removed my stencils.  I gave it a quick rough up with some light sandpaper to age it a bit, it also let the gray coat and a tiny bit of the original orange lettering peek through.  Love that this sign is now a little more my style.