I had some time on my hands lately so I decided to make a fun DIY metal farmhouse sign to add to my entryway. Super simple and really fun to make, I just pulled together some leftover craft supplies I had and made, well, a cute sign!
Seriously, I just kind of dug around and found a leftover sign from Christmas, some flowers I had from another project and some paint I made a cute DIY farmhouse wreath with and magic happened.
Pretty much everything came from the dollar store or my local craft store, so there wasn’t a lot of money spent at all.
Which makes for an awesome craft, if you ask me.
What’s more, though is that there is a little bit of a birds nest vibe I added on this cute metal farmhouse sign that really brings a little spring flavor to the craft.
I mean, it’s not a straight-up birds nest, for sure, but the vibe is there and that’s what I was looking for.
And then the little blue flowers. Those are just too cute. We thought about painting them to be more like the turquoise background and even experimented with some nail polish in the right color and all that.
To be honest, I decided I really liked that touch of dark blue. Really made the whole sign look more aged.
How to Make a Metal Farmhouse Sign
I recommend that the first thing you do is look around your existing craft stash. See if you have any goodies that you can make this awesome sign with.
Once you have your goodies together, or you know where your holes are, you can kind of go from there.
If there are a few supplies for this project you still need, as I said before, do not despair! Most of what I used came from the local dollar store. I also grabbed some things at the craft store.
Anyway, just popping out to the craft store and dollar store seems like a doable thing. You know, if you feel like you need the flowers. LOL!
What You Need to Make a Metal Farmhouse Sign
- 14” x 9” plank style sign. Any seasonal sign will work.
- Farmhouse style home décor sign.
- 2 stick-on arrow decals
- Thick rope
- Spanish moss
- Small flowers
- Glue Gun
- Turquoise, white, and black paint or paint colors of choice
- Foam brushes
- Scissors
- Wirecutter
- Ruler
- Black permanent marker
- E6000 glue
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Metal Farmhouse Sign
This easy DIY metal farmhouse sign is the perfect little addition to my farmhouse entry way. Pulls in spring touches and fun flair of colors!
Materials
- 14” x 9” plank style sign. Any seasonal sign will work.
- Farmhouse style home décor sign.
- 2 stick-on arrow decals
- Thick rope
- Spanish moss
- Small flowers
- Turquoise, white, and black paint or paint colors of choice
Instructions
- With a ruler, mark two holes, equidistant from each other and the edge of the top side of the wood sign then poke holes in those locations with the scissors.
- Paint the back side of the wood sign turquoise and allow the paint to dry completely.
- Paint the arrows black and allow the paint to dry completely.
- Dry brush the turquoise sign with black and white paint to make it look aged.
- With wire cutters, remove the metal sign from the wood backing and trim the pins from the back of the brads to make them sit flat.
- With the marker and ruler, draw lines horizontally across the turquoise wood sign to make it look like planks.
- Hot glue the brads onto the front of the metal sign and then with the craft glue, affix the metal sign to the center of the turquoise sign.
- Roll two handful sized balls of Spanish moss and hot glue them to either side of the metal sign.
- Hot glue little flowers peeking out from the Spanish moss.
- Affix the arrows above and below the metal sign then thread the rope through the holes you made in the sign on step 1 and tie them tight before hanging on the wall.
