Easter Signs

Hey everybody! I decided that I needed some Easter signs around the house that didn't come from the Dollar Tree, so I've been busy this week. My husband stocked me up on more Unicorn Spit, so naturally I had to incorporate that into my signs. I haven't used the Sparkling line of Unicorn Spit before and I've been anxious to try it.

I have to say that I'm in LOVE with it and will use it as often as I can on my projects. If you haven't heard of this stuff yet, you must try it! It is a colorful stain that you can make the most magical things with!

This is one of my favorite projects made with the original colors of Unicorn Spit. If you like getting your hands stained and want an original piece, I suggest you give it a try.

Project Materials: 

• pallet wood (I used 3 pieces that were about 12" long for the top)
• scrap wood (2 pieces of the same thickness, long enough to go across all 3 top pieces)
• 6 screws (long enough to go through back piece and into front piece- about 1 1/4")
• Sparkling Unicorn Spit
• Dauber (large)
• Design cut and weeded from Silhouette or Cricut machine/ or stencil
• white acrylic paint

I realize the wood sizing may seem confusing but you basically want to screw together as many pieces of pallet wood that you're going to need for the size of sign that you're making. If your design measures 8" x 10", you may want your finished sign to be 10" x 12". Completely up to you.

Next you want to lay out your wood so that the seams fit together in the best way possible. You're not going to want huge gaps. Once it looks good from the front, carefully flip your pieces over so you're now seeing the backside. Number them if you need to.

Lay your two scrap pieces of wood (of equal thickness!) across the back, one at each end. You may need to drill pilot holes so that your screws will go in easier. You want one screw into each piece of pallet wood...so three on each side.










Now comes the fun part- Unicorn Spit!!! Get out your dauber, paint brush, or simply use your hands to cover the entire front and sides of your wood sign. This stain blends so nicely that you'll have to make several signs just to try all the techniques you can use with this stuff. For the signs I made here, I did use a dauber. All I did was dab a little of this color and a little of that one until it was nicely blended together.

How beautiful is that?! It shouldn't take much longer than 20 to 30 minutes to fully dry and once it does, you'll be ready to add your design.

There are many options when it comes to making signs. There are many different cutting tools out there that you can use for this part, but you can just as easily use a stencil. The main thing is getting your design to stick to your sign well enough that you won't have runs in your design. Vinyl works best of course but you can also spray a temporary adhesive on the back of a stencil to get it to hold good too. Either way, you'll want to get your designs cut and weeded.

Now, don't do what I did. I forgot to weed the NEGATIVE part of this design and I had to redo it. So make sure that you leave the background of your design and weed out the parts that you plan on painting. I should've removed all the pieces you see above and left the background instead so pay attention!

Once your design is weeded, transfer it to transfer paper and carefully place it where you want it on your sign. Press firmly over the entire design.

Now get out a clean dauber and white acrylic paint and dab one coat of paint over the design. You'll notice the white paint changes to pastel various pastel colors. How cool is that?! Once you've filled in your design well, very carefully remove the vinyl and allow to dry.