DIY Marquee Sign Letters

Marquee signs are everywhere correct at present. They add a great retro, industrial feel to any space. Marquee signs brand a specially magical seasonal decoration. There are many available for sale, simply these also make a great DIY projection. Marquee signs can be customized for size and colour. Plus, with this DIY tutorial, they can be rearranged to say any word (or words) yous want. This tutorial uses papermache letters, painted copper, with non-electrical "lights" for stand up-alone simulated marquee signage. Ready to get started? Let's go.

DIY Level: Beginner

Materials Needed:

Paper mache letters (example uses 15" letters: North, O, Due east, Fifty, and V)
Spray paint
ane" silver decoration balls
Razor bract with very sharp (new) blades
Hot glue gun and glue sticks
Paper hole reinforcement circles (not shown)

Ensure your razor bract is new or very precipitous. This is critical for clean cuts. Trust me. I started with a semi-abrupt blade and had a bit of cleanup to do on the inside edges.

Lay one letter flat on your piece of work surface. Cutting the top "face up" off of each letter. Tip: Corners are key for a well-baked, clean look. Likewise, angle your razor bract toward the center of the letter box for a sharper, more precise cut.

Utilise the razor blade to carefully lift and remove the acme of the letter.

Empty the inside of the paper mache alphabetic character box, if at that place'southward anything within.

It's looking good. Examine the inside edges of your letter of the alphabet.

If there are any snags or any, use your razor blade to "shear" them off. These will be less frequent if you lot utilise a very abrupt razor bract.

With the tiptop off your alphabetic character, you're ready to mark the positions for the "lights." I recommend doing this at this point, earlier it'southward painted, because it is easier to correct a mis-marker. You may choose to measure the lite positions with a ruler to ensure precision.

Or you may choose to marking the "lights" positions based upon the individual alphabetic character's layout. For these 15" letters, I used five lights downward the direct vertical, marker the two end lights get-go, then the very eye, and so the other two heart lights.

Once the pencil marks themselves are fabricated to your satisfaction, and the "lights" placement is even and aligned, pull out your reinforcement labels.

Place a label over each pencil mark. These will provide a great circular marker for each light'due south placement afterwards the letter is painted, because the label will be painted only will exist subtly visible plenty.

This particular layout (plus a "5") requires 60 (v dozen) 1" petite ornaments. Conform according to your preferences. Tip: The letters N, O, E, L, and V will spell "NOEL" for Christmas and "Beloved" for Valentine'southward Day. And "NOVEL" for your volume social club year-round, of course.

Lay out the letters on a painter's sail.

Spray several coats of paint onto the letters, allowing them to dry between coats as per the spray pigment directions.

Originally, I used hammered copper spray pigment. The outcome was okay, but it was less metal than I wanted. (This photo appears more metal than in real life.) Marquee signs are traditionally fabricated out of metallic, and I wanted these papermache letters to pass for that. Only I include this photo of the hammered spray pigment's consequence for you to make your ain selection.

Krylon foil metallic spray paint in copper

I ended up going with Krylon foil metallic spray pigment in copper, painted over the hammered-effect spray paint in copper.

The spray application was polish, and the stop upshot was a more even metal look. Let your letters dry out completely.

When the letters are dry out, it'southward time to mucilage on your "lights." Remove the hanging parts off your ornaments.

Quickly but advisedly, apply hot glue to the opening of the ornament. Tip: To cut downwards on the hot gum "hairs" or "strings" that can happen, apply the glue around the circumvolve of the opening, and then continue circling the ornament's opening as you move the hot gum gun away from the ornamentation. This will make any glue-strings fall onto the circle opening, and thus be disguised, than follow out in long strands from the ornament to the tip of the retreating glue gun.

Detect one of your painted reinforcement labels. This is where the gummy ornament opening will go. It's a pretty slick system, really.

Identify the ornament on the reinforcement label, then repeat for all other labels on all other letters.

Put your letters upwards on the mantel, closer to the stockings or wherever yous're putting them. Congratulations! You've just created versatile marquee messages that can be hands rearranged into any give-and-take or order you lot'd like.

I love the prominence of this size of alphabetic character. And the copper color is a lovely one – non super in-your-face, but instead a cool and industrial-feeling bit of décor.

And recall that "Five" you (mayhap) did forth with the other letters? Y'all're ready for Valentine'due south Solar day! Congrats!

Enjoy creating a cute infinite for your holiday flavour.

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DIY Marquee Sign Letters

DIY Level: Beginner

Materials Needed:

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