DIY Halloween Sign

Happy Wednesday! Can you believe that Halloween is Monday? Eek! It kind of snuck up on me. So, I better get busy! I wanted to make something cute to hang outside our door to greet all of the trick or treaters in a few days! Our neighborhood gets tons of trick or treaters. I love that about our neighborhood. This DIY Halloween Sign made with vinyl from Happy Crafters definitely does the trick! Plus, it was so easy to make, and it cost under $5. That’s pretty spooktacular! So, keep reading to see how I did it!

You’ll need a few supplies to get started:

A Silhouette CAMEO
OraCal 631 Matte Adhesive Vinyl in orange, black, lavender, and olive
This image and this image from the Silhouette online store
Wood plaque
White acrylic paint
Foam brush

I cut each set of words in a different color. Witch is olive, devil is orange, monsters is lavender, and all the rest were cut in black.

TIP: Even though I was cutting with 12 inch vinyl I left my white roller in the 9 inch placement setting. This prevents your vinyl from sliding around on you. It will stay nice and straight.

After I cut each word out, it was time to start weeding. Weeding simply means removing the extra vinyl that you don’t need anymore leaving your words behind. I actually think this part is kind of fun!

 Then use your Silhouette hook tool to remove the tiny pieces of vinyl from your words. This little tool is so handy!

 After all the vinyl was cut and weeded it was time for my favorite thing to do – applying the vinyl!

 Another tip: You can reuse transfer tape! I used the same 3 inch piece of transfer tape over and over to complete this project. To remove your vinyl lettering you’ll put the transfer tape over the top. Smooth it down, and then flip it over. Slowly remove your backing paper leaving your vinyl lettering behind.

Once you remove the backing paper you’ll flip it over vinyl side down and transfer tape side up onto the surface you want to apply your letters to. After it’s just where you want it smooth it down with your fingers or a Silhouette scraper.

Then slowly remove the transfer tape leaving the vinyl lettering on your surface. Do this slowly. If the letters don’t want to stick lay your transfer tape back down and rub a little more. Keep doing this for each group of letters until you are finished.

 Soon your spooky plaque will look like this one!

 I thought it needed a little something more, so I added a small bat in the top corner. Too cute!

 Happy Halloween!