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LOVE Valentine’s Wood Sign

January 31, 2017 by Amy 7 Comments

Valentine’s Day is just around the corner and today I’m participating in a Handmade Valentine Blog Hop with 40+ fun handmade Valentine’s ideas.

40+ great handmade Valentine ideas

Be sure to check out all of the fun ideas at the end of the post.

I have quite the pile of scrap wood collecting in my garage, and I love any excuse to use some up.  This big Valentine’s love wood sign is the perfect project for scrap wood. The main part of the sign uses cheap cedar pickets that I got from Home Depot, they are fun to use because they are thin and rough which is great for distressing.  This idea is inspired by My Altered State Pauline’s Christmas Ornaments, they are so cute!

DIY big LOVE wood sign for Valentine's decor. Free plans and tutorial.

You can find the tutorial for the DIY lantern here.

How to Make a Big LOVE Sign

DIY big LOVE wood sign for Valentine's decor. Free plans and tutorial.

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Materials

  • 2 – 5/8″ x 6″ x 6′ cedar pickets (about $2.55 each)
  • Gorilla glue
  • Amy Howard Home Toscana Milk Paint in Strasbourg White
  • Red paint – optional
  • 3/4″ decorative nails – optional ($2.99 at HL)
  • scrap wood (or another picket)

Tools

  • jigsaw
  • miter saw – optional
  • sander – optional
  • drill and drill bit (3/8)
  • clamps
  • tape measure

Cut List

  • 2 – 1/2″ x 5 1/2″ x 50″
  • 2 – 1/2″ x 2 5/8″ x 10 1/2″ (or the width of two pickets together)
  • scrap wood about 9″ long

Step 1

Cut the 2 cedar pickets to 50″ long. Measure the width of the two pickets together (should be around 10 1/2″-11″). Cut a piece of cedar picket to that length, then cut in half length wise.

DIY big LOVE wood sign for Valentine's decor. Free plans and tutorial.

Put the cross pieces 1″ from each end of the 50″ pickets, apply glue and clamp in place.  Note: Gorilla glue is activated with water, get the surface wet you are gluing (water bottle or a rag) before gluing.

DIY big LOVE wood sign for Valentine's decor. Free plans and tutorial.

Step 2

Print out the LOVE template —> LOVE template.  Cut out the letters and lay them out on the board. Mark the locations for the letters on the board L is 5 1/4″, heart is 15 1/2″, V is 25 3/4″ and E is 36 1/8″ from the top. Line up the L and E so the straight part is on the center-line where the two boards meet.

DIY big LOVE wood sign for Valentine's decor. Free plans and tutorial.

DIY big LOVE wood sign for Valentine's decor. Free plans and tutorial.

Trace the letters, I like to use a sharpie so it’s easy to see while cutting out with the jigsaw.

DIY big LOVE wood sign for Valentine's decor. Free plans and tutorial.

Step 3

Use a jig saw or a scroll saw to cut out the letters.  First drill holes in the letters for the saw blade to go, a 3/8″ bit is a good size to use. Drill as many holes as needed.

DIY big LOVE wood sign for Valentine's decor. Free plans and tutorial.

Cut out the letters.  It helps to have a higher quality blade.

DIY big LOVE wood sign for Valentine's decor. Free plans and tutorial.

LOVE all cut out. (if any small pieces break off like in the V, just glue them on)

DIY big LOVE wood sign for Valentine's decor. Free plans and tutorial.

Step 4

I applied a coat of white milk paint to the cedar pickets and let that dry. The milk paint dries quickly and is easy to distress with sandpaper. While the paint is drying I cut scrap wood about 9″ long. For each letter you’ll need at least 8 3/4″ worth of scrap, paint the scrap wood if desired.

Turn the Love sign over and glue the scrap wood to the back of the sign.

DIY big LOVE wood sign for Valentine's decor. Free plans and tutorial.

I originally painted some of the scrap pink and some red.

DIY big LOVE wood sign for Valentine's decor. Free plans and tutorial.

I wasn’t sure if it was my favorite, so I painted the pink red. How would you paint your sign?

DIY big LOVE wood sign for Valentine's decor. Free plans and tutorial.

Either way I kind of LOVE it!

Download the instructions –>here <–

DIY big LOVE wood sign for Valentine's decor. Free plans and tutorial.

Check out 40+ handmade Valentine ideas

40+ great valentine ideas

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Filed Under: Built From Scratch, Holiday Tagged With: love, valentines decoration

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Comments

  1. Anna McNamara says

    January 31, 2017 at 9:35 am

    This turned out so cute!

    Reply
    • Amy says

      January 31, 2017 at 10:18 am

      Thank you

      Reply
  2. Miranda says

    January 31, 2017 at 11:11 am

    I love how this sign turned out! Can’t wait to share it!

    Reply
  3. Amy | The Happy Scraps says

    January 31, 2017 at 3:37 pm

    I seriously love everything you do! This LOVE sign is so fun for Valentine’s day!

    Reply
  4. Tauni says

    February 8, 2017 at 11:39 am

    Such a fun sign! Thank you for sharing as part of the blog hop.

    Reply
  5. Boo says

    January 31, 2019 at 8:25 pm

    You didn’t put any glue between the longer pickets? Just on the crossbars?

    Reply
    • Amy says

      February 10, 2019 at 2:36 pm

      Yes just the crossbars.

      Reply

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