• Skip to primary navigation
  • Skip to main content
  • Skip to primary sidebar
  • Skip to footer
Over The Big Moon
  • Home
    • Contact
      • Terms Of Use
      • Disclosure and Privacy Policy
  • About
  • Holidays
    • Christmas
    • New Year’s Eve
    • Valentine’s Day
    • St Patrick’s Day
    • Easter
    • Mother’s Day
    • Father’s Day
    • 4th of July
    • Halloween
    • Thanksgiving
  • Recipes
    • Appetizer
    • Breads and Rolls
    • Breakfast
    • Crockpot
    • Dessert
    • Drinks
    • Freezer Meals
    • Instant Pot
    • Main Dish
    • Sides, Salads and Vegetables
    • Soups
    • Non Foods
  • Printables
    • Pre-K Packs
    • Kids Printables
    • Learning Printables
    • Household Printables
    • Holiday Printables
  • DIY & Crafts
    • Cricut Projects & Education
    • DIY
    • Easy Crafts
    • Home Decor
    • Gardening
    • Free Fonts
  • Family Life
    • Kids Activities
    • Organization
    • Chore Charts and Methods
    • Gift Ideas and Printable Tags
    • Back to School and Teacher Appreciation
    • Parties
    • Tips and Tricks
    • Travel
      • Disneyland and Legoland
      • Camping
Home » Blog » Holidays » 4th of July » 4th of July DIY Sign

4th of July DIY Sign

Jun 11, 2018 · Modified: Apr 28, 2020 by Pam Dana · This post may contain affiliate links · Leave a Comment

Sharing is caring!

  • Share
  • Tweet

A fun and patriotic 4th of July DIY Sign made creating a stencil from vinyl and incorporating Chipboard letters! This is the perfect sign to decorate with for the summer months or to honor a serviceman or veteran.

This is a sponsored conversation written by me on behalf of Cricut. The opinions and text are all mine.

4th of July Sign perfect for the home or the porch! Created using vinyl stencil and chipboard letters! From overthebigmoon.com!

Hey friends! It’s been a while since I made a new sign for my porch, so I decided to make a 4th of July Sign! I love how it turned out!

To make the sign, I first created the sign itself. If you have never created a similar sign, you can follow the tutorial in my Hello Summer sign to make it.

Land of the Free, Home of the Brave sign to celebrate 4th of July! From overthebigmoon.com!

There are a few small differences in this sign vs in the Hello Summer sign.

  • This frame is a 20″x20″, not a 26″x26″.
  • I created this frame using ½″x 1″ wood. Almost similar to a fence post material, but it comes in long pieces. I wanted this frame to have a more rustic feel and texture. After I built the 4 sides, I stained it using Walnut Stain and then a quick top coat of Gray Stain.
  • The backing plywood is cut 17″x17″ and then I painted it white using a rough stroke pattern.

4TH OF JULY DECORATIVE SIGN

Fun DIY 4th of July Sign using vinyl and chipboard! From overthebigmoon.com!

Now let’s get to the design!

Items Needed:

  • Cricut Maker or Cricut Explore Air 2
  • Knife Blade
  • 12″x24″ Standard Mat
  • 12″x12″StrongGrip Mat
  • Vinyl or Stencil Vinyl
  • Transfer Tape
  • Chipboard
  • Essential Tool Kit
  • Design Space File w/ Design
  • Navy Blue Paint
  • Red Spray Paint
  • Foam Paint Brush
  • Hot Glue Gun

To start open up the Design Space File with the design!

4th of July Design Space File

If you plan on making the sign the same size, then you can just hit ‘Make It,’ but if you want to adjust the design size, then hit ‘Customize.’

Once any changes have been made, go ahead and hit ‘Make It.’

4th of July Design Space - cut mats! From overthebigmoon.com!

Preview the mats and make sure the design looks like it should. You’ll load the vinyl (or stencil vinyl) on the 12″x24″ standard mat. And the Heavy Chipboard 2mm onto the 12″x12″ StrongGrip Mat. When cutting materials with the Knife Blade, you’ll need to secure your material to the mat using masking tape.

If you don’t have a Knife Blade, then you can totally still make this sign. I would just create a stencil using vinyl (or stencil vinyl) for the 2nd Mat too. Make sure and use the standard mat if you do this.

Hit ‘Continue.’

Design Space Cut Screen - Vinyl

Select your machine and set your material to Vinyl and load your first mat.

Once your vinyl is done cutting, then you’ll need to change your material to Heavy Chipboard 2.0 on your Design Space screen.

You’ll also need to change out the Fine-Point Blade to the Knife Blade and move the star wheels all the way to the right on your machine.

DS Cut Screen for the Knife Blade and Heavy Chipboard.

Hit the ‘C’ button your machine to start the 2nd mat cutting!

Cricut Machine cutting Cricut Heavy Chipboard 2mm using the Knife Blade. From overthebigmoon.com!

Heavy Chipboard letters for a 4th of July Sign from overthebigmoon.com!

While the Heavy Chipboard is cutting, you can weed the vinyl stencil and apply transfer tape.

Measure and place the vinyl stencils onto your board. When removing the transfer tape be very careful not to pull the stencil off the board. I usually use one hand to hold down the stencil securely while using the other hand to slowly pull the transfer tape off at an angle.

4th of July Sign - stencil to paint words on the sign! From overthebigmoon.com!

Once the stencils are put into the place, then use your fingers to go around the edge of the all the letters to make sure the seal is tight, so that paint won’t bleed outside the letters.

I then paint two LIGHT coats of Navy Blue paint over the two sayings.

When the paint is mostly dry (but not completely dry), remove the stencil.

4th of July Sign from overthebigmoon.com!

As you can see there was one little area on the H that bled a little. DON’T STRESS if that happens! We’re going to sand the words! I actually like these kind of imperfections on signs when I’m going to be distressing!

I grabbed a sanding block and just made simple strokes across the words!

Light Distressed 4th of July Sign from overthebigmoon.com!

Once you’re done with that and your Chipboard letters are done, then it’s time to spray paint the Chipboard letters!

With chipboard it’s better to spray paint vs brush paint! Brush paint is heavy and thicker and I don’t think it drys looking as good!

Once their dry, then go ahead and place the letters where you want them.

4TH OF JULY FARMHOUSE SIGN

4th of July Farmhouse Sign from overthebigmoon.com!

Once you have their placing, then you can attach them using a hot glue gun!

And that’s it! I think it turned out super fun and I can’t wait to figure out where I’m going to hang it!

4th of July Farmhouse Sign from overthebigmoon.com!

Farmhouse 4th of July Sign from overthebigmoon.com!

If you love his DIY – then I’d love you forever if you pinned the image below!!

A fun 4th of July DIY Board - the perfect way to celebrate the 4th of July! From overthebigmoon.com!

Reader Interactions

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

Recipe Rating




Primary Sidebar

Welcome! I’m Pam, a mom of 3 and a lover of reading, TV, the sun, and Mexican food! Here I love sharing easy everyday recipes, printables, Cricut crafts, holiday fun, and kids activities! Learn more about me over on my About Page or on Instagram! Have a fantastic day!

  • Facebook
  • Instagram
  • Pinterest
  • Twitter

ST.PATRICK’S DAY FOOD

A homemade pizza with a rainbow made of toppings such as pepperoni, peppers, pineapple, onions, olives and more.

St. Patrick’s Day Pizza

Fudge and Mint Brownies

Sheet Pan Lemon Chicken and Vegetables

St. Patricks Day Green Breakfast Ideas + other recipes for St. Pat's Day! From overthebigmoon.com!

20+ St. Patrick’s Day Green Food Ideas

St. Patrick’s Day Sugar Cookie Bars

St. Patrick’s Day Family Chex Mix

ST.PATRICK’S DAY ACTIVITIES

St. Patrick’s Day Don’t Eat Pete Game

St. Patrick's Day Crafts and Activities for Kids

50+ St. Patrick’s Day Kids Crafts and Activities

St. Patrick’s Day I Spy Game

25+ Easy St. Patrick’s Day Traditions

Roll a Rainbow – St. Patrick’s Day Activity & Game

Spin a Leprechaun Free Printable Kids Game for St. Patricks Day! Kids love this! Available at www.overthebigmoon.com!

Spin a Leprechaun Kids Game

Everything you need to know about Disneyland! Land by land breakdown, the best places to eat, joke cards, good deed cards, and more!

Footer


Pam is a stay at home working mama that enjoys all phases of life! Between her 3 kids, fur baby (a beyond cute Goldendoodle), wonderful husband, friends and working, she stays pretty busy! But, she is loving every aspect of her life! Here on Over the Big Moon, she loves to share DIY's, recipes, printables, organization tips and more! Read More…

‍
  • Facebook
  • Instagram
  • Pinterest
  • Twitter

Contact Me | About Me | Terms Of Use | Disclosure and Privacy

Copyright © 2022 · Over The Big Moon, LLC · Log in

This website uses cookies to improve your experience. We'll assume you're ok with this, but you can opt-out if you wish.Accept Read More
Privacy & Cookies Policy

Privacy Overview

This website uses cookies to improve your experience while you navigate through the website. Out of these, the cookies that are categorized as necessary are stored on your browser as they are essential for the working of basic functionalities of the website. We also use third-party cookies that help us analyze and understand how you use this website. These cookies will be stored in your browser only with your consent. You also have the option to opt-out of these cookies. But opting out of some of these cookies may affect your browsing experience.
Necessary
Always Enabled
Necessary cookies are absolutely essential for the website to function properly. This category only includes cookies that ensures basic functionalities and security features of the website. These cookies do not store any personal information.
Non-necessary
Any cookies that may not be particularly necessary for the website to function and is used specifically to collect user personal data via analytics, ads, other embedded contents are termed as non-necessary cookies. It is mandatory to procure user consent prior to running these cookies on your website.
SAVE & ACCEPT