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Create a Personalized Teacher Sign with Craft Cuts

Give your child’s teacher something custom this year with this personalized teacher sign! This is guaranteed to get your kids on the good list for the year. Craft Cuts is your one stop shop when it comes to customization for decor, parties, and more! You can pick your sign, material, color, and font allowing you to bring your ideas to life.

Check out the full tutorial below to see how this Personalized Teacher Sign with Craft Cuts comes to life! You can also snag a discount using code MEGHAN10!

SUPPLIES:

  • Baltic Birch Wood Letters (Text: WELCOME TO CLASSROOM, Font: Lemon, Finish: Unpainted, Height: 1 inch, Thickness: 1/4 inch)

  • Banner Craft Shape (Material: Baltic Birch Plywood, Longest Dimension: 12 inch, Shape Thickness: 1⁄4 inch)

  • Script Wood Letters (Text: Teacher’s Name, Font: Apricots, Finish: Unpainted, Height: 2 inch, Thickness: 1⁄4 inch)

  • Wooden Ruler

  • Acrylic Paint 

  • Foam Paint Brush

  • Painter’s Tape

  • Thick Twine

  • Scissors

  • Multi-Purpose Glue (or Super Glue)

Step 1: Add a coat of white paint to the pennant shape.  Let it dry and add a second coat.

Step 2: Rip 2 pieces of 10” painter’s tape and fold in half.

Step 3: Place the individual letters on the tape.

Step 4: Paint W,T,C,O with light tan paint and let dry.

Step 5: Paint E,O,L,M with pink paint and let dry.

Step 6: Paint L and A with mustard yellow paint and let dry.

Step 7: Paint C and S with sage green paint and let dry.

Step 8: Paint O and S with light blue paint and let dry

Step 9: Paint M and R with blue paint and let dry.

Step 10: Paint E and O with light paint pink and let dry.

Step 11: Paint teacher’s name with blue paint.

Step 12: Adhere painter’s tape to the sign and use the paper template to trace the individual letters.

Step 13: Add glue to the back of each letter and place on top of the dots you made.

Step 14: Glue the teacher’s name under.

Step 15: Then, use the other template to add the remaining individual letters.

Step 16: Cut the ruler down to the length of the sign.

Step 17: Add glue above the holes in the sign.

Step 18. Place the ruler on top of the holes in the sign (the top will hang over the edge a bit).

Step 19: Cut a piece of twine 14”. Tie a knot at the end of the twine and pull it through. Repeat  on the other side.

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