Name Signs Art Experience

Claire
Feb 10, 2021
2 min read

Updated: Apr 13, 2021

Best selling kids art class. Your name, cut out of wood, painted and attached to a sign. So much fun and totally customized to suit your style!

Organize this creative experience for your birthday party, team building, fundraisers and small group events. Customize it with the theme of your party! Have designs created especially to suit your function... beach vibe? Ballet? Soccer teams? Animals? Rainbows and unicorns? The sky's the limit.

Available also as socially distanced or online events.

Inquire here for more details and options.

Each DIY Art kit includes:

1 12" board with 2 holes for hanging
string
name in wood lettering
icons of choice (view options here)
paints
paint brushes/ wedges

From your end you will need:

glue- best product for the craft is Aleene's Turbo Tacky Glue
paper towels
paper plate

Get comfy. Grab a snack. Unwrap your DIY art kit and follow the directions below:

Note: more complex icons will be held together with tape. Before painting, remove the tape and dissemble the individual pieces of your icons to paint separately. You will be able to re-assemble them when dry for a professional result!

Board:

Using the sponge brush apply a small amount of undiluted paint to your board. Do not overload the brush. Rather apply multiple coats.

Set aside to dry.

Optional:

blend your background color with white to create streaking or shading effects.

Letters & Icons:

Use the sponge wedges or fine paint brushes to dab on small amounts of paint. Less is more! You'll have better control over the project with wedges that are not overloaded with paint.

Set aside to dry.

Options:

blend white into your paint to create highlights on your letters.
for more color and texture diversity, you can also use markers, crayons, paint pens or sharpies.

Position your dried pieces on your board. Move them around. See which assembly works best for your design. You can even have some elements overlap the edges of your board.

Apply the smallest amount of glue to the backs of your words and icons. Attach them to the board with the hanging holes oriented to the top corners.

For more complex icons, puzzle the individual pieces together and glue in place.