Thread: ENTER sign for my front yard haunt. Check it out!

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I started making this 'ENTER' sign for my front yard haunt for this fall. I took two 2x4s that are about 8 feet tall. and then I put some other spare wood slats we had laying around across the top, to make the actual sign portion. I used about six of these slats. the clearance space to actually walk under the sign will be about 6 feet or so. After I nailed together the sign, I spray painted it using a dark hammered metal color. and a dark brown. This gave it an aged look to it. After that I outlined the lettering on the front in white chalk, by just looking at a sample font sheet I printed off. After outling the letters with chalk I began actually painting them on there. I used acrylic paint. I used a grey color, with a little yellow mixed in to make it appear aged also. Once the letters were done, I added a little bit of moss in between the boards and some spider webs on the front. I also bent some wires to be candle holders for these two small electric tea candles we have. I placed the candles toward the bottom of the sign. Here is the project before I painted it


and after the lettering and painting was done!



If you would like to see how I made those vines hanging on the sign check out my tutorial on how to make them in the Tutorial section.

Awesome!!!!

Thanks!! I don't think it's too bad myself for only taking about 4 hours from start to finish! I love the way it turned out in the end. It's definitely a simple project a beginner could try. I've never really built too much before (I'm 17 lol), and I managed to do it, so I would definitely reccomend this build to any beginner looking for a short day project.

Very cool! I really like the look of it.

looks Great!!

Thanks, I appreciate the positive feedback. At a lot of forums, people always complain about everything. this forum isn't like that. Everyone seems to be really helpful and nice.

Can you take a pic in the dark? (nice sign!)

Looks great!!

Great looking sign.

very nice sign, love the font of the lettering, and the spider webs add a creepy touch!