Coastal Christmas Decor

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Make an easy Coastal Christmas Decor piece using vinyl and a thrift store sign. This easy Ho, Ho, Ho sign adds a fun touch to a coastal Christmas.

Blue sign with Ho Ho Ho using vinyl sand dollars

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Are you creating Christmas projects during Christmas in July? It’s a great way to get ahead of the holidays!

Ho, Ho, Ho Coastal Christmas Decor

Since I’m still not venturing out to thrift stores, I searched through my stash of finds looking for an appropriately sized sign. Luckily, all those times of not passing up signs and frames is coming in handy now.

I tried to take a short cut and not do any sanding to the sign. First I gave it a coat of white chalk paint and followed that with teal. I wasn’t getting great coverage for the words on the sign. So I knew I needed to start over.

I used my palm sander to sand off the new paint and work on sanding over the words that were on the sign. Once that was done, I used spray paint to cover the sign. The first coat was dark blue because that’s what I had on hand. I wanted to give it a frosted blue look, so I sprayed it with a thin layer of white chalk paint and while it was still wet, I added a coat of Sea Glass Ice by Krylon.

While the paint was drying, I used Cricut Design Space to make the words for the sign. I found a sand dollar design that was just what I wanted. I resized the sand dollar and found a fun font called AR Hermann to use for the H.

Once the sign was dry, I sanded lightly around the edges to give it a more weathered look and then added a coat of Deco Art Dura-Clear Varnish to protect the finish. After weeding the design I used transfer paper to attach the design to the sign.

To add more dimension to the sign I glued a piece of white rope around the outside frame.

The combination of the white rope and the sanded edges gave me the nautical look I wanted for the sign.

I’ll display this over the holidays in one of our guest bedrooms that has lots of other coastal decor.

Supply List for Coastal Christmas Cricut Sign

Thrift Store Find Sign
Paint & Brushes
Palm Sander
Rope
Air Explore 2
Vinyl
Transfer Paper
Hot Glue
Protective Finish

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