Tools Guide: Movie Sign {Just a board and Christmas Tree Lights!}

Thursday, November 5, 2015

Movie Sign {Just a board and Christmas Tree Lights!}

Thanks for stopping by today! I am really excited to be sharing this one with you all!

I fell in LOVE with the concept of an outdoor movie night (more about this on another day.) I thought it would be special to reserve it for my sister's surprise birthday party because she had talked about how she wanted to do one this summer.

I guess she was wondering why I kept putting it off ...

"No Laurel, I don't think we should do an outdoor movie night for your graduation."

We were sneaky! ;)

This movie night concept was confirmed when I saw this adorable "MOVIE" sign at Oh Happy Day.

Here is my version:

After picking out my board, I chose the font I wanted for my word, "Movie." Then I printed it out in the size I wanted and traced it out onto my board. Next, I marked where I wanted all my lights to be on each letter.

Then I had my handsome helper drill the holes for me. We double checked to make sure that the lights fit into the holes we were drilling.

Next, I painted my sign with white and let it dry. Then I painted my letters yellow and antiqued it a little by rubbing a little bit of the white paint on the letters.

Now for the crazy part: Insert all your christmas tree light bulbs (we used icicle lights) into the holes. Do this with the lights on (you don't want to end up with a dead bulb!) and keep on checking the other side to make sure you didn't miss any holes. I didn't glue them on, knowing how temperamental christmas tree lights can be. But they stayed in place pretty well.