Easy DIY Harvest Sign: Budget Fall Decor Ideas : Wooden Fall Sign

Easy DIY Harvest Sign: Budget Fall Decor Ideas

Make your own budget friendly fall signs with this easy scrap wood tutorial

Welcome y’all to this month’s DIY Project Challenge! Our theme for the month is a scrap wood project and since it’s now officially September I decided a DIY fall wood sign project would be perfect.

I like to pull out all my fall decor September 1st because if I try and pull it out sooner I get the eye roll from my husband…

You know the one, I also get it when the doorbell rings with my 3rd Amazon delivery for the week. Lately, it’s been a lot of harvest decor and I’m not sorry.

If you don’t mind the eye roll check out all my favorite budget savvy fall decor finds from Amazon!

I’ll admit that even though I waited until now to pull out the fall decor boxes I’ve been sipping on pumpkin spice coffee for over a month.

Now that I am officially decorating our home for fall I wanted to add a cute fall sign. Fall signs and decor can get cheesy really quick though so I decided to make my own.

Don’t get me wrong, if cheesy is your thing then you do you!

Whether you like cheesy fall decor or subtle fall decor this DIY wooden sign is the perfect fall project for you.

How to Make a DIY Fall Decor Sign

Fall Sign Supplies:

3/4″ Piece of Paint Grade Panel
1x2x6 White Wood
White Paint
Stain
Vinyl or Stencils

Easy DIY Fall Decor Sign

Start by deciding how large you want your fall sign to be. This sign is 12×16″ because that’s the amount of scrap wood I had leftover.

These paint panels can be cut down to size easily with a circular saw, jigsaw, or table saw.

After the panel was cut down to size I sanded the entire piece with 220 grit sandpaper.

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Next, I pieced together my 1X2 pieces around the frame. For this fall sign I am doing simple butt joints, no complicated angle cuts required for this DIY.

Measure the long side of your frame and add 1-1/2″ to that measurement, cut two 1×2 boards down to that size.

Next, measure the two short sides of the fall sign and cut the last two 1×2 boards to that size.

After all the 1×2 frame pieces were cut to size I stained them using Minwax Hickory Gel Stain.

I love this deep and warm stain color for fall projects. I recently used it on my DIY Herb Box project too.

For the actual sign part I used some white paint I had leftover. Two coats of white paint later and I was ready to start assembling my DIY Fall harvest sign!

After all the sign pieces are dry, apply wood glue to the frame pieces and attach them to the sign base with clamps. I also reinforced the frame pieces to the sign with 1″ finishing nails.

So far this fall sign is looking very rustic and cute! Now I need to add my lettering and actually make this a sign.

You can either use stencils or vinyl for your sign, I went the black vinyl route.

One tip is to make sure the white paint is completely dried and cured before adding the vinyl.

Fall Harvest Sign Reveal

That’s it, a super simple non cheesy fall harvest sign!

The best part is that this sign cost me $0 to make and can be used in so many different areas of our home.

Currently this fall harvest sign is hanging out on my fall front porch!

I love using fall harvest decor outside, but if your sign is going to be outside also make sure to seal it with a spar urethane.

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Now that this fall sign is complete I am ready to move onto the rest of our fall decorating.

Let me know what your favorite fall sign says.

Easy DIY Harvest Sign: Budget Fall Decor Ideas