![]() Paint the adhesive on the letters and let the adhesive “dry” until it’s sticky. If you’ve never worked with it, you should try it! It’s shiny, and fabulous, and well, GOLD!įor the gold leaf you’ll need the leaf, adhesive and two soft brushes. Trace the outline of the text lightly with a pencil. To adjust the size of your text on the board, just pull the box further away or move it closer. Tape your transparency backwards onto the front of the box, turn on your flashlight, stick it in the box and there it is.Ĥ. If you happen to have a laser printer, you can print right onto the transparency paper, but I believe the text will just smear with a regular ink jet printer.ģ. Next, print out your word or phrase on a piece of paper and trace it with a Sharpie onto an overhead transparency. Cut a hole in one side of the box just wide enough to let the light through when when you tape the transparency on and a hole in the bottom so you can stick your cell phone on.Ģ. (I tried a regular flashlight and a lamp, but my cell phone light was the only light bright enough to work.)ġ. While the paint is drying, you can get your overhead projector ready.Īll you’ll need is an old cardboard box and a cell phone with a flash light app. Welcome Signįor the sign, I used a piece of scrap plywood I had lying around, and stained and painted it using the same method as the project board I recently shared. So, to fill one of the bare walls in my entry way, I decided to make a fun, not-s0-little, welcome sign that greets people in our home in a little more personal way, and as an added bonus, I’m going to show you how I engineered myself an overhead projector out of a cardboard box and my cell phone. (We’re big Always Sunny fans at my house and the phrase has just sort of caught on.) Even my three year old says it. In my house “hey yo” has taken the place of “hi” or “hello” as the common greeting. I love when art is fun, and personal, and humorous. ![]() Looking for a welcome sign with some personality? You have to check this out!
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