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Summer Wood Crafts - Welcome Sign - “Fence with Butterflies”

A wooden door sign, bright and friendly in the colors of the season, will welcome your guests with cheer. A total of 12 pieces have to be cut out for this project and this project can be completed in one day.

 

 

Summer Wood Craft - Door Sign - Fence with Butterflies

For this project you will need:

- 4 mm thick plywood
- acrylic paints in the colors of white, dark yellow, orange, purple, red, light green, dark green, light blue,
  dark blue and black
- 2 cm wooden half bead for the flower center
- sandpaper
- wood glue
- drill with small bit for drilling holes to hang
- thin wire for hanging
- clear outdoor varnish to prevent weathering

Craft Pattern:

Craft Templates - Fence with Butterflies

Butterfly Welcome Sign Template

 

 

 

Instructions:

1. Print your pattern out so that it totally fits your printer paper. Transfer the markings onto the wood and saw out.
2. Paint the pieces in the colors you see in the pictures and add details, such as the spots on the butterfly if you like. Dry brush the edges of all the pieces in a darker color or contrasting color.
Drybrushing Technique.
3. Assemble and glue the fence together first. Then glue the ivy vine on to the fence. Assemble and glue the butterfly bodies and wings together first and then glue them onto the fence next. Finally glue on the sign and the assembled flower.
4. Drill a hole in each of the top two outside fence slats and insert a wire for hanging.

Summer Wood Craft - Door Sign - Fence with Butterflies 2

Summer Wood Craft - Door Sign - Fence with Butterflies 3

 

Wood Craft Tutorials:

Transferring Patterns Onto Wood Tutorial

How to Transfer Patterns Onto Wood Tutorial

Scrollsaw

Scroll Saw Tutorial

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Drybrushing Tutorial

 

 

 

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A Selection of Summer Wood Crafts

Wooden Fish and Seashells Hanging Decoration
Wooden Seagull
Welcome Sign - “Fence with Butterflies”
Bird on a Perch Decoration
Patriotic, Memorial Day or Independence Day Craft - Wooden American Welcome Sign
Patriotic Welcome Sign
Saw these Easy Wooden Flowers
Summer Craft Project - Altered Wooden Chest with Drawers
Sailor Boy Wooden Decoration
Wooden Coffee Shop Chalkboard
Wooden Country Birdhouses
Wooden Flower Chain for a Window
Wooden Flower Girl
Wooden India Elephants Decorated with Scrapbook Paper
Wooden Magnetic Flower Memo Board
Wooden Maritime Wall Decoration
Wooden Sailboat
Scrollsaw Fish

 

 

 

 


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