8 DIY Wood Sign Ideas – Easy Cricut Projects

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Square feature image of a round man in the moon sign with a signing ally cat on a branch over a pumpkin patch. The sign is gray with darker gray for the moon face and the cat scene is a black silhouette to the left hand side.

A collection of DIY wood sign ideas—perfect for seasonal decorating or selling.

Most of these projects started with scrap wood, vinyl, a cutting machine, and paint—nothing fancy or hard to source.

Many of the projects featured here use digital artwork from my own shop. I’ll note those throughout the post and link where helpful.

1. Fall Moon Sign

This vintage Man in the Moon sign, made with a design in my shop, will be heading to my antique booth for the Fall reset. You can find large wood rounds at the hardware store, but I like to pick them up at Goodwill when I run across them. I usually have to sand and give them a fresh coat of paint, but it’s a good way to save money.

I cut the stencil using stencil vinyl and filled in the design with black, gray, and light gray acrylic paint. My moon spots aren’t perfect—alignment on round signs can be tricky—but that’s part of the charm.

Round man in the moon sign - Vintage style stenciled sign with a black cat singing, sitting on a knotty branch with pumkins below. The moon man face take up more than 3/4 of the round sign with the cat in the left corner. The colors are light gray for the moon, darker gray for the man face on the moon and black silhouette style for the cat scene. This fall sign was stenciled using cut stencil vinyl cut on a Cricut Maker 3.

2. Halloween Broom Shoppe Sign

This sign was made from an old cutting board, and the curved wood top and bottom pieces came from a wooden gun rack. Both were thrift store finds that were tucked away in my garage.

I originally painted my board white and cut the type and broom illustration with my Cricut to use as a reverse stencil. Once the vinyl cutouts were in place, it was time to cover the entire board with black paint. The broom is also a DIY in my archives—you can find the full witch broom tutorial here.

Ye Olde Broom Shoppe - this is a closeup of a handmade wooden sign for Halloween. The type is old English style with curved wood top and bottom pieces to add to the look!
Photo of two handmade witches brooms in a corner in a spooky scene. The backdrop is dark gray and there is an old wood crate with a sign that says Ye Olde Broom Shoppe. The two brooms are in the corner with an eerie tree branch and faux cobwebs. Everything looks like it's been there for a while and the sign is worn and tattered in black with fluted edges top and bottom in off white with a broom illustration over top.

3. Cheery Summer Signs

These fun summer signs were made with scrap wood from my garage and permanent vinyl that I cut with my Cricut and my own digital designs. Since I had boards of different sizes, I measured and scaled the graphics in Cricut Design Space to fit each.

First, I sanded and painted the boards, then I layered the cut vinyl pieces for each sign onto a single layer of transfer tape for easy transfer. They came out great, and I love that I could use supplies I already had on hand.

Six summer themed DIY wood signs for a compilation post of wood sign ideas. These are made using scrap wood boards of different size and cut permanent vinyl. They each have layers of vinyl color like the USA sign with a cherry pattern in blue, white, green and red. There's also small shelf sitter signs like two cherries with a star pattern and a blue bowtie at the top, a strawberry festival signs, a strawberry pint, sweet summer patterned strawberry signs in red, green and pink and a USA popsicle sign in blue, red and white.
Finished Summer Signs

4. Rustic Stackable Word Block Signs

These signs were designed using a reverse stencil technique to let the stained wood show through. Find the full tutorial and templates here.

Shown are several finished Wood Signssigns on a white background.
Finished 2 x 4 Signs

5. Two Scrap Wood Signs for St. Patrick’s Day

For both of these signs, I cut stencil vinyl and filled the design with green and black acrylic paint. But I decided to cut and adhere permanent vinyl for the tiny menu type. Sometimes you have to combine techniques. Find the full stenciled St. Patrick’s Day signs tutorial here.

Finished Lucky Clover Farms sign on a stack of blue green books with two vintage Durkee spice tins in front and a vintage Emeral Shelled Walnuts tin with a shamrock plant behind.
Lucky Clover Sign
Vertical feature image of a finished Shamrock Market wood sign. The base of the sign is a dark wood stain. In the center it's painted black to look like a chalk board. The top shamrock market and shamrock motif are painted green. The wording: Today's Specials, Cabbage, Leaks, Potatoes, Rye Bread and Corned Beef are cut white permanent vinyl.
Shamrock Market Sign

6. Wine Tasting

Another rustic sign idea made with stencil vinyl cut on my Cricut and my own design. I wasn’t sure how this one was going to come out because this thrift store board has a lot of texture. I adhered the stencil vinyl well with a squeegie and used Cricut brand stencil vinyl—it sticks the best out of all the ones I’ve tested. The paint did bleed a little under the stencil, as I expected, but not much. I think it adds to the rustic charm of this sign.

Stenciled Wine Tasting sign - This easy DIY sign was made with stencil vinyl cut on a Cricut Maker 3. The wine tasting design features three vintage hand corkscrews with the words Wine Tasting in all caps overarching the three vintage corkscrews. Beneath are the words Saturdays 4-7 PM.
Finished Wine Tasting Sign
Stencil vinyl applied to a rustic wood board sign cut with a Cricut Maker. The wine tasting design features three vintage hand corkscrews with the words Wine Tasting in all caps overarching the three vintage corkscrews. Beneath are the words Saturdays 4-7 PM.
Stencil Vinyl Applied

7. Christmas Shelf-Sitter Signs

These Christmas shelf sitter signs are simple to make and a great project for beginners or a relaxed weekend crafting. The set includes four original SVG designs sized specifically for 4″ x 4″ x 1″ sign blanks. The designs are cut from White permanent adhesive vinyl on a cutting machine (no mirroring needed) and applied to painted wood blocks with transfer tape. Download the free SVG sign art here, along with two bonus designs.

Four Christmas shelf sitter signs shown with white cheerful vinyl type. A red Merry & Bright sign , a green Nice, Naughty sign, a green Fa La La La La sign, and a red Jingle All the Way sign. All featured on a white wood background.

8. Another Large Round Sign On A Budget

To make this fun sign for my antique booth, I used another sign board found at Goodwill and my own digital design. After sanding and painting the wood round, I took a little time to determine the best way to cut the vinyl. Some of the elements were wider than my Cricut mat, so I cut the design into pieces. I also added triangles as registration marks to help me line up the vinyl and get everything centered.

To finish, I decided to add a little retro charm by stapling vintage Christmas lights found at ReStore. A little over the top, but I think Christmas in July is one of those times where you can dial up the kitschy.

Large round 18-inch Christmas In July sign featuring Santa wearing sunglass, his Santa hat, a Hawaiian floral shirt, holding a coconut drink with a candy cane, cherry and drink umbrella. The Santa is a fun, thick varied line illustration all in red. Above in light blue type on a curve is the work CHRISTMAS in a friendly marker thick type and in July in an easy to read, friendly script type. The sign has been painted a light blue that is slightly lighter than the light blue type. Around the edges of the sign are colorful vintage Christmas sting lights with red, green, orange, and blue vintage bulbs.
Finished Christmas In July Sign
In process shot of the cut vinyl layers in red and blue permanent vinyl that make up a large 18-inch Christmas in July sign with santa in sunglasses holding a coconut drink wearing a Hawaiian shirt. The vinyl cut on a Cricut Maker 3 shown here in pieces. Santa required three cut vinyl pieces that will be put together like a puzzle on the sign. All in red and seamless. The blue type was also cut on two layers and will be pieced together. Cricut cuts only up to 11.5-inches so breaking the image into smaller layers was necessary to make this large sign.
Permanent Vinyl Pieces

9. Thrift Store Pizza Peel Sign

When shopping for sign blanks, try thrift stores to find cabinet doors, cutting boards, or a large pizza peel that can be repurposed. These thrifted finds often have an aged patina, and can give a new design old-world charm. This is another stenciled sign using my own digital design.

Photo of a worn wood pizza peel, pizza serving board with the handle upward sitting on an old wood chair. This board has been turned into a sign that says 'Pizzeria' with a brick oven at the top with Estd. to the left of the oven and a spot for a date to the right. Customize with your own date and name in the center. This example says Grandpa's Pizzeria estb. 2024.
Star divider used has two hand drawn lines with a star in the center, used as a content break and signals new or different content below. This doodle style illustration is in a medium charcoal gray.

– MORE TO EXPLORE –

Riser Using Dollar Store Brackets + Upcycled Window Ideas + Wine Cork Crafts

Square feature image of a tall table riser made with dollar store brackets and scrap wood.
Finished flower market decorative window. The arched type reads FLOWER MARKET and below it in script type is seeds, stem and blooms. The type is in the top three panes of glass. Painted flowers are in the bottom left and right corners in purple, pink and yellow with green stems. The center bottom pane has a small white metal bucket on a hook. The bucket is filled with lavender.
Photo of two finished DIY cork sailboats made from scrap fabric and wine corks. The sails are blue and red check and the other has white sail with blue ribbon at the bottom. Both are sitting on a white porch rail with greenery in the background.
Square feature image of a tall table riser made with dollar store brackets and scrap wood.
Riser Using Dollar Store Brackets
Finished flower market decorative window. The arched type reads FLOWER MARKET and below it in script type is seeds, stem and blooms. The type is in the top three panes of glass. Painted flowers are in the bottom left and right corners in purple, pink and yellow with green stems. The center bottom pane has a small white metal bucket on a hook. The bucket is filled with lavender.
Upcycled Window Ideas
Photo of two finished DIY cork sailboats made from scrap fabric and wine corks. The sails are blue and red check and the other has white sail with blue ribbon at the bottom. Both are sitting on a white porch rail with greenery in the background.
Wine Cork Crafts

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