Things You'll Need:
- • 8x11 piece of cardboard
- • Pencil
- • Scissors
- • Letter stencils (optional)
- • Wooden board
- • Wood glue
- • Medium-weight copper sheeting
- • Duct tape
- • Sandpaper
- • Craft stick
- • Wooden stake, at least 3 feet long
- • Two 1 1/2-inch wood screws
- Handsaw, Tacks or staple gun (optional), Drill, Screwdriver
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Step 1
Choose your phrase and layout your stencils on the cardboard.
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Step 2
Use the scissors to cut out your letters and arrange them on the wood board. Leave about a quarter inch between each letter.
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Step 3
When the letters are arranged the way you want them, glue them down. Use small dabs of glue to hold the cardboard letters in place.
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Step 4
Allow the glue to dry.
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Step 5
Cut a piece of copper sheeting that is at least six inches larger, on all sides, than your wood board.
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Step 6
Place your wood board, letter side down, onto the sheeting. Make sure to center it.
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Step 7
Loosely but snuggly bend the copper around the wood.
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Step 8
Attach the copper to the wood with your choice of duck tape, staples, or tacks.
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Step 9
Use your craft stick to rub around the letters. Make sure you get all the grooves and indentations. This will make the letters raise up off the surface.
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Step 10
Cut one of the ends of your stake at a diagonal. This will be the top and will tilt up the sign.
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Step 11
Attach the sign to the stake with wood screws. Use a flat surface and make sure to not screw through the metal.
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Step 12
Dig a hole about six inches deep and place your stake into it. Pack dirt firmly around the base and your sign is ready to go.
