This is the first Christmas that we are celebrating in this house. It is also the first time that I have had a mantel to decorate for Christmas. In our old house we used a medium sized bookshelf to hang our stockings off of, which was actually really cute. So I didn’t really have any big item to put on our mantel and I really wanted a big grab your eye sign to fill the mantel. I needed something that was also going to fit in my budget. I came up with this Christmas sign, not only is it quick and easy – taking less then 5 minutes to put together- but it only cost $8!

Here are the things that you will need to make your DIY Christmas Sign.

large thin wood board – Mine is 2’x4′ I got it from Home Depot – $5
Chalk paint – I used Deco Art’s Americana Decor in Lace
paint brush
Merry Christmas banner sign from Target Dollar Spot – $3
hot glue gun and glue

For my sign I white wash my board with chalk paint.

To achieve this look you will need to slightly dip the end of your paint brush into the paint, then wipe off as much as you can. You want your paint brush to still have a dry look to it. You can use the edge of the paint jar or a paper towel to wipe off the excess paint. Take the brush and brush in one direction on your board. If you get too much paint on your brush you will end up with large white spots.

One reason that I love to use chalk paint is that it dries so quickly! Especially when you do a dry brush white wash. By the time I finished dry brushing my board was mostly dry.