I needed something to decorate my otherwise empty porch. So, I decided to get my DIY juices flowing and came up with this adorable welcome sign. It’s super easy and best of all, there are free interchangeable picture accents for each month of the year!

Admittedly, this was my first pallet project.  But it will definitely not be my last.  It was surprisingly easy and fun.  So let’s get started.

Step #1: Assemble welcome sign

I got some free pallets from a local classified ad. The hardest part about this whole project was taking apart the pallet and that wasn’t even too bad if you have the right tools. Fortunately, there’s a million resources on Pinterest on how to disassemble a pallet. Here’s three main ways to do it:

• Pry bar and hammer: Instructions here.
• Sawsall: Instructions here.
• Circular saw: Instructions here.

I actually took apart this pallet using a combination of all three methods. I was just glad my husband had all the tools already.  Plus I was pretty proud of myself for using the circular saw without cutting my finger off.

Once your pallet is taken apart, you’ll need to assemble three long pieces and two short pieces to match the image and the measurements above. Nail the short pieces and the to the long pieces.

Step #2: Paint

After I assembled the welcome sign, next came the fun part. Using  barn wood stain, I painted the wood in sections and then quickly wiped the stain with a paper towel.  It gives the wood an antique barn wood effect.

Next, you’ll need to stencil the “Welcome” letters onto the wood. Use this FREE PRINTABLE – Welcome stencil letters and print out each individual letter. Then using a utility knife, carefully cut out the interior of each letter until you form a stencil. If you didn’t notice, you won’t need the letter “O” since you’ll be replacing the “O” with pictures.

Finally, use the stencils to paint the letters onto the welcome sign, making sure you leave a blank space for the missing “O”.  I used a circular foam brush to lightly dab the paint onto the pallet.

Step #3: Add pictures and burlap

Yay! Here’s the final touches. Download your printable 12 months of pictures for your welcome sign at the end of this blog post and send it to your local printer and print each page on cardstock and laminate them.

Then cut all of them out and add a piece of velcro to the back of each one. Put the one piece of the opposite velcro piece on the welcome sign where the “O” should be. Add some burlap to the top.

You’re done! I was so excited about this final product. It looks so fun on my front porch and I love that I can change out the pictures every month!  I can decorate for every holiday without hardly any effort at all.

I hope you love this as much as I do.  Here’s a couple other pallet projects to wet your own pallet, ha ha.

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What other pallet project ideas do you have? Leave a comment below.

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