How-To: Custom Happy Birthday Sign

After scouring the internet for months searching for birthday party inspiration, I stumbled upon some really sweet birthday signs. Feeling ambitious (and too cheap to pay for one - lol), I decided to make it myself. Turns out, a custom-made party sign is surprisingly easy to make and inexpensive! I used my Cricut cutter, but if you don't have one, there are definitely other options - try stencils, stickers, stamps, alphabet rub-ons, or die cuts. :)

Here are the things I used:

• Cricut
• Cricut Doodletype font cartridge
• Spray glue
• white & multicolored cardstock
• curling ribbon

I started out by cutting the pieces. the Doodletype cartridge has this really fun-to-use button:

It's the circle button.. meaning it cuts out a circle, then cuts the letter out of the middle. Cut all of your letters out using the circle button on white cardstock. Then cut out a foundation (whatever background shape you want) for each letter on colored cardstock. *Make sure your letter fits on the first foundation cut before you cut them all!* Then lay out all of your pieces.

Use spray glue on the back of the letters, and press them onto your foundations. Easy enough. :) Then punch two holes in the top of each piece. Thread the ribbon through the holes. You can put a piece of tape on the back to keep the letter from sliding on the ribbon, or you can use a small sticker on the front (I used candy and ice cream stickers).

And, voila!! Done. It's an easy and super inexpensive way to make something special for your party. :)