Haunted Mansion Halloween Sign
Get ready for a ghoulish visit to the Haunted Mansion by crafting this "Welcome Foolish Mortals" wood sign! This Halloween sign is made using the Glowforge, and can also be cut on a Cricut or other cutting machine.
Equipment
- E6000 or other
Ingredients
Instructions
- Glowforge Halloween Sign InstructionsPlace your draftboard in the bed of the Glowforge. Go to app.glowforge.com and click on New Design: Upload from file.
- Navigate to the Foolish Mortals SVG you downloaded from my library above and the Glowforge app will load it into the software.
- Now you'll need to select the settings for these two pieces. Both pieces are intended to be cut, so select each piece in the left-hand sidebar and select "cut" for both.
- You'll notice that the Glowforge being used didn't recognize that this is medium draftboard (even though the QR code is down in the righthand corner). it just happens occasionally, or you may want to flip your draft board so the QR code isn't readable. You can click on the material setting in the upper left and select Medium Draftboard.
- Then select both images and resize them to fit on your draftboard. For this project they are about 9" tall.
- Then you are ready to cut! Click Print in the upper right and your Glowforge will prepare. Once it's ready, the big button will turn blue. Press it to print (cut) your Halloween sign!
- Once it's finished, carefully remove the project from the bed of the Glowforge. A few of the smaller pieces may fall out—make sure you don't lose any of the loose letters. Pull out any remaining negative pieces.
- Once you have all the pieces removed, put them together to make sure you have all of the loose letters.
- Then you are going to remove the "mask" (which is basically a masking tape sheet) from the entire Halloween sign. Take your time and don't pull on any of the delicate pieces too hard.
- Remove the mask on both sides of your cut, as well as on the big circle.
- It's time to paint your project! Two colors of craft paint were used, daubed on with a makeup sponge. The makeup sponge creates a fairly smooth texture compared to some of the other sponges, and it doesn't leave brush strokes like a paint brush.
- Then use the E6000 or other glue to adhere your image to the back circle. Don't use a lot of glue—it'll seep out if you're not careful. Set a huge stack of books on top when done, so that the glue really adheres.
- That's it! The paint time is the longest part of this Halloween sign—the whole thing cut in less than 8 minutes.
