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Finished lemonade stand sign on teal background styled with faux lemons and ice
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LEMONADE STAND SIGN

Add a little sweetness to your summer decor with this DIY lemonade stand sign, made using your Cricut and iron on vinyl! Hang it as decor or use it to make a cute neighborhood lemonade stand!
Keyword: Lemonade, Sign
Servings: 0
Author: Cori George

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Ingredients

Instructions

  • Material Note: You can cut this on your Cricut Maker 3 or Explore 3 using Smart Vinyl. For this project, regular vinyl was used because the colors wanted are not available in Smart Vinyl.
    Paint Your Sign
    Paint your wooden sign and let it dry for at least 24 hours before adding vinyl. White paint was used for the backing board and yellow for the frame.
    Upload the Lemonade Sign File to Cricut Design Space
    We will start by uploading the SVG file to Cricut Design Space (see Uploading SVG Files to Cricut Design Space if you need help).
    Cricut Design Space: Lemonade sign image on Canvas
  • Resize the decal to fit your sign.
    Note that if you don't have two colors of yellow vinyl, you can also cut that lemon wedge piece in white!
    That's it! You're ready to make your lemonade stand sign. Click Make It in the upper right.
    Cricut Design Space: Lemonade sign resized
  • Cut Your Adhesive Vinyl
    If you have a Cricut Maker 3 or Cricut Explore 3, you'll see a Mat Selection window. On Mat was chosen because this project is using regular adhesive vinyl, but choose Without Mat if you're using Smart Vinyl. If you do not have one of these newer machines, you won't see this screen.
    Cricut Design Space: Mat Selection screen
  • On the next Prepare Screen, you'll see your image laid out on the mat (or just on the vinyl if using Smart Vinyl).
    Cricut Design Space: Prepare screen with images on mats
  • On the Make Screen, you'll set your material to vinyl. Make sure you have your fine point blade in your machine, insert your mat, and your Cricut will cut your project!
    Cricut cutting vinyl
  • Weed Your Adhesive Vinyl
    Next we're going to "weed" the negative space from around each image. I have an extensive post about Weeding Adhesive Vinyl, which you'll want to read—tons of tips and tricks to making it easier.
    Hands weeding adhesive vinyl pieces
  • Use Transfer Tape to Adhere Your Vinyl
    Once all of your decals are weeded, it’s time to use transfer tape to adhere it to your sign. You can see an in-depth tutorial about Using Transfer Tape if you need it (plus troubleshooting tips if you’re struggling!).
    Cut a piece of transfer tape the same size as your decals, except for the green stripes and the lemon leaves—those you can place by hand.. Peel the backing sheet off the transfer tape and place the sticky side of the transfer tape down on your decal.
    Hands applying transfer tape to large lemonade decal.
  • You can use your hands or a scraper to burnish the transfer tape down on top of the vinyl.
    Hands using scraper to burnish transfer tape to vinyl
  • Then flip it over, and peel the backing sheet away from the transfer tape. Your decal should stick to the transfer tape—you can use your fingernail to catch anything that isn’t sticking cleanly.
    Hands peeling back transfer tape backing
  • Then flip it over and press it onto your sign! Using a little piece of tape on the frame helps to know where the center of the frame is. Use the scraper to burnish the vinyl into the frame.
    Hands using scraper to burnish the decal to the sign.
  • Then carefully peel back the transfer tape and the vinyl should stick to your sign! Repeat with the other layers—the black text and the lemon slice.
    Hands peeling back transfer tape.
  • Place the green stripes and lemon leaves by hand.
    Hands placing green pieces by hand.
  • You're done! Have a lemonade sale or just hang this in your home as part of your summer decor!
    Finished lemonade stand sign on teal background styled with faux lemons and ice