Making a Driftwood Sign for Your Home

 
If you enjoy natural wood crafts or beach crafts, you'll enjoy this handmade driftwood sign tutorial. It's a great way to keep a special memory or a place that means a lot to you, and it also makes a great handmade gift.



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Make Your Own Driftwood Sign For Your Home

My partner and I met about four years ago. Our first date was at a beachside restaurant, followed by a stroll along the boardwalk and pier. We are currently preparing to relocate to a different state, so I am trying to hold on to those memories. I decided to stencil the coordinates of our date location on a piece of driftwood. Something we can hang in our new house with photos of all of the memories we've made there over the years.

Making A Driftwood Sign

Driftwood signs are so simple to make that you'll be making them as gifts and decorating your own home with them in no time. If you don't live near a location where you can find a small piece of driftwood to take home, check your local gardening center, as they frequently sell them.

Supplies:

  • Driftwood
  • Hooks for cups
  • Cord or rope
  • Stencil
  • A paintbrush and some paint
  • A wire brush or a stiff cleaning pad
Instructions:

The first step is to clean your driftwood to remove any excess dirt. To do this, I used a brush, but you could also use steel wool or a coarse cleaning pad.




You're ready to paint once you've removed the dirt and any loose pieces. I frequently use Martha Stewart stencils because they have a sticky back and don't move around. They adhere well enough to natural wood, but not very well. I had to repeat a few numbers, so please excuse the place marker stencils.




Tip: Look up the longitude and latitude coordinates of your favorite stenciling location online.

After you've precisely placed the stencils, carefully paint over the top. The best part is that if you make a mistake, you can simply dab it with a dry cloth and then use your wire brush to remove the paint and begin again. I believe I had to do this because I had accidentally painted over one of my place marker stencils.




If you want, you can spray a thin layer of clear topcoat over your driftwood. However, I prefer to keep it natural.

The final step is to attach hooks and rope to your sign so that it can be hung. Wind cup hooks into the top of your driftwood with care. As the situation became more difficult, I discovered that using small pliers was beneficial. If the wood becomes a little tangled around where you're winding it in, use a wire brush to remove any small splinters.




You are now ready to hang your sign by tying rope to the hooks. I also untwisted the rope ends below the knot so they hung over the wood.










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