Create festive holiday decorations with these DIY Christmas sign ideas, perfect for displaying in your home or on your front porch. Using easily accessible materials, you can either replicate the designs or add your own unique touch to the colors and patterns.
Many of these DIY Christmas signs can be crafted in an hour or less, with some projects requiring a bit more effort but offering truly rewarding results.
Here are 35 Christmas sign ideas to enhance your handmade holiday decorations:
Applique Accents
Crafting Cheerfully shows how to create a sign using vinyl letters and felt applique, resulting in a charming and detailed design.
Tied with a Bow
Wilshire Collections offers a quick DIY sign that incorporates a bow, easily assembled from department store finds.
Recycled Pallets
Angie Holden demonstrates how to craft a Christmas tree-shaped sign using recycled pallets, perfect for eco-friendly holiday decor.
Marquee Magic
Brepurposed shares another marquee sign idea, using printed letters and a clever method to integrate indoor Christmas lights.
Farmhouse Style
Pair your farmhouse Christmas decor with a “Noel” sign. The Navage Patch offers a design that involves hot glue, paint, and yarn for a fun, versatile decoration.
Joyful Welcome
Funky Junk Interiors presents a tall, vertical “Joy” sign, ideal for your porch. The letters are stenciled, and the sign is distressed for a rustic look.
Light It Up
A Beautiful Mess introduces a light-up marquee sign that can illuminate any room. Though it’s a bit more complex, the results are stunning.
Modern Touch
Lemon Thistle offers a sleek, modern sign that requires engraving letters with a rotary tool. It’s a quick project that adds a contemporary flair to your decor.
Rustic Charm
Kelly Leigh Creates offers a rustic design using stained wood and white vinyl letters, complementing any farmhouse-themed decorations.
Wreath Accent
Six Clever Sisters presents a sign with a holiday wreath substituting for the “O” in “Joy,” adding a festive, natural touch.
Wood Slat Frame
Clean and Scentsible shows how to craft a tree farm sign using wood slats, paint, and stencils for a personalized color scheme.
Glowing Sign
Mauri King of The American Patriette combines rustic and farmhouse styles with a sign that lights up, creating a warm glow.
Greenery Addition
Funky Junk Interiors incorporates greenery into a tall, vertical sign that makes a natural statement on your porch or inside your home.
Mantel Update
Homey Oh My adds glam to a Christmas mantel with cardboard letters and glittery gold filler for a festive and customizable display.
Embroidery Hoop Art
Mom Envy merges fabric and an embroidery hoop to create a unique sign that doubles as a door hanging or a Christmas ornament.
Vinyl Cutouts
Ginger Snap Crafts utilizes an existing frame and vinyl cutouts, surrounded by colorful lights, to create a bright and lively sign.
Canvas Display
DIY Beautify reconstructs a canvas to create a farmhouse-inspired sign, finished with ribbon and greenery for an elegant touch.
Mini Chalkboards
A Turtle’s Life for Me offers quick mini chalkboard signs that can be made in under 15 minutes, ideal for tree decorations.
Chalk Paint
The Maker’s Map uses cardboard lettering and chalk paint to create a rustic sign featuring a reindeer, all on a paint stirrer base.
Vintage Vibes
Ginger Snap Crafts showcases a vintage-inspired sign with a red truck and Christmas tree, perfect for adding a nostalgic touch.
Vertical Signs
Ribbons & Glue offers a vertical, red and white sign, grabbing attention with its bold, rustic design.
Fabric Scrap Trees
Crafting Cheerfully uses fabric scraps to craft a one-of-a-kind Christmas tree sign, suitable for display throughout the winter.
Reclaimed Wood
Kristi Murphy creates a simple, rustic sign using reclaimed wood and papier-mâché letters, perfect for large-scale displays.
Unconventional Colors
A Turtle’s Life for Me mixes blue, green, silver, and gold to create a stunning, non-traditional Christmas sign.
Decoupage Technique
The Maker’s Map uses decoupage with Christmas napkins, greenery, and ribbon to craft a charming holiday sign.
Chevron Shapes
Her Tool Belt combines modern and rustic design with a chevron-patterned sign, perfect for your front porch.
Jingle Bells
The Navage Patch adds jingle bells to a DIY sign, bringing a playful element to your holiday decor.
Pattern and Color Mix
Creative Ramblings embraces the festive spirit by combining different colors and patterns, using scrapbook paper and decoupage.
Glitter Galore
DIY Candy adds sparkle with a glittery sign, contrasting Scrabble tiles against vibrant red and green glitter.
Kid-Friendly Fun
Morena’s Corner creates a reindeer parking sign that kids will love, complete with googly eyes and a light-up red nose.
Line Art Design
Lemon Thistle uses an acrylic picture frame and paint pen to create a modern, sleek Christmas sign, perfect for contemporary decor.
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