26 ABC’s
February 4, 2010 by Alison
ABC’s with Vinyl
Yea!!! I’m excited how this project turned out!!!. I needed something for my little guy’s room. I’ve seen the canvas with the ABC’s and thought they were really cute, but I can’t paint…so Vinyl to the rescue!!!
So here we go with the tutorial:
1. For the top piece cut a 1×6 into a square (it will be about 5.5×5.5). You can use pine or mdf. It doesn’t matter:) You can get both at the hardware store.
2. For the bottom piece cut a 1/4 inch mdf into 7×7’s. If you don’t have a table saw just use 1×8 pine or mdf and cut it with your{{or your neighbors}} chop saw. Make sure they are square.
3. Paint the bottom piece dark brown{{or whatever color}}
4. Mod Podge the top piece (10 steps for perfect mod podging)
5. Sand
6. Stain
7. Attach the top to the bottom. You can use wood glue and it will work the same. I’m a little impatient and wanted it done fast so I pulled out the nail gun!
8. I had my husband router the key hole in the back. {{I was tired and he was willing to help…yeppee!!}} If you don’t have a router just use picture hooks.
9. Apply your vinyl. I used different fonts and even put some cute pictures mixed in. This is were your own cutter comes in handy!!! If you have a Cricut or other cutter and need strips of vinyl HowDoesShe recommends expressionvinyl.com. If you don’t want to mess with cutting your own vinyl MyTalkingWalls is who HowDoesShe recommends! They are both great to work with and have amazing prices. Also if you need more info on vinyl click here for vinyl 101.
10. Hang on the wall. Yep we put 26 holes in the walls, but it was sure worth it!
11. And yes my husband helped me hang them because I don’t always hang things straight:){{or as he would say ‘never’ hang things straight} We need a tutorial on hanging pictures…Missy get on that!!
Need more ideas on a boy’s room? Check out Shelley’s post on ‘Toddler Boy Room on a Budget’
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I LOVE DIY wall art and I have to say that this is cutest thing I’ve come across ever. Not exaggerating. You could sell this! I made small letter and number wall art for my little guy, but this puts mine to shame. And SO jealous of your cutter.
Great job…but you already know that!
This is so fun, I love it! Out of curiosity, is z just hanging out on it’s own? It looks like five rows of five, but I can’t see the bottom.
I put it under the ‘y’ it is on it’s own line. I’ve also made 1234 blocks too that I was going to use to fill the square, but they are not done. I kinda like the floating ‘z’ though:)
WOW!!! I love it!! I have been wanting to do an alphabet in my playroom this is the cutest one I have seen! Thanks for sharing!!
{drooling} I can’t get enough of you and your creativity. I Love this!
Ridiculously Cute! RIDICULOUSLY!
Adorable!
I love how this turned out! I have been wanting to do something ABC related on my boys wall. This would be so cute.
which cutter do you have? i am considering that investment… but not sure which is most versatile. leaning toward The Silhouette. any input from you or your followers is welcome!
Hi k
I have a big bulky vinyl cutter (that I don’t recommend for personal crafting). I am familiar with the cricut and think it works great! I don’t know about the silhouette. It would be nice to do a comparison post though…I’ll work on that:)
This is so cute my kids share a bedroom so i thought it would be a great way for me to combine them.
WOW! This is fantastic!!! I have a big empty hallway upstairs and something like this would be sooo cute!!
Thanks for sharing!
Melissa
What an awesome idea! My oldest boy is Preschool age and this would look great in his room. Thanks! Great blog you have!
Check out mine at http://www.myfrugallifestyle.blogspot.com
I love it! Unfortunately anytime I open the drawer that holds the hammer and nails my hubby comes running with the question, “what are you doing?” before I even have the chance to close the drawer. He kind of freaked out the day I hung 18 pictures on our dining room wall by myself. Surprisingly I’ve received compliments from every person who walks in and sees the pictures, not just the photographs but how well they are displayed.
I love these – my son is obsessed with letters, this would be a great project for his room.
You’ve been helping me fight the winter blahs-they’ve been really bad this year, and about 1:30ish in the afternoon is when it gets really blah. So, I’ve been coming here, and looking around for a few mintues-that’s about all I can take before I just have to get into my studio and get to work, that’s how fun and inspiring your blog is for me. I can’t wait to finish these dance costume alterations so I can use up my new bottle of mod podge on one of the hundred fun things I have seen on here! Thanks so much, you have no idea!
You are so sweet. That comment totally made my (our) day! Hearing things like that make doing this site worth it. Thanks for sharing!
This is soooo amazing! I’ll definitely be featuring!
LOVE this project!
This would be perfect for our playroom!
Thanks for sharing!
So cute!!!
I totally love this. I have seen ABC walls before with different letters and stuff but it would take forever to collect all 26 different rare letters but this is instant and waaaay cheaper. Thanks for the inspiration. If I try it I will let you know.
I’ve been wanting to do this! This very idea has been floating in my brain and I can’t believe here it is on your wall. I have no experience with woodworking-that may make this all a little difficult. But I love it!
This is so cute! I love it! I love the colors you picked and the fonts for the letters. One question, when you stain, do you only stain the edges? Do you wipe on and wipe off, or just leave it? I think it looks great how it turned out. Thanks for the idea!
Sorry I forgot to explain that. I used a stain stamp pad that is used for scrap booking. You can find it at the craft store. I do it this way becasue I hate the smell of stain and I don’t want to wait for it to dry. And yes…I just did the edges.
WOW this is super cute! how much did it cost for everything?
thanks for the inspiration. I’m going to try this too….
I love this idea! I am wondering if it will work just as well to use cardstock for the letters and photos and mod podge them on, if you don’t have vinyl. What do you think?
PERFECT!!!! Yes that would totally work!!!! Good thinking and thanks for sharing!
I love this! I have a really long playroom with windows that line the whole wall- it’s a little hard to decorate. However, above the windows I 7 1/2 inches of drywall- this is the perfect solution. Thanks so much!
I love this–thanks so much for sharing!
This is such a fabulous idea!!! I LOVE it! After our little boy arrives, and we move (yes I will be moving with a 3.5 year old and a 5 month old…probably across the country) I will have to make these for his nusery!! It is so hard to find cute boy ideas but this is fabulous!!! (would be great for a girl too…my girl will probably be jealous so perhaps we should make her a set too!) Oh…my hubby will be SO happy to hear I have a project for him to help me with!
teeheehee! FABULOUS idea. thanks for sharing!
I love that it is not too baby-ish. It can really grow up with the kids. Thanks for sharing.
I love this project!
This is awesome! It is on my project to do list!
Absolutley LURVE. I added this to my FB page. Awesome!!
Too cute. I think I must become a follower now!
I just finished a wall art project too, if you want to check it out – it’s also a combination of mdf letters and die cut letters.
http://ivegotmyhandsfull.blogspot.com/2010/02/better-late-than-never.html
I made these today and they look awesome!!! I didn’t do the alphabet, instead I did my boys’ names. Thanks for all the amazing inspirations!!!
http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y250/meegin/Crafts/DSC_0089.jpg
What a neat project!! I don’t have a need for letters but I’m sure I can find some way to use the same idea for a different hanging. Thanks!
Oh wow! This so so impressive. I have to admit, I laughed that you on’t paint but you can use power tools, which are MUCH more scary for me. LOL
Great job!
I “Stumbled Upon” your 26 ABC’s post. LOVE it!!!
I want to know how much it all cost? Thank you!!
I will have to print stuff on the computer and cut it out VERY CAREFULLY and modge podge it on! But I’m wondering how much the scrapbook paper and wood cost! Thanks so much, this is an AMAZING project.
I don’t have the exact #, but I suggest using coupons to get the scrapbook paper. The wood…I just used some scrap that I had and it worked so I can’t give you a number on that either:)
Send us a pic when you get it done!