Easy DIY Birthday Message Board
Celebrating any of the lovely Leo’s in your life this upcoming month?? We have a few July & August birthdays in our family coming up, so I thought creating some fun birthday decor would be perfect for this time of year :)
Growing up in our house we always had some fun birthday traditions, like my parents would decorate the house with streamers and balloons before we would wake up in the morning. And sometimes my mom would even write a HAPPY BIRTHDAY message on the bathroom mirror with lipstick!
I thought the idea of a personalized birthday message was such a special little detail. So this memory inspired my newest project, this super simple 5 minute craft… a DIY birthday message board!
The best part about this message board is that it is completely reusable, so once you have put it together for one birthday, you can easily wipe away the chalk marker message and put it away until the next family or friend’s birthday!
HOW TO MAKE A CONFETTI BIRTHDAY MESSAGE BOARD
You will need:
Acrylic picture frame (I had a bunch of these leftover from my wedding table numbers)
Confetti - I love the Studio Pep confetti tubes or you can make your own with colored tissue paper and a circle punch
Scissors
White chalk marker
Printed 5” x 7” paper with your message
STEP 1: Using whatever software you would like (I just used Pages on my iMac) create a box that is 5” x 7” on your document page and then type out your birthday message to fit inside the box. Choose whatever font you would like, but a thinner font will be easier to trace. I used Nickainley font for my sign!
STEP 2: Print your document then cut out your 5” x 7” box and place it centered inside your acrylic frame. Put the front acrylic piece back in place.
STEP 3: Using a white chalk marker, trace over the text following the font style as close as possible. Try not to press down too hard with the tip of the chalk marker or you will have too much liquid. If you mess up along the way, you should easily be able to wipe it off with a wet paper towel and try again!
Once your message is complete, set the front piece of acrylic aside to dry.
STEP 4: Pour a layer of confetti paper across the back piece of acrylic. You will be sandwiching the confetti between the front and back pieces of acrylic.
I found that the full circle pieces ended up looking a lot nicer and cleaner in the end, so I would take the time to pull out any creased or torn pieces of confetti. I would also recommend moving the pieces around a bit to try to evenly cover the full surface. You may also want to adjust the pieces to evenly distribute color around.
STEP 5: Once your front acrylic has dried, carefully place this piece on top of the back acrylic piece (with the confetti between). The frame should have magnets on the corners that line up that hold the two pieces securely together.
Place your picture frame into the acrylic stand or set it up on a tabletop easel to display…and you’re all set!
I hope this super simple birthday decor idea helps you add that extra little special touch to any upcoming birthday festivities. Maybe it will even end up being added to your own family birthday traditions!
And a very happy birthday to anyone celebrating this summer — today is in fact my sister-in-law’s birthday, so HAPPY BIRTHDAY NICOLE!!
xo Rachael
