Wooden American Flag Sign – 1 Board Project

Wooden American Flag – 1 Board Project

Here’s how easy this was… all I did was take a scrap board (1×10 x 28 inches in length) that I had leftover from another project. I didn’t even have to cut it. I save most of my scrap pieces of wood for quick DIY woodcraft projects. You can never have too many scrap wood pieces, and I always need a cute sign for something or someone. They make great gifts also.

Here is what you will need to recreate this easy wooden American flag for your front porch display.

Painting The Wooden American Flag Sign

STEP 1 Use painter’s tape to tape off the top sections above and paint it with the traditional red, white and blue. I just eyeballed it. No measuring is needed. If, for some reason, someone from the road wants to come and measure your lines… well, that’s not gonna happen. I hope, LOL.

STEP 2 Start with the red paint first; carefully paint in the tape line’s direction. This helps prevent bleeding under the tape. Remove the painter’s tape immediately after painting the stripes. I recommend painting both sides of the wooden American flag sign so you can change it up when you get tired of looking at it. You can always stencil a message or a quote across the flag too. That can be cute!

STEP # 3 Use a sander (or sandpaper) to scuff up the whole flag to give it that distressed look. It added just the right amount of distressing and blended the harsh lines for a vintage-aged look. The painted wooden American flag was looking good, but it was too clean for my taste. So, I took a super fine piece of wool and gave it a good distressing. This gave it an aged gray look while sanding it super smooth at the same time.

*If you want to seal your sign at this point, you can. Any water-based topcoat will work. Gator Hide is a water-resistant topcoat and would be perfect if the wooden sign is exposed to the rain. I have a covered porch, so I skipped this step.