Are you looking to personalize your home?These distressed scrabble letters will add the rustic touch to any part of your home in 6 easy steps!
This idea came to mind when I bought some metal letters to put our family name over a threshold in our home. Although, I loved them... lets be honest. I paid about $5 a letter and thankfully our names only 4 letters. Dodged a bullet there.
These letters are sold at our market days for $3 each and our customers love them.
So, I want to share how you can make inexpensive & distressed Scrabble Letters at home!
These letters are sold at our market days for $3 each and our customers love them.
So, I want to share how you can make inexpensive & distressed Scrabble Letters at home!
Let's get to the business.
To make Scrabble Letters,
To make Scrabble Letters,
you will need:
You can also use a sanding block I just happen to love my Orbital Sander that my mother gave me.
Step One
Cut your 1 x 5 into 4.5 inch pieces - one per letter.
I really think the boards are not 5 inches wide. More like 4.75. So whatever you think looks squared will do. This can really be done with any size piece of wood. Just get squares cut!
Step Two
Sand the edges of your pieces to make them look more rounded and smooth. We are anti-splinter people here.
Step Three
Paint your front side with two thin coats of your Matte Black or Charcoal paint.
The black paint used for the ones pictured is Seal Skin by Sherwin-Williams. Matte paint is the key so they do not appear shiny at all.
Step Four
Place your vinyl/sticker letters on the front side. I used my Cricut Explore Air 2. However, large stickers like from Hobby Lobby will do just fine. A bold, capitalized font worked great for these letters. They also sell scrabble stencils at most craft stores.
** Keep in mind that the lower right side number is what really gives these the "Scrabble Letter" touch.
Step Five
Paint them White. I found it was easiest to place two thin coats on the front first. After that dried, I painted a light coat on the sides and back. Chalk paint was not used to make these but it is an option to make them look more distressed.
Step Six
Distress the front and sides of your Scrabble Letters!
