Wooden letters make unique home decor.
Wooden wall hanging letters can be found at just about any craft store and many online stores. A huge variety of fonts and sizes is available. These wooden letters can be used to decorate a nursery, bedroom or any living space where you want to display a word or phrase. The letters can be purchased already painted, or you can try your hand at decorating them yourself.
Painting Letters
Painting the wooden letters requires only paint, clear lacquer spray and your imagination, You will need craft paint to decorate your letters. You can find this in the craft section at many stores. The next step is to paint your letters. Boy’s letters could include bears, trains or bugs painted on them. Girl’s letters could be cute with butterflies, flowers or polka dots. Wooden letters for living and family rooms could be painted with a color that complements the room decor. Staining them with a wood color is also attractive. When the letters are painted and dry, spray them with clear lacquer to bring out the colors and to keep them nice longer.
Embellishing Letters
You may also want to glue items to the letters. Buttons, sequins and scrapbook embellishments are among the many things you can attach to the letters. For example, if the room you are decorating has an ocean theme, small fish and ocean creatures could be glued to blue letters. A room with a floral theme could have a variety of silk flowers glued to green or pink letters.
Framing Letters
Another way to showcase your wooden letters is to place a decorated letter in a frame without the glass. You can use patterned fabric or scrapbook paper as the background in the frame and attach the decorated letter with strong glue or a small nail from the back side. Use colorful ribbon to hang the frame from the wall. The frame itself could also be painted and decorated to match the theme.
Family Letters
Wooden letters are a great way to decorate a room to showcase the family name or individual family member's initials or names.To spell the family name using wood letters, it would be fun to enlist the family in the process of decorating the letters. Each person could pick a letter and decorate it to his liking. That way the family name has a little bit of each person’s personality.
Hanging Letters
If the letters you purchase do not come with a hanging attachment on the back, you can do a variety of things. One solution is to buy and attach picture hanging hooks by following the instructions on the package. Another option is to staple ribbon to the back of a letter and hang it from a hook or suction cup on the wall. The ribbon can be stapled to make a loop for hanging or to allow you to tie the ends in a bow and hang it from a hook.
