How to Make Stencils [for Walls and Wood Signs]

Learn how to make stencils. DIY reusable stencils for walls or wood signs are easy to make with this simple tutorial using the Cricut.

When I first told my husband that I wanted to stencil, not one, but TWO feature walls during the weekend makeover of our children's room, I think he thought I was crazy. Two stencil walls in less then three days, on top of all the other exciting changes we were making seemed totally crazy! But when we actually got to the weekend, we made the stencils in less than an hour, and stencilled both walls in one afternoon. Some of you have been asking for this tutorial, so I'm excited to finally share exactly how to make your own stencils and put them up on the wall.

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You can buy decals and stencils online, but they are much more expensive than this! Since I already had a Cricut machine, I knew that I could use it to make my own stencils at a fraction of the cost.

Materials Needed

• Cricut Machine
• Cricut Cutting Mat
• Plastic Film
• Paint Dabbers
• Paint
• Level
• Painter's Tape

Download the Design Space File: HERE

Video Tutorial for Making Stencils

The easiest way to see how we made our stencils and created our stencil walls is to to watch this video tutorial:

How to Make Your Own Stencils

The first step to making your own stencils, is to open the Cricut Design Space and create your design. You can watch the video above to see how we created our stencils.

If you want to make the same rainbow or car stencils as we did, there is a link above to our design space file.

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