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How to Make Front Door Decals

April 2, 2018

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Spring is typically the time of year when everyone cleans and freshens up their homes, right? I thought this would be a good time to talk about front doors and ways to make them look warm and welcoming to everyone who enters. It only takes minutes to make a front door decal. Especially if you have a Cricut or Silhouette cutting machine.

Vinyl Welcome Decal for the front door. an easy beginner Silhouette machine project

The vinyl “Welcome” sign that is on my storm door has been there for years. This vinyl decal project is a great beginner project if you’re new to using the Silhouette Cameo. A full tutorial on how to use your Silhouette Cameo to make a “welcome” decal can be found here.

Before I made that Welcome decal, I had this simple word on my front door:

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What word or words would you like to have on your front door? I was browsing Pinterest and was inspired to create a design for the inside of my front door. Something that anyone leaving would see just before opening the front door.

I think this is a nice reminder and last thought to have before leaving home, don’t you?

I made this design about 20″ long and 5-1/2″ high. It fits nicely on the door between the raised panels at the top. If there were little ones in this house, I would put it lower so they can see it, too!

How to make vinyl decals for the front doorSince my interior doors are painted black, I chose silver removable wall vinyl for this decal. It shows up nicely against the black. (Forgive the poor quality of these photos, this is a dark, narrow entry and it’s impossible to get good photos of that door!)

How to make vinyl decals for the front door

As I said, this design is long, so I ended up using the big 12″ x 24″ Cricut cutting mat for this project.

 

To make this vinyl decal you will need (I have included affiliate links for your convenience:

  • Cricut Explore Air2 or Cricut Maker or Silhouette Cameo machine
  • removable wall vinyl
  • 12″ x 24″ Cricut mat or Silhouette cutting mat or roll feeder for the Cameo
  • transfer paper or transfer tape
  • scissors
  • scraper
  • The font I used is called “Bristol”.

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If you are using a Silhouette, please refer to this post for step-by-step design instructions.

I used my Cricut Maker to cut today’s design.

How to make vinyl decals for the front door

Once the design is cut, it’s time to do some “weeding” (that’s just removing the excess vinyl – a hook tool makes this really easy).

How to make vinyl decals for the front door

Then you cut a piece of the transfer tape or paper and lay it sticky side down right on top of your vinyl decal.

How to make vinyl decals for the front door

Use the scraper tool to make sure the design is transferred to the tape or paper.

How to make vinyl decals for the front door

Then peel it off of the backing.

How to make vinyl decals for the front door

Now take your design to your door and place it where you’d like. Use the scraper tool again to transfer the vinyl decal onto the door.

How to make vinyl decals for the front door

Start peeling away the transfer tape (or paper) at one corner and slowly fold the transfer tape onto itself to remove.

Use your Cricut or Silhouette to make front door vinyl decals

 

I would love to hear about the projects you are working on. Do you have any words on your front door? Let me know in the comments below.

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Comments

  1. Jenny says

    April 9, 2018 at 7:32 pm

    This is a great idea..I don’t have any words on my doors, but I’m going to convince my husband we need to have some. 🙂

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  2. Susan says

    April 11, 2018 at 1:14 pm

    I have cut the word “hello” for my front door out of white vinyl.

    And I cut sayings for the holidays for my storm door as well. I do those out of white contact paper (it’s less expensive). And my trick for that is I mirror the words before I cut them so I can adhere them to the inside of the storm door. They last longer that way, and as an added plus, I don’t have to stand outside in the cold or hot weather to put them. on.

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  3. Kristyna says

    April 12, 2018 at 12:12 pm

    Such a fun idea! I especially like the thought of a word on the glass part of a storm door. 🙂

    Reply
  4. Jenny says

    April 20, 2018 at 8:36 am

    This is adorable & what a great DIY for the home. I will be featuring this in my 16 Stylish DIY Home Decor Ideas at Merry Monday on Sunday at 6 pm pst. Hope to see you at the party!

    Reply
  5. Alex kevin says

    January 16, 2020 at 6:11 am

    I am looking to change my door this year and somebody said that read some blog posts to find out which window company is best and after reading your post I am sure now that upvc windows are the best choice, thanks for sharing this awesome post.

    Reply
  6. window Screens says

    February 20, 2020 at 3:29 pm

    I especially like the thought of a word on the glass part of a storm door.

    Reply

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