Distressed Patriotic Flag Heart Sign

Hello friends! July 4th is over a month away, and there are so many ways to show off your red, white, and blue spirit. Today I made a cute little patriotic sign using a wooden heart sign and a paper napkin. I’m excited to share with you how easy it was to make and hope to inspire you to create one for yourself. I originally bought the heart sign from JoAnn’s back if February; I thought I would use if for a Valentine craft project, but never got around to it. But I have to say that it worked out perfectly for this craft project. Follow along and see for yourself!

Items needed for Patriotic Flag Heart Sign

wooden heart sign
flag paper napkin
Mod Podge and small paint brush
sanding sponge
U, S, and A Scrabble tiles, optional
glue gun

Heart sign from JoAnn’s and napkin from Dollar Tree

I started by unfolding the napkin and cutting off only the front piece, then separating the two layers. This leaves a single very thin layer of the paper napkin.

You can see how thin the napkin is at this point. I checked to see if it fit on the heart sign and noticed that I didn’t quite cover all of the edges. I didn’t let that bother me too much because I knew I was going to distress the finished product. Normally I would have painted the wood with white paint before attaching the napkin, but I knew I wanted the sign to have a vintage, distressed look; and it was ok with me if the wood showed through a little. So I brushed on a liberal amount of Mod Podge to the sign and laid the napkin down, gently smoothing out the wrinkles as best I could. Then I applied a top coat of Mod Podge to it.

You can see a little bit of wood peeking around the outside edges in a few places. But not to worry, I will be taking care of that soon enough! Once it was dry, I tore the outer part of the napkin away.