Now that the mornings are beginning to get a little crisp, (even though the days are still quite hot), I find myself getting the itch to create Fall decor! As I was browsing the Target dollar bin aisles I found a really cute pack of two Fall stencils that I just couldn’t pass up! Two stencils for $3! So I decided to make a coordinating pair of DIY Fall wall decor plaques.

DIY Farmhouse style Fall decor
To create these, I cut two 8″ long 1×12 boards. I then stained both boards with Minwax Dark Walnut stain and let them dry.

Stain 1×12 boards with Minwax Dark Walnut.
Once the stain had dried, I wrapped painters type around the middle section of one of the two boards, covering about a 2″ section of board:

Wrap painters tape around a 2′ section of one of the boards.
I then spray painted both boards with a few light coats of White spray paint:

Spray both boards with a few light coats of white spray paint.

Spray both boards with a few light coatings of white spray paint.

Spray each board with a few light coats of white spray paint
Once the paint had dried, I used the stencils I had purchased at Target to create the designs.

Stencils purchased from dollar bins at Target
First, I taped the “hello Fall” stencil to the all-white board. I first colored in the leaf design on the stencil using an orange Sharpie marker.

Fill in leaf design with an orange Sharpie marker.
Then using a soft paintbrush and gold craft paint, I lightly applied the gold paint over the orange marker.

Using a soft paintbrush, lightly dust over the orange marker with gold craft paint.
I then used a black Sharpie to fill in the word “hello”.

Use black Sharpie marker to fill in the word “hello”
Next, I used the soft paintbrush and gold craft paint to fill in the word “Fall”.

Use gold craft paint to fill in the word “Fall”.
In that same target dollar bin, I also found this really cute pack of wood adhesive leaf decorations:

Wood adhesive leaf decorations from Target.
I chose a gold and a copper leaf to add to my Fall artwork:

Add adhesive wood leaves to decorate board.
For the coordinating piece of DIY Fall wall decor, I removed the tape that was around the middle of the board.

Remove tape around the center of the second board.
I then lined up the stencil so the word “and’ was centered over the brown stained portion of the board, and taped the stencil down. I used white craft paint and a soft paint brush to fill in the “and” and designs on each side of the word.
I then used a black Sharpie to fill in the top word “Thankful” and I used the gold craft paint to fill in the bottom word “Grateful”.
Now, when I begin putting up my Fall decorations in a couple of weeks, I will have two coordinating wall art pieces to bring the feeling of Fall into my home!

DIY Farmhouse style Fall decor

DIY Farmhouse style Fall decor

DIY Farmhouse style Fall decor
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