Don’t you love vintage-looking wooden blocks? These hauntingly beautiful wooden blocks for Halloween are the perfect addition to your Halloween Decor.
If you remember, I created some of these blocks for the 4th of July tiered tray.
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Vintage Wooden Blocks for Halloween
For This Project, you’ll need:
- Wooden blocks
- Orange and Black Acrylic Craft Paint
- Printed Vintage graphics
- Scissors, paper cutter, or X-Acto knife, straight edge, and cutting mat
- RUST-OLEUM Clear Topcoat
- Gloss Mod Podge
- 1-inch flat brush
Print And Prepare the Vintage Halloween Graphics
You can find all kinds of vintage graphics online. My favorite spot is GraphicsFairy.com. She has lots of free images. I right-click on the images and click “save image” to a folder on my laptop. Then, using Pic Monkey, I upload them to a blank canvas. You can use your favorite photo editing tool.
I first choose the 8.5″ x 11″ blank template. Pic Monkey has a grid option where you can choose rows and columns. Type in 5 rows and 4 columns. On the top left, choose ‘add image’. Choose the option from “Computer”. Then, add the graphics you saved from your computer file.
Printing The Graphics
The graphics I used this time are free from sympletymes.Blogspot. I blew half of these up to fit on an 8 x 10.5- inch paper. Then, I did the same to the remaining half of the graphics.
Resize them to fit in the grid squares you created earlier or choose a portion of the pictures to fit in the squares. You can see that I used only half of the graphics. The grid helped isolate the area I wanted. Then, I copied the other half.
At this point, you can move them to the center away from the edges of the paper.
Then, print the graphics on regular copy paper. I like to topcoat the graphics with a clear topcoat, so the ink won’t bleed when you apply the Mod Podge. You’ll want to take this outside to spray. I used a low-cut cardboard box. Apply a couple of coats and you’re good to go.
It’s easier to do this before you cut out the 2-inch squares! When you spray them, it’s not a big deal, but those cut squares fly around a lot more than the ones on the sheet.
Remember, you will need 6 graphics for each cube. Notice that you need to crop the pictures to a 2-inch square for these blocks. You don’t want to make them 2-1/4 – inches. You’ll have problems with the corners and the black or orange background makes a nice frame. I used a paper cutter, but you can use a straight edge, cutting mat, and X-Acto, or scissors.
Paint The Wooden Blocks
These wood blocks came from The Dollar Tree. If you use a different brand, you will want to measure and adjust as needed. Apple Barrel has a ‘pumpkin orange’. I decided to use the orange instead. You can see the difference in the picture. The pumpkin orange is the lighter orange.
Paint one coat of paint over all sides but one. Rest the cube on that side until the paint is dry. It won’t take long. Then, paint the last side.
After the paint has dried, take a piece of brown paper bag and sand the cube, especially where the sides connect. Once you have done this, you can feel that the painted surface is smoother. It also tones down the sharp edges. I know, it doesn’t seem a piece of paper bag would do much, but it does.
Paint a second coat of paint over the sanded blocks. Then, sand again with the piece of brown paper bag.
Glue The Halloween Graphics to The Wooden Blocks
Then, apply Mod Podge to the back of the graphics. Also paint the Mod Podge on the flat surface of the block. Then, center the graphic on the cube. Gently press the paper onto the wooden cube. Make sure you have the edges pressed down firmly.
Apply Final Coats of Mod Podge
Next, apply a coat of Mod Podge over the graphic. Be sure the edges are pressed firmly down against the wood. You can easily work on the other three sides and the top, allow those to dry a while, and then finish the bottom. This gloss Mod Podge dries relatively quickly after application.
Apply another coat of the Mod Podge over each side. You can paint the Mod Podge over all of the sides except one. Then, when the sides are dry, paint the last side. Make sure the glue doesn’t glob on the edges.
I love these wooden blocks for Halloween! Aren’t they adorable?
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