DUCK!!! Don’t Bump Your Head
Now for something a little quirky, or should I say quacky 😎 Coming down the stairs in our little round house can be tricky if you’re over 5’11. The ceiling is quite low and you’ll need to duck to avoid bumping your head. We needed a sign to warn all our tall friends but the ones you can buy are a little too boring, so we made our own using one of those rubber chickens that go “boop, boop” and some pallet off cuts. Those chickens drive our dogs mad, I don’t think they like the sound.
What you need
Cut and sand the pallet off cut and then stain or paint it. We did a mock up of the text on the laptop using a LetterPress font we found on The Graphics Fairy. To transfer the letters to the wood we used GHiANT’s Transfer Spray. I love this stuff, it’s like carbon paper on steroids – just spray it on the back of your image, wait for it to dry (about 5 minutes) and trace. It doesn’t smudge, it’s super easy to use and it really goes a long way.
We used a Sharpie to color in between the lines and lightly sanded the letters to make them look worn. To attach the duck, aka rubber chicken, we drilled two small holes on either side of the duck’s neck and used fishing gut to hang him up. At this point he was going “boop, boop” and the dogs were going nuts.
Attach the duck using fishing gut
Our little pallet sign is ready.
Starting tomorrow, whatever life throws at me I'm ducking, so it hits someone else
Pinny please if you love your tall friends 😉
What about you, will you duck too?
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Love it, hahaha, so clever XD
*pins*
Thanks so much Dione 😀
So cute and funny!
😀 Thank you Cristina
Michelle, this is such a clever sign and so funny! I’m sure this is a laugh that just gets every time one of your guests sees it.
I think they do, especially the really tall ones 😉
Lovin’ this project all over again! Cute, clever, funny… and effective!! 😉
LOL, Sarah – thanks again 😀
You’r funny! I love the tweet saying too. Duck so it hits someone else.
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Oh wow your crafts always leave my fingers itching to be creative.
This particular one made me smile, cause those chickens creep me out LOL. I’ve never heard of Transfer Spray and now I need to get some ?
LOL Lindi, momma chickens always chase me but the little babies are so cuddly 😉 until they become momma chickens. You can get the transfer spray at PNA and it’s really so easy to use. P.S. I’m glad your fingers are itching
LOL! That’s great, very creative. I love the worn look of the sign. It is so much cuter than the signs at the store.
😀 I agree Linda, the ones you get in the store are so bleh. I really wanted to make our tall friends to smile a little before ducking.
Quacky, haha! Great craft. 🙂
Lol, thank you 😀
Bwahahaaaha, that’s brilliant
Thanks Anon 🙂