Lemon Birdcage Napkin "Family" Sign

Make a gorgeous DIY Lemon Birdcage “Family” Sign with some wood shims and a cute decoupage napkin. This easy to make DIY home decor won’t break the bank and its cute as can be too!

I have a confession. My name is Amanda and I am addicted to napkins.

So much so, that I started a Big Pack of Craftkins, napkins for crafting club!

The Big Pack of Craftkins is my quarterly variety pack of 18 individual adorable napkins sent straight to your door, so that you never have to waste your money on entire packs of napkins for crafting again. 🤯

Then you won’t have the problem that I have and have packs and packs of extra napkins that you used ONE to craft with and have 39 leftover!

Don’t worry if you don’t have the exact napkin I am using in this project, use what you have and if you need some help then get on the waitlist for my napkin subscription.

This Lemon Birdcage “Family” sign can totally be made with a napkin that you have in your stash. So raid your craft area and let’s get to napkin craftin’!

If you want to see a whoollleeee bunch of other napkin crafting ideas, check out these other 47 crafts we made with them and tell me your fave!

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Supplies Needed to Make a Lemon Birdcage Napkin “Family” Sign

Wood background, wood shims, and a napkin with a birdcage with lemons.

Lemon Birdcage Napkin (From my Big Pack of Craftkins subscription)
8″ wood shims
Rectangular wood background
4 x 4 wood square
Small wood “family” word cutout
Mod Podge
Burlap
Ceramic Sunflower Beads
Twine
Yellow paint – I use Golden Sunset
Green paint
Small white flowers
Antique Wax
Boxwood greenery
Hot glue gun

How to Make a Lemon Birdcage Napkin “Family” Sign

I made this Lemon Birdcage “Family” Sign on video. So you can WATCH the tutorial by clicking below.

Amanda holding the completed project on a Facebook live thumbnail.

Watch the video HERE

First, you need to paint your entire background all yellow and stain your shims with Antique Wax. I used 8 shims total.

Then glue your shims to the yellow background, alternating thick end with thin end of the shims.

Next, separate the layers of your napkin so that you are left with the single top ply, and then Mod Podge it to your 4 x 4 wood square.

Sand off the excess napkin with your Gator sander or sanding sponge.

A napkin with a birdcage, with lemons, a bird, and small white flowers.

To give it a more finished look, glue twine around the edge of the napkin square.

A piece of twine glued to the edge of the square with the anpkin.

Next, paint the word “family” yellow, and the small heart green to match the napkin.

Glue a strip of burlap under the napkin onto the wood shims, and glue the word “family” on top.

The word family painted yellow with the dot of the "I" being a small green heart instead of a dot.

Add some boxwood greenery and small white flowers to each side of the word for extra decoration.

Boxwood greenery and small white flowers coming out of each side of the word family.

Last but not least, make a Sunflower bead hanger, and glue to to the top to hang. I reinforced the hanger by gluing a strip of ribbon over each end.

The back of the project showing the glass sunflower bead hanger glued to the top back, hanging on the wall.

And there she is! All done and looking cute as can be.

Remember, you could make this with any napkin, it doesn’t have to be the same one! But if you need some help finding cute napkins to craft with, make sure you get on the Big Pack of Craftkins waitlist!

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