DIY Hippity Hop to the Coffee Pot Sign

This DIY HIPPITY HOP TO THE COFFEE POT SIGN was simple, fun to make, and super inexpensive. Nearly all of the supplies came from the Dollar Tree.

My intention was for it to be a seasonal sign but it makes me smile so it might stay up all year.

Let’s Create!

Supplies Needed to Make the DIY Hippity Hop to the Coffee Pot Sign

The two Easter signs and the Farmer’s Market sign pictured below from the Dollar Tree
Paint in color of choice – I used a cream/light yellow
Paint Markers – I am really liking these Paint Markers from Amazon.
Black Sharpie
Stencils, printables, or transfers – I made a printable in Canva
Hole filler
Sanding block or paper
Scissors
Paint brushes
Glue gun
Vinegar
Protective covering for your work surface

Making the DIY Hippity Hop to the Coffee Pot Sign

I started by dismantling my three Dollar Tree signs and setting aside the pieces needed for this project:

Striped portion of the Farmer’s Market sign
- I just took off the part that said Farmers Market, setting aside the striped square for this project.
Corrugated metal bunny from the Easter Blessings sign
- The bunny just pulled right off the sign. I removed the bow as I wanted to age the metal some. If you don’t plan to age the bunny you might leave the bow on as I never did get the glue off.
Wavy square Bunnies plaque
- With the glitter pieces from the Dollar Tree I like to peel the paper off just to avoid it continuing to glitter everything and then I use the backside to paint on. This one was attached with staples as well so I filled those holes and sanded it first.

Remove staples, peel glitter paper, fill holes, and sand

Weather the Metal Bunny

Weathering the bunny is really easy. I took a sanding block and roughed the surface a little. Honestly I don’t know that this step was necessary as I ended up liking the side I didn’t sand more. To age the bunny, pour some vinegar in a Tupperware and let it soak. I got impatient and kept removing it to check and trying to prop certain sections to age more evenly. My advice, put it in the vinegar for several hours and leave it be. If you want it even more rustic, leave it in the vinegar longer. I am really not sure why his arm is weird?

You will see in the finished project, I ended up using a little metallic paint I got out for the lettering on it. It isn’t a good job at all but it just makes it not look so obvious from a distance as it was driving me nuts.

Paint the Wavy Square Plaque

Lay out some protective covering for your work surface and gather your supplies.

Painting over this MDF board from the Dollar Tree I have discovered takes several coats. Chalk paint covers this type of board best but I have more colors in acrylic and didn’t want to deal with making my own chalk paint. My first coat of the cream color barely covered so I did a nice thick coat of white next and then followed it up with two more coats of the cream color.

Sign Lettering

Now we are going to add our lettering to the little square plaque sign. If you have a Cricut, stencil or transfer you would like to use go ahead. I didn’t so I found a font I liked in Canva and printed it on the inkjet in the size I wanted.

Steps to get the printable design on wood

Print the words in the desired size.

Take a pencil and using the side of it’s tip shade over the backside of your printed script.

Once you have finished applying the pencil, tape it down (pencil side towards the wood) and trace over it with a ballpoint pen.

Remove the paper to reveal your paintable script.

For more detailed (with pictures) instructions on the letter transfer process see my Love Notes Holder tutorial.

Next up is painting on the lettering. I used a combination of a black paint marker and a black Sharpie for the majority of it. I transferred and painted everything but the ‘to the’ and got to tracing with the black Sharpie and paint marker. Once that was dry I added the ‘to the’ using the same transfer process and traced it in silver. There were a few areas I had to touch up as I got heavy handed with the pencil and also just colored outside the lines. For those, I touched up with some smaller brushes at the very end.