Learn how to make all your own DIY Christmas signs and unique decor easily and professionally with stencils! Includes signs, pillows, mini trees, placemats, doormats, plus more!

‘Tis the season to decorate our homes up to the hilt with all the Christmas and winter decorating signs and other decor touches!

However, how often do you search for just the right sign, but can’t find the size or message you desire?

How about a desired Christmas pillow design that fits your theme perfectly in size and color?

That’s where customizing comes in!

Customizing your own holiday season Christmas decor helps you plan out exactly what you want, in the size you desire, and in the colors you love best!

However there’s a secret ingredient that helps me create my own Christmas decor crafts quick with very professional results… and that’s by using Christmas stencils.

But not sure what to make?

Get ready to be super inspired with loads of easy Christmas home decor ideas of signs, festive pillows, fabulous mini Christmas trees and other decorating ideas in this one post!

Here’s how!

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37+ easy DIY Christmas signs and decor to make with stencils

View all stencils HERE / all Christmas stencils HERE

Why use stencils?

Stencils are premade templates that make sign making or decor designing easy!

For DIY signs, the most intense work is in the design process. However a ready-made mylar stencil offers everything that’s ready to use. All you need to do is decide what to make, then just add paint!

What kind of stencils are best for wood?

Mylar stencils LOVE reclaimed wood.

Because most of my rustic Christmas signs are made on wood, I like to stencil with mylar stencils. You simply position the stencil in place, then stencil the images with paint, no matter what condition the wood is in underneath.

Mylar stencils aren’t sticky unless you add stencil adhesive. You can either using masking tape to hold the stencil into position, or hold the stencil with your hand until stenciling is complete.

So if your preference is creating with bare or reclaimed wood sign decor with a farmhouse Christmas sign twist, using mylar stencils makes it very easy!

Visit our entire line of Christmas stencils HERE

Where to find Christmas stencils

My own line of Funky Junk’s Old Sign Stencils are primarily designed to be used on DIY Christmas signs and unique decor. Here’s what they offer:

designs for all seasons
designed in bolder fonts for readability, just like real signs
real sign maker fonts are used
all stencil designs are completely original
lots of mix and match designs to get more out of your stencils
made with registration marks helping to position effortlessly
made from high quality 10 mil reusable mylar
online store / available worldwide / local retailers

New Christmas stencils by Funky Junk’s Old Sign Stencils are added each holiday season. So be sure to follow our newsletter to be alerted when the newest stencil designs have been listed!

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So… ready to Christmas decorate to the hilt? Here’s a few supplies to stock up on.

DIY Christmas signs and decor supplies

Festive Christmas stencils of choice
Stencil brushes – my fav kind are dome tipped like THESE
Wood – I like to use reclaimed wood from fences, pallets, etc.
Rattan placemats / door mats / pillow covers / wooden crates (I get mine from IKEA)
Miter Saw
Cordless Drill
Palm sander
Paint of choice – I enjoy using Fusion Mineral Paint HERE (and get 10% off!)

Learn all about how to stencil with my fav supplies in THIS POST.

How to stencil DIY Christmas signs with flawless results

Not sure how to stencil, or do you find you get paint bleed?

Stenciling is actually very easy! The main key is to ensure your paint-loaded stencil brush feels dry. Try these steps:

Position the stencil onto your project with masking tape.
Load the stencil brush with paint.
Remove most of the paint off the brush until the brush tip feels dry.
Tap or swirl the paint through the stencil for the desired effect.

Additional stencil tips:

Avoid using lots of paint as this will cause paint to bleed under the stencil.
Using less paint with more coats is better. Leave the stencil in place and stencil again if more coverage is desired.
If repositioning the stencil, ensure the back is dry before moving it.
Distress your painted images by using sandpaper after your image is dry.

Visit many stencil videos in THIS POST.

Learn more tips on how to stencil from THIS POST, which includes all my fav stencil supplies as well!

So let’s make 37+ easy DIY Christmas signs and decor ideas to make with stencils that are easy to copy!

Hot Cocoa DIY Christmas signs

Hot Cocoa Bar with snow filled cup

Mini Hot Cocoa Crate sign

View Hot Cocoa With Cup stencil HERE

Every Christmas, I dress up a new coffee or hot cocoa station with a festive touch with an attempt to save on space.

Hence… this fab compact Hot Cocoa Bar sign stencil that can fit in smaller kitchen spaces perfectly! And is sized to fit trays, placemats, pillows, crates and more. It’s the perfectly sized wooden Christmas sign that fits most anywhere!

Here’s a couple of other ways to make a creative and easy hot cocoa station:

Hot Cocoa Bar sign with white snowflakes

Wintery Hot Cocoa station with a plank and toolbox

Stencil – Hot Cocoa Bar

This easy Hot Cocoa sign made with two planks is festive and easy! Doesn’t the chippy wood look like it’s been hit with snow?

A fav trick of mine is to add a spacer behind the sign so you can use S hooks to hang up mugs!

Crate-style Hot Cocoa appliance garage sign

Hot Cocoa station and appliance garage

This clever Hot Cocoa appliance garage hides all your hot cocoa or coffee supplies, while proudly showcasing holiday decor instead of kitchen clutter. A super clean look that really works!

Visit this post to learn how to build it and see how it works inside!

Fresh Coffee sign with mug hooks

An easy coffee beverage station using 2 planks

Stencil – Fresh Coffee

While this sign is for coffee, it’s easy to use this idea to create a longer hot cocoa station using a piece of wood plank or two! This tutorial showcases adding spacers to the back so you can hang up your mugs too!

Find other:

Hot Cocoa stations HERE

Coffee stations HERE

Hot Cocoa stencils HERE

Vertical Front Porch Christmas signs

Pallet Christmas Tree

3D Pallet Christmas tree with added planks

Stencil – Pallet Christmas Tree / Mini Snow Flurry

Learn how to make this charming pallet Christmas tree sign by using cedar strips for a fun 3D effect!

Stenciled Christmas tree sign

Tall Christmas Tree sign with a 3D wooden crate

Stencil – Tall Christmas Tree in Crate stencil HERE

This creative Christmas tree sign allows you to decorate the tree any way you wish! Shown is using Christmas Crates stencil for a rustic pallet take.

Added is a 3D crate element that makes it easy to add DIY Christmas decorations such as berries, bows, ornaments and more! This look offers a timeless modern farmhouse style that would look sharp in nearly any home!

Rustic JOY porch DIY Christmas signs with snowflake

Chippy barnwood JOY snowflake porch sign – with video

Stencils – Joy-Large / Large Snowflake

This Christmas JOY rustic sign uses 2 stencils and chippy red barn wood, perfect for December 25th! It was the simplest, fastest Christmas sign I’ve made to date!

Vertical JOY Christmas sign with Buffalo Checked ornament

Joy porch sign with Buffalo Checked ornament – with video

Stencils – Joy Large / Large Ornament

This DIY Joy sign is so easy to make, using 2 planks of wood side-by-side. But what makes this idea for DIY Christmas signs extra special is the Buffalo Checked Christmas ornament that replaces the O in Joy for a fabric wreath effect! Add some ribbon or evergreen branches with a hot glue gun for a truly charming 3D look for loads of unique holiday spirit!

The JOY stencil also comes in a horizontal format which would work well for a Christmas season mantle.

Gift tag shaped NOEL porch Christmas signs

Noel vertical porch sign shaped as a Christmas tag

View stencils: Noel / Ornament Accessory Kit / Argyle-Small

This charming Joyeux Noel sign can be as plain or decorative as desired! Use all the letters of NOEL, or replace the O with an ornament, stenciled in a festive Argyle-small pattern!

What sets this Christmas wooden sign apart is the shape of the sign, resembling a giant gift tag! A very simple touch that really makes this sign unique in this detailed tutorial.

View Snow Day stencil HERE

Vertical Snow Day porch sign

Snow Day vertical sign stencil

Snow Day celebrates all the GOOD things a big snowfall brings! Beauty, a ton of fun, and if you’re super lucky, a day off work or school. Am I right?

Decorate the glove with the added snowflakes!

Or replace the glove with an O, ornament or snowflake from Joy-Small and Accessories!

Note: this is not a done sign as yet. Coming soon!

Bingo-style Christmas countdown sign

Christmas Countdown Bingo-styled sign

Stencils – Christmas Countdown Bingo / Buffalo Check Medium

A Christmas countdown is a festive staple, however why not make it even more unique using a Bingo-styled stencil? Stenciled onto a bulletin board makes this one easy to countdown the days with items on push pins!

Lit-up Christmas Trees sign with a wood frame

Illuminated Christmas Trees sign

Stencil – Christmas Trees

Create a truly unique Christmas tree sign by repeating the tree pattern on this stencil, then illuminate them with mini white Christmas lights!

Sleigh sign on a vintage sled

Vintage sled decor for a porch or shed

Stencil: Vintage Sled Company

If you’re a collector of vintage sleds used as decor, then this sign stencil is for you! The stencil comes in two sizes to fit smaller sleds plus longer toboggans!

DIY Christmas Pillows

Christmas pillows are easy to make, and customize in any color you wish!

My own secret to making custom Christmas pillows is to use space-saving pillow covers from Ikea, then stencil both sides, one side being Christmas and the other, all-season.

Pillow covers safe lots of storage space, vs. buying a new pillow each time!

Here’s a few DIY Christmas pillow ideas to make, all using IKEA pillow covers and feather inserts.

Cozy Christmas sweater throw pillows

Christmas sweater pillows – with video

View Christmas Sweater stencils HERE

These Christmas sweater pillows couldn’t be easier to make, thanks to a repeating Christmas Sweater stencil! Shown are two samples in black and white. Which is your fav?

Achieve this partial Christmas sweater look by simply not covering the entire pillow.

Stencil: Poinsettia Christmas Sweater stencil

Stenciled Argyle pattern throw pillows

Argyle pillow in frosty blues for winter – with video

Stencil – Argyle – Large

This Argyle pattern looks complicated doesn’t it? But it isn’t! The 2 stencil layers do the trick, resulting in a very authentic argyle pattern.

Argyle pillow in neutrals – with video

Stencil – Argyle – Large

And here is the same Argyle pillow stenciled in cozy neutral tones of black, white and tan for a year around look!

Reindeer Feed Christmas pillow with grain sack stripes

Grain sack striped Reindeer Feed pillow – with video

Stencils:

This Reindeer Feed grain sack striped Christmas pillow is designed to look like an authentic grain sack! The helpful video tutorial includes how to add Grain Sack Stripes with a truly authentically weathered look.

Coordinating Christmas pillows with Merry Christmas and Plaid pattern

Merry Christmas and Plaid pillows – with video

Stencils:

This festive Merry Christmas pillow has stenciled Christmas trees that can also be decorated! Add a cute colour coordinated plaid pillow to coordinate (in same post) and you have a charming festive pillow set!

This stencil is perfect to create a compact Merry Christmas sign as well.

Stenciled falling snowflake pillow in neutrals

Easy snowflake pillow – with video

Stencil – Winter Graphics

One of my favorite Christmas pillows is this winter snowflake pillow using 3 different sized snowflakes. Love the neutral black snowflakes on white pillow background!

And with a winter pillow, you can leave it up for months after Christmas too!

Find more pillow ideas HERE

Christmas table decorating ideas

There are several different ways a table can be decorated for Christmas too… how about with a patterned placemat or festive cloth napkins?

Stenciled Buffalo Check Placemats and napkin ring trees

Buffalo Checked Christmas placemats – with video

Stencil – Buffalo Check

Ikea rattan placemats were Buffalo Checked then Plaid added to achieve this amazing iconic layered look!

Learn how to stencil with Buffalo Check HERE

View our many Buffalo Check projects HERE

Stenciled Christmas napkins using tea towels

Ikea hack Christmas tea towel napkins – with video

Stencil – Christmas Crates

Two Ikea tea towels were quickly turned into festive napkins with the Christmas Crates stencil.

DIY Wood Christmas Trees

Wood Christmas tree stenciled sign with lights

Stenciled wooden Christmas Tree sign with lights

Stencil: Woodenville Christmas Trees

Get the look of wooden Christmas trees with a simple Christmas tree sign, using an old window for the frame! The added lights add a festive twinkle for those long winter evenings!

Easy wooden pencil Christmas trees

Wooden pencil Christmas trees with easy stencil kit!

Stencil: Pencil Christmas Trees

Love the look of wood Christmas trees? Here’s an easy way to create AND decorate them, with a handy customized kit that fits standard wood strips!

Wood Christmas trees with wood block tree skirts

Scrap wood Christmas trees in present bases

Stencils – Grain Sack Stripes

These charming scrap wood Christmas trees in present bases are easy to make, and fun to customize!

The present ribbon is stenciled on easily and quickly with Grain Sack Stripe stencils!

Wood Christmas tree farm on a plank

Mini Christmas Tree Farm with Scrap Wood

Stencil – Mini Christmas Tree Signs

If you have a little scrap wood, this adorable mini Christmas tree farm with scrap wood can be made in just a few minutes!

The scale of this stencil suits smaller projects perfectly!

Small wooden Christmas trees with rustic crate markings

Scrap wood Christmas and winter trees with crate designs

Stencils – Christmas Crates / Mini Christmas Patterns

These scrap wood Christmas trees shown in both Christmas and winter ideas are easy to make! Wooden triangles make very simple trees, then stencil Mini Christmas Patterns and Christmas Crates to get these festive looks!

Wood Christmas trees with rusty junk tree skirts

String wrapped Christmas junk base trees with mini TREES sign

Stencil – Christmas Trees stencil

This festive Christmas tree project uses twine-wrapped small chippy wood triangles decked out with adorable junk bases to further the Christmas story.

Add mini DIY Christmas signs and you have the perfect little Christmas tree farm vignette!

Rustic Pallet Christmas Tree sign with tree skirt bucket

Pallet wood You Cut Tree Farm sign shaped like a tree

Stencil – You Cut Tree Farm

4 planks of pallet wood were cut to size, then attached to a branch to create this adorable tree-shaped Christmas tree sign. SO easy and fun to decorate with!

Christmas Trees tree skirt crate with faux tree forest

Ikea crate Christmas Trees mini forest – with video

Stencil – Christmas Trees

Collect little faux evergreen Christmas trees too? Place a few into a small Ikea crate as a Christmas tree skirt, and create an adorable forest grouping with an appropriate Christmas sign to chime in!

Other stenciled Christmas decor

Wooden houses Christmas Village

DIY Christmas village with wood and stencils

Stencil: Christmas Village

Get the look of those little wooden houses easily with a handy Christmas Village stencil kit sized to fit standard 2×4 pieces!

Crate snack box, Chestnuts theme

DIY wood crate snack box for serving nuts

Stencil: Chestnuts

Learn how to build a DIY wood crate from reclaimed wood, then use it as a rustic holiday snack box for serving (and hiding) nuts, stenciled with a charming Chestnuts theme!

Oversized Christmas sweater ornament

Wood round Christmas Sweater oversized ornament

Stencil – Christmas Sweater

Creating an oversized Christmas ornament is easy, by using a precut wood round or lazy susan teamed up with a repeating Christmas Sweater stencil!

Wood snowmen made from scrap wood

Wood block snowmen with burlap snowflake or rope scarves

Stencil – Winter Graphics

Make a charming snowman or snowmen out of wood posts! These are so quick and easy to make, thanks to the simple cut wood blocks out of posts! Add rope or burlap scarves to complete this wintery rustic look!

Stenciled Christmas sweater skis for Christmas decor

Painted snow skis for Christmas or winter decor

Stencil – Christmas Sweater

Painted skis make fabulous winter or Christmas decor! However, add a Christmas sweater pattern for a truly unique cozy winter look! Shown in Bayberry green, but would look equally adorable painted in a frosty blue or festive red!

Stenciled Buffalo Check front door mat for a porch

Cozy Buffalo Checked front doormat – with video

Stencil – Large Buffalo Check

This Buffalo Checked doormat is cozy and so on-trend yet timeless! And couldn’t be easier to make using a large Buffalo Check stencil and large brush.

Consider other patterns such as Argyle-Large and Houndstooth-Large as well!

View all pattern stencils HERE