Diy Marquee Letter Lights

Pull off the back piece and remove any cardboard pieces from inside the letters.

Diy marquee letter lights. Tuck the wires inside the cardboard and use the clips on the lights to secure the wires if necessary. Where you have to backtrack. Drill holes for the lights. Lights should fit snuggly but a bit of hot glue will make sure they stay in place if needed.

Any help would be appreciated. Determine where you want each light to go on your letters and draw a small dot for each bulb. A drill with a bit barely larger than the diameter of your light sockets duct tape paint of choice. Leave only the length needed to plug the sign in.

Does that mean you need 2 outlets to light up the whole sign. Spray paint the letters and let them dry completely. The letters can be used like this if you don t want to add the trim around the edges. Thread a bulb from the string of lights through each hole from the back of the sign.

If you wanted you could put the lights on the front of the letter which would put the lights completely outside of the letter frame. Use an x acto knife to cut along the seam of the back sideof each letter. Since these letters are hollow once you start to cut you ll be surprised how easy the rest of the letter will come out. Measure the diameter of the light sockets mine with the clip needed a 7 8 diameter hole.

The first step to creating this lighted marquee letter was to find a letter that was hollow in the back. A wooden letter of your choice available at most craft stores 1 2 strings of lights with bulb covers that are removable mine had led bulbs with round plastic covers popped off and. We actually put the lights in the back of the letter since we liked that look better. I used a drill and 7 8 spade bit to drill the holes.

We built a set of diy wood and metal marquee letters for our wedding and they were actually the first diy project we ever started. I m about to start this marquee project and was wondering if you could tell me how you connected the lights. Tape i used packaging tape depending on how many letters you use and how big your letters are you may need one two or even three sets of globe string lights. Tuck the remaining string behind the letter after removing the leftover bulbs.

We had 25 lights and 25 holes so we made sure that a light was used in each one. Place a light bulb in each hole and screw on the backing connecting the letters as you go. My bliss diy marquee letters used two sets exactly. I started with the l then the g then finished with the w.

The globe lights in your link say that you should only connect 3 strings at a time which leaves one letter not connected to the rest. I added trim around the plywood letters to give them a marquee look. Using cardboard step 1.