20+ DIY Felt Letter Boards

Bring the letter board trend to your home with these DIY Felt Letter Board ideas. Customise them with different colours, frames or sizes for a fun project that adds a personal touch to your home decor.

Grab some felt sheets, a hot glue gun and some plastic letters to get started.

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DIY Felt Letter Boards.

Did you know you can make your own letter boards? I love how versatile and fun they are with their clever pun and inspirational quotes. They're perfect for displaying motivating or funny messages with your friends or family.

I recently bought a letterboard and while I'm not sure I could make my own from scratch (some of these tutorials look hard!) I definitely think I could give one a makeover after checking out all these fantastic letter board craft projects.

Related: Best Types Of Felt For Crafting

Collage of 6 felt letter board crafts.

Cute Letter Board Ideas.

With the letter board trend still going strong now is the perfect time to create a cute customised version of your own. The easily customizable boards are a cute way to display a quote in a room.

They can be made in any size, colour or frame that you want. You can go for classic black and white, rainbow stripes, purple ombre or a red heart if you've got some acrylic paint to hand.

I love the oversized pink one from A Beautiful Mess. Not only because it's pink and massive but also because it uses large letterboard letters as well.

DIY Letter Board.

There are a few different ways you can make your own letter board. The first one involves lining up wooden dowels and glueing them down to an existing frame.

Place the felt on top and press down into the grooves using a thin metal ruler. This is probably the trickiest part of the project.

Another way would be to cut some foam core board into thin strips and glue this down leaving a 2mm gap in between each strip. Use an old gift card or credit card to push the felt piece into place.

And for anyone who's worried about getting their pieces of dowel lined up straight definitely check out the rainbow letter board below by Aww Sam.

She cleverly used a single-faced corrugated cardboard sheet as her base. Hot glue is run along the ridges and then the felt is pressed down on top.

Check out the Best Glue For Felt here!

How To Use A Felt Letter Board.

There are countless ways you could use a letter board in your home. Here are some of my favourites:

  • Display an inspirational quote or positive affirmation.

  • As a meal planner in the kitchen.

  • Hang as part of a gallery wall.

  • As a menu board at a party.

  • To show off your favourite song lyrics.

  • For different seasonal greetings.

  • A photo prop for special memories. Think month-by-month baby milestones, first day at school, birthdays and even engagements and weddings.

Hang them on a wall or prop them up on a shelf or table for personalised home decor you can change up as often as you like.

DIY Felt Letterboard

DIY Felt Letterboard

Do you have basic motor skills and an hour or two to spare? Then quickly read on how to make this felt letter board!

Oversized Felt Letter Board DIY

Oversized Felt Letter Board DIY

Chances are you already have (or wish you had) a felt letter board of some sort in your home because they are really useful for lots of things: making menus for parties, month-by-month charts for babies, displaying your favourite song lyrics, etc.

DIY Felt Letterboard

This is probably the simplest DIY ever. Simply cut down your dowels to the width of the inside of your frame and cut down your felt into 1 1/2″ to 2″ strips. Wrap the dowels in the felt using hot glue and then glue each felt-wrapped dowel onto the frame

DIY Rainbow Letter Board

Learn how to give an existing letter board a rainbow makeover in this simple tutorial.

Vintage-Style Felt Message Board

Make a simple Vintage-Style Felt Message Board For Under $25. Tailor it to your exact style. From classic black and silver to playful hot pink and brass, make your message board unique to you!

DIY Custom Colour Felt Letter Boards

DIY Custom Colour Felt Letter Boards

Use any size frame, you’ll only be constrained by the length of your saying! While this technique is easy, this isn’t a super quick project and could take you around 2 hours to complete a board.

DIY Felt Letter Board

DIY Felt Letter Board

The plastic letters are what is going to cost you the most. The felt, picture frame, and foam core only totaled about $8.

DIY Rainbow Felt Letter Board

DIY Rainbow Felt Letter Board

How to make a felt letter board using corrugated cardboard. It totally looks like the front of a letter board, plus it’s so much cheaper it’s ridiculous! And guess how much our version cost?! $10!

DIY Letterboard Out Of Felt

DIY Letterboard Out Of Felt

What would you put on your letterboard? Inspirational quotes or cheeky song lyrics?!

DIY Felt Letter Board

DIY Felt Letter Board

DIY felt letter board! Make one in any size and colour you like!

DIY Ombre Letterboard

This purple felt letterboard is no easy feat. It is more time consuming that a lot of projects but it was SO worth it

DIY Felt Letter Board

DIY Felt Letter Board

All lot of felt letter boards are $50 and above! This tutorial will show you how to make a board of your own for around $20. That’s less than half price!!

Painted Heart Letter Board

Painted Heart Letter Board

Learn How To Paint a Letter Board with just a few simple materials and steps!

Felt Letterboard DIY Project

Felt Letterboard DIY Project

Get the tutorial. How to make your own rustic letterboard using felt and dowel rods.

DIY: Pink Felt Letterboard

DIY: Pink Felt Letterboard

Make a cute letter board using felt and simple wooden dowels. Follow the step-by-step video tutorial.

DIY Letter Board

This DIY Letter Board is a fun way to get a custom version of the popular piece… and it's a whole heck of a lot cheaper than the real deal, y'all.

Felt Letter Board

Felt Letter Board

A super easy but time consuming, DIY letter board.

DIY Wooden Letter Board

DIY Wooden Letter Board

Transform a thrift store picture frame into a wooden letter board and have had fun using it as an added piece of decor and party prop.

DIY Felt Letter Board

There were a few roadblocks and no, the board is NOT perfect, but I actually prefer that imperfect handcrafted look for some reason. Maybe it’s because I built something with my own two hands…and it required a saw.

DIY Farmhouse Letterboard

DIY Farmhouse Letterboard

Never forget to track your little one’s growth with this DIY letterboard. This will create memories for years to come.

DIY Letter Board That Won't Break The Bank

DIY Letter Board That Won't Break The Bank

You know those fancy letter boards you've been seeing all over the internet? We love 'em, but we don't love the price tag. The best part? You can make them whatever size or color you want for a fraction of the price!

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20+ DIY felt letter board ideas.
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Hi, I'm Emma. I'm a crafter, blogger and paper enthusiast living in the North West of England.

Gathering Beauty is the place where I share craft tutorials and diy inspiration. I started this blog back in 2013 as a way of sharing all the things I love and make. I share paper crafts, clay crafts, origami, printables and desktop wallpapers as well as the odd crochet and weaving project.