Make your own light-up cityscape marquee sign complete with superheroes to defend it!
The other week I wrote a roundup post of marquee signs and was reminiscing about how Aa and I had our wedding reception at an old movie theater with an actual marquee (they even put our names up!) and it reminded me how much I love them. I actually made a marquee sign for Christmas a couple years ago but that didn’t light up and then, while I was poking around the internet, I realized that marquee signs are so in right now that they actually make light kits for them! How cool is that? And while O’s room is mostly “done” I know it still needs a few things, so I decided to combine our architecture love with his superhero love and make a Superhero Cityscape Marquee Sign. And he was soooo excited. “That’s for my room? And it lights up?! Do I get to have the lights on at night?!” It was adorable. I think he’s probably my biggest fan and it seriously cracks me up when he comes over to where I’m working and says things like, “Oh, that’s a beautiful wreath, Mommy!” Heart melting. Anyway, this was a fun project and I’m going to show you how to make your own and I’ll even share the generic superhero figure templates with you! Here we go…
Superhero Cityscape Marquee Sign
White or black foam board (I’m a convert to the dollar store foam board, it’s so easy to cut! If you can find black, you’ll be able to skip the painting step.)
Exacto knife and extra blades
Superhero template (click here to open and print: superhero_cityscape_template_littleredwindow )
Black spray paint, I actually used this (optional)
1. Draw out your cityscape, I recommend laying out your lights as you go to make sure they’ll all fit. For my first try I made a cityscape that was too wide for the lights I had. Using your craft knife, cut it out.
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