DIY Santa Stop Here Sign + Free SVG File

Get ready for Santa’s arrival by making this DIY Santa Stop Here sign, and download the free SVG in the post at the bottom.

Kids are rotten and you’re nervous the guy in the big red suit won’t even stop by your house this year to deliver coal??

No need to fret, this sign will catch Ol’ Saint Nick’s attention!

I wouldn’t call out kids ‘rotten’, but they’ve made some poor choices in dealing with each other lately (probably a combination of cabin fever and tension) that have made them question if Santa would even come visit us this year.

So I got the idea, particularly for the little children, to make a big, bright sign to help Santa remember us ;).

The kids LOVED the sign and are excited about Christmas again, even to the point of trying to work together on small goals and projects this season.

If you’ve never made a sign like this before, be sure to read my tips in the post or leave a comment on this blog post so I can help answer any questions you have.

I’m sharing a free SVG at the bottom of this post on how to make this easy DIY Santa Stop Here Sign that you can download and create your own personal sign as well.

This post may contain affiliate links, however, all opinions are my own, as always.

What You’ll Need for this DIY Santa Stop Here Sign

Here is what I used to create this sign:

2 pieces of 3mm Baltic Birch wood (I pre-painted my wood, but you can always paint afterwards)
laser machine
SVG file (grab my free SVG download at the bottom of this post!)
Starbond glue – this one is my favorite for gluing wood to wood or acrylic to wood
acrylic in colors Red, Blue, Green, Yellow, Silver Glitter
spray or acrylic paint in Red and White
2″ wired ribbon in your color choices (I went with Red/White Stripes and Silver)
hot glue gun
zip tie

I recommend at least 1/4″ for door signs, particularly in the case of owning a home with heavy winds (*raises hand*). You’ll need some weight to your door hanger to prevent it from being easily lifted up and crashing down because of heavy winds.

Ask me how I know.

Or just take my word for it, and stick with 1/4″.

For this door sign, because we’re adhering two layers of 1/8″ (or 3mm) wood together, we already make up that 1.4″ weight for our sign, especially considering the small border of white that shows past the outline of the red octagon.

Fonts Used in this Design

Here are the fonts I used for this sign:

AppleMyungjo (for ‘Santa’ and ‘Here’)
Arial Bold (for ‘STOP’)
Barn House (for the bottom line of lettering with our last name)

I have included in the SVG file for you the lettering pictured in this post except for the line of lettering that has our name in it, as obviously that wouldn’t be needed for your sign).

My Laser Machine

In this project, I’m utilizing the Nova Plus 35 60W, which is a workhorse laser machine – read the specs here.

This machine has been incredible for crafting nursery signs, ornaments, door signs, tiered tray decor, and so much more!

The honeycomb on this laser bed is perfect for making larger items like nursery signs, door signs, etc.

Laser Cut Settings for Baltic Birch Wood

laser cut shapes and letters in Nova Plus 35 60W

To cut these shapes out cleanly, I used these settings with my laser machine:

Cut wood: 8 mm/s at 50% Max power, 25% min power

Score wood: 200 mms/ at 15% Max power, 5% min power

(Scoring in Lightburn if a LINE setting, not a FILL setting (engraving). I use this option to lightly trace an inward offset to mark where the letters go so I’m not eyeballing everything. Consequently, I forgot to do this when cutting out my red octagon, so I HAD to eyeball everything.)

If you want to score the outline of the letters, I recommend do an inward offset (this helps hide your score lines so you can use them as a reference but they aren’t seen as part of the finished project, which makes your sign look CLEAN), as shown in the screenshot from Lightburn below…

lightburn screenshot showing inward offset

And here is what that would have looked like, if I went through with it…

As mentioned before, this scoring just provides a inward reference point for you to place your letters so they are even.

FYI: If you have a CO2 laser, the settings will differ for you as well as my settings shown in this post are for my RF laser. It’s recommended that you run a test sheet for scoring/engraving/cutting for your laser so you have some go-to settings for the different materials.

I chose this specific piece of white (pre-painted by myself) wood as it had gotten scuffed up a bit being in the garage at the same time as my kids while it was drying.

If you know, you know.

But it was perfect for this application as I would be covering it up with another piece of wood anyways.

Here’s what it looks like underneath…

diy santa stop here sign with scuffed up marks on white octagon

This isn’t terrible, and it won’t be seen underneath the red octagon so it’s perfectly fine in this application.

Adhering the Layers of this Santa Stop Here Sign

Before we glue, notice my lack of score lines on the red octagon – oops!

Definitely a rookie move, but salveagable with endless tweaking of the letters. 😉

My favorite glue to use to adhere wood to wood or acrylic to wood is this glue by Starbond.

It does take a bit to set so be sure to plan for drying time.

Aside from sitting on top of the red octagon for a while to ensure it glued in place, you can also use heavy duty clamps like I use.

diy santa stop here sign gluing wood together

To adhere the letters to the red octagon, I used the same glue but used magnets on top of the letters and on the bottom of the sign to hold the letters in place while the glue works its magic.