Baseball Themed Front Porch Decor for Fall

The Kansas City Royals, my hometown baseball team, is in the ALCS playoffs. So in support of them, I decorated our front porch in a "Be Royal" theme. Obviously this could be adapted to any baseball team or to any sport!

I put together painted barnwood, a baseball wreath that I made, pumpkins and spray painted mums for a fun baseball themed front porch.

First I painted an old piece of barnwood in Sherwin Williams "Commodore".

After that dried, I used this stencil pattern from Hobby Lobby to stencil the words "BE ROYAL". I also made sure to free-hand in the "bridges" (the gaps) on the letters so that it looks more professional.

It looked perfect until I realized that my "Be Royal" sign said "Be RoyalS". Lol. Nothing a little blue paint over that extra "s" couldn't take care of. This is what happens when you craft too fast!

I spray painted some pumpkins for the project because I'm obsessed with painted and decorated pumpkins. My best pumpkin tip is this: spray paint the bottom FIRST! This pumpkin has the stem down in the box to make it easier.

Another great tip is to wrap the stem of the pumpkin in tin foil so that you don't spray paint it. I used "Patriotic Blue" by Krylon for the spray paint color.

And then I was feeling totally froggy, so I spray painted my half-dead mums. Yes, I spray painted them. THEY WERE GOING TO DIE ANYWAY. =)

And now they look ammmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmazing.

The crown on top of the Be Royal sign was a split second decision when I realized that Burger King, yes..... Burger King has crowns with their kid's meals. I literally laid it down on a piece of cardboard and spray painted it gold! And then I stapled it to the barn wood. You can't tell at all unless you are right up on it.

The baseball wreath was a project I had made earlier this spring. You can find the tutorial to make it on my website at http://themagicbrushinc.com/how-to-made-a-baseball-wreath-for-our-front-door/

And my front step decor is "ROYAL".

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