Where do you buy large letters?

[ilovetheviolets]

I tried the search function...so don't get mad at me if the answer is already somewhere on this board.
Where do you buy the large letters that chapters use to pose with on bid day? Thanks in advance for your help.

[AOII Angel]

As far as I know, most people get someone to make them for them out of wood. We had several sets of big AOII letters that were used for many events including rush, bid day, football games, homecoming, etc.

[DeeZeeOE07]

The fraternities on my campus always make letters for the sororities. We have like, 3 sets of letters floating around - one that's ours, one that the fraternities keep passing around, and an old set that's in our storage closet haha

[TNPhiMu]

We had one of the collegiate member's dad's to make them for us. Then, a couple of our girls painted them.

[AlwaysSAI]

How are they made exactly? With a saw or what? I mean, how do you cut the letters out of the wood??

I've been wanting to make some for my SAI chapter since I joined, but I don't know how.

[AOII Angel]

You can use a saw. If you don't know anyone who can help you with the wood, you can also use the 1-1/2 inch foam insulation. You can cut the shape with a knife, including the inside pieces. I did this to make 36 sets of AOII letters to put in our windows at the dorm. You can paint the foam side and put any design you'd like. They are fairly durable, but be careful with them since the foam can break...I broke a few but fixed them with toothpicks of all things! The foam comes in the same size as sheet style wood used for letters. It is also much lighter.

[AlphaFrog]

SAI would be fairly easy to do. It's not like Xi or Theta that have ~ that isn't connected to anything.

[AlwaysSAI]

Originally Posted by AOII Angel

You can use a saw. If you don't know anyone who can help you with the wood, you can also use the 1-1/2 inch foam insulation. You can cut the shape with a knife, including the inside pieces. I did this to make 36 sets of AOII letters to put in our windows at the dorm. You can paint the foam side and put any design you'd like. They are fairly durable, but be careful with them since the foam can break...I broke a few but fixed them with toothpicks of all things! The foam comes in the same size as sheet style wood used for letters. It is also much lighter.

I like the insulation idea.....I'm gonna hafta look into that.

It's not the making of the letters I'm concerned about. it's more the cutting them out. Maybe I'll start with insulation and eventually move on to wood.