Black Friday is Friday 27 November 2026. Your shop window is the one ad you already own, and a hand-painted one gets noticed because it clearly isn't a printed poster. You don't need a sign writer. You need a printed template, a chalk marker and about an hour.
Why paint the window instead of taping up a poster
- It reads from across the street. Chalk marker is bright and opaque on glass, in daylight and under shop lights.
- You can change the offer mid-week. Wipe off the 30% and paint 50% for the Friday.
- It comes off with a damp cloth. No tape marks and no scraping. Try a small corner of your glass first.
- It looks like your shop made an effort. Customers notice.
Six Black Friday window ideas you can trace
All six come from our Black Friday Window Art templates. There are 12 designs in the pack.
- One big headline. "Black Friday" with lightning bolts, painted in white across your main window. If you only paint one thing, paint this.
- The offer in a starburst. "Up to 50% off" in fluoro yellow. The pack has swap numbers for 10, 20, 30, 40, 60 and 70%, at the same size as the 50, so the sign matches your real offer.
- A stamp badge on the door. "Deals inside" at eye level, in fluoro pink, where people reach for the handle.
- An arrow to the entrance. "Deals inside" with a bold arrow works well when your door is beside the window or around a corner.
- A whole week, not one day. The "Black Week" speech bubble suits shops that start their offers on the Monday.
- Percent signs to fill the gaps. Scatter them around your headline or along the bottom of the glass.
How to paint it in five steps
- Print at 100%. Use A4 or A3 at home. For a bigger window, tape four A4 pages together for a poster of about A2, or take the A0 file to a print shop.
- Tape the sheet to the outside of the glass with the printed side facing in.
- Trace it from the inside. Outline each shape first, then fill in the solid letters.
- Use the mirrored sheet for anything painted on the inside. Every design comes mirrored, so the street reads it the right way round.
- Peel off the paper and step outside to check it from the footpath.
Which markers to use
We painted our example with uni Chalk markers.
- A3 and bigger: the uni Chalk PWE-8K chisel tip, set of 8. It has white, fluoro pink and fluoro yellow, the three colours in our example, plus five more.
- A4 sheets and small details: the PWE-5M bullet tip.
- A0 print-shop size: the PWE-17K 15 mm tip fills big letters faster.
Keep it to white plus one or two accent colours. Paint each design in one colour. More than that and the window gets hard to read from a distance.
A simple plan for the week
- Monday 23 November: paint the headline and the "Black Week" bubble if your offers run all week.
- Friday 27 November: swap the number in the starburst to your best offer.
- Monday 30 November: wipe off the headline and paint the Cyber Monday design. It's in the same pack.
- Tuesday 1 December: wipe the glass clean and paint Christmas. Our Aussie Christmas and Christmas Line Art templates use the same markers.
Quick questions
I can't draw. Will it still look good?
Yes. You trace printed shapes through the glass. The steady hand is in the template, not in you.
Do I need an A3 printer?
No. The download has A4 files and tape-together pages, with overlap marks on every sheet.
How fast do I get the templates?
The templates are an instant download. If you choose the set with markers, the markers are posted from Tweed Heads.
Ready to paint? Get the Black Friday Window Art templates, or see every pack in Window Art Templates.
