What does this sign say?

It reads “But Don't Get Caught”, carved into the wood and hand-stained. The wording is fixed — this design is not personalised, so what you see is what arrives.

Is this a safe gift for somebody else's house?

Yes. It carries no name or date to get wrong, so there is no spelling to confirm and no guess to make. It suits a housewarming, a wedding or a milestone anniversary.

Where do family signs usually hang?

Entryways and mantels take the shorter lines; kitchens and living rooms suit the longer ones, because those are the rooms people sit in long enough to read them.

Are the letters carved or printed?

Carved. Every letter is cut into the wood on a CNC and the piece is then hand-stained. There is no vinyl and no printing, so nothing on the surface can peel, chip or fade off — run a thumb across it and you can feel the letters.

What wood is it made from?

Solid pine or poplar, milled by an Amish sawyer near our shop in Kentucky. Never MDF, plywood or particle board. Pine takes a stain warm and shows its grain; poplar cuts cleaner and gets used where the lettering is finer.

Be Good Sign | But Don't Get Caught Carved Wood

A Be Good Sign With Fine Print

Plenty of walls preach virtue. This carved be good sign preaches it with a loophole — Be Good... But Don't Get Caught — the family motto for households that value both ethics and plausible deniability, deep-cut into solid Kentucky wood.

Mischief, Permanently Documented

Advice this practical shouldn't peel off the wall. Every letter is CNC-carved into solid pine or poplar and hand-stained in one of twenty finishes — Sunday-school white to getaway-car black. The words sit down in the grain, holding their shadow lines through years of technically-not-lying.

Where the Advice Applies

Kids' hallway — parenting with realistic expectations
Game room — the house rules, summarized
Office or cubicle — corporate survival wisdom
Grandparents' house — where the rule was invented

The Specs

Solid locally-sourced pine or poplar — never MDF
Three sizes: Small 16" x 3.5", Classic 24" x 5.5", Bold 30" x 7.5"
20 hand-applied stain and paint finishes
CNC-carved lettering — never printed, never vinyl
Sawtooth hanger pre-installed; handmade in Kentucky, free U.S. shipping

The Gift for Lovable Troublemakers

Birthdays, graduations, retirement parties for the coworker who knew where the bodies were buried — this is the funny advice sign that fits anyone with a twinkle in their eye and an alibi in their pocket. Three carved sizes, twenty hand-applied finishes, free U.S. shipping with the sawtooth hanger pre-installed. The small size tucks onto a bookshelf between the alibis; the Bold commands the whole game room. Browse our other funny carved signs and complete the wall of questionable wisdom.

If the wording is not the one, the Mountain Signs run “Don't Climb Mountains for the World”.

Be Good Sign — But Don't Get Caught | Funny Carved Wood

A Be Good Sign With Fine Print

Mischief, Permanently Documented

Where the Advice Applies

The Specs

The Gift for Lovable Troublemakers

Real Wood. Real Craft.

V-Carved, Not Vinyl

Handmade in Kentucky

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