I love making things i actually use and get to play with!
So this week i made...........DRUMROOLLLLLL............Chalkboards yeahhhhhhhhh!
So i made chalkboard paint, and painted some old wood my daddio brought me.
and i was so amazed they work, and they wipe chalk off with a damp cloth :)
so happy! so lets get started shall we?
Chalkboards at home
So, you'll need:
- Black paint (or any colour your chalkboard will be)
- Course tiling grout
- Paintbrush
- Mixing pot & mixing stick
- Something to paint onto (wood, wall, etc..)
So first things first, make sure you prep your area, a few sheets of newspaper will do the trick. You can do it outside if it's easier but it was super windy and raining slightly so i had to make do with the breakfast bar.
Now I'm angry because picmonkey isn't playing my game, and isn't letting me edit my pictures. GRR.
and now it has:
Also i was watching celebrity juice so help pass the painting time :)
So, you can prepare your wood, sand it down if you need to, and prime it. I was going for a rustic look so i just painted it straight onto it, but it depends what you're doing!
Next you want to mix equal amounts of grout and paint. Really i put more grout in after it was mixed, just because it looked like it needed some more. I think it's down to how your mixture looks when it's all mixed through.
And this is what it looked like after i mixed it. Now because the grout was white and the paint is black its going to go grey, not black. But i promise it dries darker.
Now you want to grab your paintbrush and get painting. As mine was a thick mixture you could see where it had been painted on, but again this adds to the rustic look i was going for.
This is the other piece i was doing! i didn't even clean it i just painted straight onto it. Again, you can prepare it if you like.
This is what they ended up looking like!
I don't think they're fully dry in the picture but they certainly look like chalkboards to me!
Now because I'm brilliant i don't have picture of them with stuff on, but i do have a picture of the stall i used them on this week!
My pretty stall!! :)
I'm making bath fizzes next week so I might blog about that next!!
So it's now time to end, and i have to find a funny picture....but what will it be this week...
LETS SEE!
hahaha, first picture i found.
i blood loved it!!
Byes!