Use your favorite font and make it the size you need then print it. It all starts on a computer! Simply type the phrase you’d like in any printable document on your computer. You might have seen all the gorgeously decorated chalkboards floating around online or in stores and wonder, “How do they get that perfect chalkboard lettering?” If you’re like me, my handwriting is nothing to brag about! Here is how they do it and you can to! In my experience homemade chalkboards don’t wipe clean with an eraser like an old fashioned one, but can easily be cleaned with a slightly damp rag. You could try the product I used on our chalkboard placemats if you want a different option. There are lots of varying recipes online but I use Plaster of Paris.
Old windows, doors, frames…all great for a new blackboard! (a cute helper makes this project even more fun)įor my chalkboards I paint them with a homemade chalky paint. Start with a large piece of hard board and cut it to fit whatever frame you decide to go with. The chalkboard portion of this tutorial is much like the placemats I recently showed you. Today I decide to rip the screen out of one and make a giant chalkboard. Some have traveled on to friend’s houses to gussy up their walls. They have made their way into various projects around our house like this and this. I think they surrounded an outdoor porch.
Luckily I had my husband’s truck and I loaded up about 10 of these cast off screens. I heard them whistle at me as I drove by. Chalkboards aren’t exactly new, but they really are so much fun! Especially when it’s a huge chalkboard with huge chalkboard lettering going on!Ī while back I was picking the kids up from school when a giant stack of window screens begged me to take them home. There have been a number of chalkboard projects flying around our house lately.
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