Chalkboard Makeover
June 21, 2010
My niece, Sofie, loves to chalk. When she’s here she grabs some chalk and wants to use it all over the house. My sister said she will hide chalk at home to have access to it whenever she wants. We gave her a lap size chalk desk for Christmas and it just wasn’t quite big enough for the ultimate chalking experience.
I found this cute chalkboard when out junkin’ one day. I just knew I had to have it. After I got it, I realized it was a PB Kids easel! Score! It was in rough shape and needed a bit of TLC, so I set out to refinish it for Sofie’s birthday. Her party was this weekend and she was quite happy with her new chalkboard!
Here’s how it looked when I found it.
I wanted to make it more girly looking. My sister loves Amy Butler fabric, so I figured I’d spiff it up with some Amy Butler scrapbook paper decoupaged to the tray. It was my first time using Mod Podge and I hope I did it correctly and it doesn’t fall off later. I also got chalkboard paint and repainted the chalkboard. I made it pink!
I forgot to snap a picture of it before we left for the birthday party, so here it is after Sofie got started chalking. It’s the first thing she opened and she wanted to chalk between opening gifts. She was cute!
I took some fabric and fleece (felt may have worked better) and layered it to make an eraser. Then I attached it to a ribbon with a magnet on the back of the chalkboard so my sister can remove it to wash it.
To coordinate the eraser and the tray, I made some paper flowers to go at the top.
Here’s the birthday girl trying it out for the first time. I can’t believe she’s 2 already!
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June 21st, 2010 at 11:47 am
Saying hi from SITS! Welcome to the group! I’m fairly new to SITS and blogging but really enjoying it. You obviously have way more arts talent than I do — great job on the chalkboard! We’re about to redo my 12 year old daughter’s room. I could really use a little bit of that creativity sent my way:-).
Come by and visit sometime in a spare moment: omgyummy.wordpress.com.
June 21st, 2010 at 12:41 pm
Wow what a find, turned out super cute!
June 21st, 2010 at 11:17 pm
We LOVE the chalkboard!! Sofie still adores it and spends a great deal of her day chalking on it. I’ve got it in plain sight to keep chalk from wandering all over my house, and she doesn’t seem to mind! She stood drawing for a full 30 minutes today while watching Georgie! So thanks Aunt Mer-Mer!
June 22nd, 2010 at 7:36 pm
Great job on the chalkboard!! Hi..I’m Barb….I am from TTA & Santa’s Gift Shoppe. I am your newest follower. I hope you will get a chance to visit my blog @ santasgiftshoppe.blogspot.com
& get inspired by something for your family/home. I hope you will follow me as well. Nice to meet ya new friend!!!
June 22nd, 2010 at 9:20 pm
Thanks for joining us for Anything Related #12! ~Bridgette
June 23rd, 2010 at 12:30 am
cute! what a difference a little paint and embelishments can make! BTW, thanks for stopping by on my SITS day and making me feel special!
June 23rd, 2010 at 4:20 pm
Wow – that is super cute! Thanks for stopping by my blog and I hope you can kind some patterns that are in better condition.
Mine were “iffy” but under glass they looked a lot better.
June 24th, 2010 at 9:20 pm
This is a great makeover for an old chalkboard, well done! Happy Transformation Thursday <3
June 24th, 2010 at 9:21 pm
This is a great makeover for an old chalkboard, well done! Happy Transformation Thursday <3