DIY chalkboard on a wall

I made this little chalkboard last week for my 2 year old daughter and she has put it to good use so far.
She loves to draw circles and people. Even though its hard to make out what is who and who is what... she points to each figure and says, "that's momma, that's dadda, that's grandma, that's baby, that's... etc". I'm glad her creativity is being stretched already.

I just painted a piece of wood (actually it was a piece of thin cupboard backing) with brown chalkboard paint and glued on a strip of molding to the bottom to hold the chalk.

Fun with chalkboard paint and japanese masking tape

I whipped up some crafts with my daughter the other day trying to use things we have around the house. 

We came up with some chalkboard cupcake toppers, a Valentines Day card with chalkboard, and used some Japanese masking tape to decorate the card and some of the shelves on my craft cupboard.

To make the toppers or card, spray some chalkboard paint on a sturdy piece of card stock. Let it dry then cut it up for anything you want to create. For the toppers I used some double stick tape.

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THE craft of the season:

Chalkboard Pumpkins!

They have become not only my daughter's favorite thing to play with, but mine too!

I highly recommend that everyone make one.

We took a craft pumpkin (the fake ones that are the styrofoam/rubbery type) and spray painted some chalkboard paint on it. 

I saw the idea on this blog -Zakka Life, she has detailed instructions if you need them. But it's pretty self explanatory, just spray.

We also took a cheap $1.99 plastic pumpkin (those trick-or-treat baskets) and painted that too, which works fine (also about 90% cheaper- those craft pumpkins can get pricey, but they last forever). The cheaper pumpkin was actually less frustrating to draw on for my daughter because it doesn't have deep grooves like the other.

Zakka Life blog said the paint also comes in colors... you could make a few for Thanksgiving too!

That chalkboard spray paint has become my new best friend.

I can't wait to see what else we can make with it.

Chalkboard paint Pumpkin!

Genius! 

 Get out your craft pumpkin and chalkboard paint for zakka life's brief tutorial on how to make this forever lasting -face changeable- pumpkin.