Thursday, June 25, 2009

Chalkboard Creations Party

Make sure to stop by The Shabby Chic Party to see lots of other ideas. Also, I'm hooking this up with Hooked on Houses. Both are kind enough to offer up giveaways/prizes. Checkout what everyone is doing with chalkboard paint and what they are "hooked" on.
Where to start?  I absolutely love chalkboard paint and recently came across PLAID colored chalkboard paint. Along with glittery/sparkly paint too.
However, our tour will only be representing good ole' black chalkboard paint. We start with the toy closet door. Living in CA we don't have a need for a coat closet. That one coat we all own can be stored in our bedrooms, since we have way more toys.  My hubby built shelves to hold all our board games, puzzles, etc.  I wanted to add something else to it, since we don't have a playroom or basement (our house is tiny for 6 people and 2 dogs) for the children to play.  I decided on making the backside of the door a magnetic chalkboard. The children love drawing and playing with letter magnets (note: when taking photos, collect the alpha magnets that are strewn all over the floor). 

We now move on to the infamous chalkboard labels. This bookcase used to store encyclopedias from the 40's that belonged to hubby's grandfather. Realizing we aren't using the encyclopedias we put them in storage and decided to use the bookcase for something more useful.  I went to Target and bought these baskets. I added these labels to identify the items....Library books, Rodger toys (easy for him to access), wooden animals, etc.  I did a dry "rub" of paint on the bookcase to give it new life and then added the red to the labels too. The paint was leftover from our front door. Again, two of the baskets were in use. However, we have Copper joining in on the fun!!

Let's move over to kitchen. My silver platter chalkboard to write "Happy Birthday", "Merry Christmas", etc. Click on the words "silver platter" to read about it.  All about re-purposing! ;)
Last, but not least...our chalkboard globe. All credit is given to this post I saw on Makezine. I was going to use the globe to hold family phone numbers for the kids to easily locate. However, I can see Gregory spinning and spinning it til it breaks. So, then I decided to use it as a mini-lesson for learning  about geography. With the raised continents we can outline them in chalk, identify the continents, oceans, and countries. It is resting on top of my Scrapbook Armoire, as a decoration. Don't look at the crack at the bottom. I found it at the thrift shop for $3. Instead of going to the dump I've re-purposed it for our needs. On top of the armoire you can't see the crack, and the kids don't really care.

Thanks for taking a look and joining me on the "Chalkboard Party" and "Hooked on Chalkboard Paint" tour. Be sure to stop by tomorrow for "Pink Saturday".

21 comments:

  1. oooooh, love all your projects!! You have a new follower! :)

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  2. All great ideas!! I love the globe! The possibilities are endless with chalkboard paint!
    Thanks for stopping by my blog:)

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  3. Super cool ideas ! I need more chalkboards in my home !
    HUgs ~ Kammy

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  4. These are all great projects!
    The globe couldn't be more fun!
    *Tricia

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  5. That globe is seriously cool! I would have never thought of that, but it's AmAzInG!

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  6. Hello Pam - love all your great chalkboard ideas! Especially that cool door!

    Blessings,
    Marie
    http://emmacallsmemama.com

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  7. excellent ideas! thanks for stopping by my blog to say hello :-) Your blog is great!

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  8. Those area all great ideas! I've never thought of a chalkboard globe. What a great way to teach geography!

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  9. Love all your ideas! Does the magnetic paint work well for you? I keep wishing I'd made our kitchen chalkboard magnetic. The globe and the platter are awesome, fun projects and great re-purposing!

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  10. Jen B, the magnetic paint works really well. However, make sure you have a sturdy magnetic. we tried to use these clips that had a tiny magnetic dot and they slid down the door. But the bulldog clips, the letters and our fridge magnets all work. I guess you could add some of the adhesive magnets to the back to make them work better if they are sliding. I did 2 coats of the magnetic primer and 3 coats of chalkboard paint.

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  11. What fun ideas! Got such a kick out of the globe. Very clever! :-)

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  12. Ok! The globe is my favorite. How fun for kids! Thank you for sharing your ideas.

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  13. WOW! a globe. I would have never ever thought of a globe. Very cool and clever, even if you did get inspiration from somewhere else :)

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  14. Wow! The chalk board door is great!!! I also loved the globe, very cool!!!

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  15. I adore all of your chalkboards! Fabulous!
    Thakn you also for taking the time to stop by my blog! So kind! I love new friends!

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  16. Hi Pam,
    I have wanted to try chalkboard paint. The plate on top of your cabinet caught my eye.
    Cathy

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  17. The globe is amazing--what a creative idea. I need to get some of this paint!!! Hoe to see you over at my bog soon...

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  18. I love the door, which can write things to ask my kids (or wife..hope so) to do.

    I just bought the Malaysia made Candy Chalkboard Paint www.candypaintasia.com
    They have different colors. I will paint my door in purple & blue color.
    I know they ship international. May be you can email them

    p.s. I painted 3 days ago, and when erase, there isn't any chalk stain on it. Great quality. Recommended.

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