Elly loves chalk. True, it’s partly because she has acquired a taste for it, but it’s also because it can be erased easily, providing endless hours of drawing or at least a solid 10 minutes.
So when Elly drew on the newly painted attic door with permanent marker, I decided to repaint it using chalkboard paint.
Now when she gets tired of helping me cook, she can draw.
Because I needed a place to jot menu ideas as well as items to be added to the grocery list, I made a miniature chalkboard for me too.
Total cost for both – $12.25
Chalkboard paint from Walmart – $10
Frame from Memories n More, local consignment store – $2
Yellow paint – from stash
Acrylic coat over yellow paint – also from stash (and to think I was going to throw out all my paint because I hadn’t used it in over a year)
Chalk from Walmart – 25 cents
2 chalkboards just means more happiness in my turquoise kitchen!
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That was absolutely brilliant! But Elly will soon be too tall for the low board…
You have a good point. Maybe I’ll end up painting the top section of the door too in chalkboard paint. I have more than 3/4 of a can left over.
In most of the pictures I took, she was sitting down, so maybe I have another year to dilly dally about it.
Still, it’s a brilliant idea!