ABC Decor

I teach Preschool out of my home & since we are WEEKS away from the 1st day of school, I decided it is PAST time to get working on a few projects I wanted to get done this summer...and have put off until now;)

I made this little ABC decor to fill a blank spot on my preschool wall, using ONLY what I had around the house...

Here is a little HOW TO, just for YOU!!!

I had these Good Will finds sitting in bags in my home for far too long, so I decided to pull them out & Craftify them!

One Window Box Frame & several small frames...

oh the possibilities! This window frame was 99 cents & the 6 small frames were in a bag, all for 99 cents!

I toyed with several possibilities, starting with the idea to hang starfish in the center of the frames with fishing wire(which I still may do in the future), but for now, I REALLY needed to fill this space in my preschool room!

You see, I push pinned this point chart up on my wall last year, but I have since moved my
"point system" to individual folders & needed to put something in it's place

BEFORE "Meet The Teacher"!

I took the 3 small frames outside for coat of RED spray paint...

and gave the Window Box a new coat of WHITE...

Then I measured and cut squares from a piece of Mat Board.

You could also use WOOD...but

 I had mat board & no wood. 

Easy decision.

Cut those pieces with Scissors!

Much easier than the saw it would have taken to cut wood...

Coated the 3 squares with a coat of Black Chalkboard Spray Paint...

After all the pieces dry, I brought them inside so I could stop melting in the 110 degree weather!
 

Time to "prep" your chalkboards.

Just lay your chalk on its side & cover entire area...

now wipe clean & write a fun saying or in my case, I wrote "A...B...C"...

Now put your mat boards in the frames, securing them with a dot of glue on each side...

Next, I decided how I wanted to hang them.  

 I decided that Ric Rac would be fun in my Preschool Room

& I simply attached it to the back with a stapler...

Once the Ric Rac was attached, it was time to attach them to the window box...

More Staples on top of the inside of the window box frame...

Decided that I didn't like how they hung a bit crooked.

Read: remember that I am slightly OCD...

and hung the small frames directly to the wall instead & then hung the window box around them...

Much better!

There are SO MANY projects you can do with the stuff laying around your house! 

I know this well, because I USUALLY start a project during my son's nap time, which means I CAN'T leave even if I need something, so I've learned to make do with what I have!