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!

 

 

Chalkboard CLOCK

I have been thinking of new clock ideas lately & when I saw a can of Chalkboard Spray Paint at Home Depot last week, I had to get it! This is a SUPER SIMPLE project & a fun gift idea for a child or adult. Grab a box of COLORED CHALK to go along with it & they are set!

I started with traditional white numbers...

and then I switched to some hot pink flowers & lime green numbers...and then tried out Blue & Yellow for a little boy's nursery...

This is so much fun...The possibilities are ENDLESS!!!

*You could easily do this with a clock you already have, that you just don't love anymore! That way you already have the mechanism & hands & the face would just need a coat of chalkboard spray paint!

Linking up to Beth's Chalkboard Paint party over at Stories of A to Z...come link up your chalkboard projects, new or old!

Chalk it up!

Every once in awhile I enter a contest, knowing that my chances are SLIM...

BUT, there IS always that CHANCE!

And so when I entered over at Hope Studios on her Tutorial Tuesday, I wasn't expecting to get an email from her that said "WINNER WINNER CHICKEN DINNER!" 

The Magic Brush had donated an awesome prize 

and

I was SOOOOO excited!!!

And then today I got this in the mail...

 and opened it up to find this...

and she even sent a cut glass door knob to hang it...

which I can't wait to do!!!

THANK YOU Jennifer!!!
I love it!

Chalkboard Project #2...

After picking up a can of Chalkboard Spray Paint last week, I decided to try out 2 new projects.

The 1st was a Chalkboard Clock & it turned out how I imagined!

The 2nd was a Chalkboard...on Beadboard.

and here is a sneak peak at that project...

I'll show you the rest after it is hanging up in my Preschool Room!!!

Chalkboard Paint

I picked up some of this last week...

and have 2 projects drying outside as I write!

I hope they turn out like I am picturing them...