DIY Mini Chalkboard Wall Hanging

With the dorsum to schoolhouse flavor upon us, it'southward time to get our spaces gear up for studying (sad, I know)! However, in social club to get good grades and not forget when those projects are due, having a infinite which works for you is of import. With that existence said, it'southward like shooting fish in a barrel to drown in all the products that you lot have to get for the dorsum to school flavor. I mean, were talking supplies, bedding, organizers and possible a new computer (if you're going off to college).

To save on money and bring a footling DIY into your life, I'm going to exist showing you how to make your own mini framed chalkboard from a cheap unfinished wooden puzzle piece tray!

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At present these unfinished wooden puzzle trays you can discover at the craft shop or online for super cheap. The nice thing is that you sort of get two potential projects in 1 because you accept to remove the puzzle pieces in social club to make your mini chalkboard. These puzzle pieces tin can then be used in a afterwards project, like creating coasters. Afterward removing the pieces you will have your tray, which will be used for this project.

However, if you can't observe an unfinished wooden puzzle piece tray, yous can always use a small skinny tray instead!

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Supplies

• Unfinished Wooden Puzzle Piece Tray or Regular Tray
• Chalkboard Paint
• Acrylic Paint
• Cream Brush
• Scrabble Tile Holder
• E6000 Mucilage
• Chalk

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Pace 1: Paint the outside edge of your puzzle piece tray and set it to the side to dry out.

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Stride two: Paint the inside of your puzzle piece tray with chalkboard paint.

During this step you lot want to follow the directions on the chalkboard pigment you are using. Some paints take different drying times and a fix number of coats you should paint. For this project I ended up painting four layers of chalkboard paint with each layer going a unlike direction (the beginning layer I painted vertical, the second horizontal and so on). Betwixt coats I let the paint dry an hr and then (once all 4 coats were dry out) 24 hours for the thing to cure.

Again only follow the directions on your chalkboard paint bottle.

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Step 3: Pigment your scrabble tile holder and prepare it to the side to dry out.

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Footstep iv: Apply some E6000 gum to the back of your scrabble tile holder and adhere it the border of your wooden tray. Then set the whole matter bated to dry out.

Once your scrabble tile holder is dried on to your puzzle piece tray, then you're set up to hang upwardly your new mini chalkboard!

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This mini chalkboard would be the perfect addition to a dorm room or even to a kitchen! You could also go equally far as adding mini clothespins or hooks on the frame portion, to make the mini chalkboard even more useful.

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On a side note, my puzzle slice tray already had a sawtooth hook on the dorsum for hanging. However, if your using another type of tray for this project, just glue a sawtooth claw onto the back of your tray.

If you made this mini chalkboard frame, what colour would yous paint yours?

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