There is a good chance you’ve seen this project before
when I shared it with Jamielyn’s fantastic readers at her EXTRAORDINARY blog I Heart Nap Time.
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But just in case you missed it here it is ONE MORE TIME!
when I shared it with Jamielyn’s fantastic readers at her EXTRAORDINARY blog I Heart Nap Time.
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But just in case you missed it here it is ONE MORE TIME!
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Just a few weeks ago I found these silver platters at my local Dollar Store…
and my first thought was CHALKBOARDS!
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I went home right away and I took out my chalkboard paint…
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I went home right away and I took out my chalkboard paint…
{THANK YOU SO MUCH TO DECOART FOR PROVIDING THE WONDERFUL PAINT FOR THIS PROJECT}
I was ready to get this party started 
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I gave the platters enough coats of paint to cover the entire surface perfectly…
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I gave the platters enough coats of paint to cover the entire surface perfectly…
They looked awesome already!
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After they dried I prepared the surface spreading chalk all over and wiped it off with a clean sock…
The sock worked perfectly!
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After they dried I prepared the surface spreading chalk all over and wiped it off with a clean sock…
The sock worked perfectly!
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For the next step I used a drill to make two holes in each platter…
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For the next step I used a drill to make two holes in each platter…
Do this slowly… I don’t want you to get hurt!
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We were ready to decorate the platters with some chalk…
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We were ready to decorate the platters with some chalk…
My kids gave me the ideas for the drying…
How cute is their sketch…?
…Yes, I am a copy cat!
How cute is their sketch…?
…Yes, I am a copy cat!
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.First I used white chalk to outline the drying…
.First I used white chalk to outline the drying…
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…and after I used some color chalk since my little assistants thought that
it would look better…
You must ALWAYS trust the pros!
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At this point we just had one more step… to connect all three platters.
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At this point we just had one more step… to connect all three platters.
You can use fabric or ribbon among some other thing for this step!
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.We love Halloween so much
that we hung it up right away…
.We love Halloween so much
that we hung it up right away…
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.Here is how it looks with some color fabrics
for the connections….
.Here is how it looks with some color fabrics
for the connections….
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The coolest thing about this project is that you can use it all year long just change the colors of the fabrics according to the seasons.
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Now looking at it I think it would look very cute with the words:
TRICK
or
TREAT!
LOVE HALLOWEEN!
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Loving Target!
This would be great to use for my daughter, they play school all the time. Homemade and portable teacher’s/student chalkboard