So, it's has been quite some time since I've posted on here! We have since moved into what we hope to be a long term house. I'm finally getting around to turning this house into our home...while working 2 jobs and trying to be Supermom.
Kyin & Sophie just started back up at school this past week, which means lunch menus, tons of papers sent home and of course, homework. While staying with my in-laws we had a large cork board that we used to put all of the kids papers on. I missed having a go to spot in this house for their stuff. While cleaning the dining room and front room today I got a bug in my butt to set up a spot for their stuff. I'm pretty happy with how it turned out.
I ended up mixing a bunch of different ideas I found on Pinterest to create our area. It's not quite finished, as I want to frame it with rulers/yard sticks but I can't for the life of me find any!
Here it is!
Supplies:
Roll of cork board, I found this at Hobby Lobby for $14.99. Thank the Lord for 40% off coupons. I did look at Joanne's for the cork board, but did not find any.
1.5 yards of Burlap, $5
Project Life cards, $4.99
Pre-cut Plywood, (2) $4.99
Acrylic Paint, $1.79. You can use any color, to keep with a traditional chalk board, I went with black.
Push Pins & Small Binder Clips, $5
Clear Chalkboard Coating Paint $2.99 at Hobby Lobby
Hot Glue, Sharpie, Chalk, Acrylic Paint marker
Lay out your burlap, then lay the cork board on top (cut to the size you want). I double layered the cork board and hot glued the edges, as mine was fairly thin. I then trimmed the burlap so there was enough for a 2" overlap and hot glued it to the back, pulling it as tight as I could. It was still a little loose, but not terrible. I hung mine by nailing it into place. It's fairly flimsy, so I couldn't think of another way to hang it. To make the chalk board- I bought pre-cut plywood at the craft store and painted it with black acrylic paint. Once that was dry I put a horizontal coat of the chalkboard coating on it. The bottle says to let it set for 1 hour, I let it sit for maybe 45 minutes. Then I put a vertical coat of it. It's recommended that you let it set for 24 hours. No way I was waiting that long. I let it sit for about another 30 minutes. I then 'seasoned' the chalk board by running a piece of chalk on it's side all over the board. This is supposed to help avoid ghost images on the chalk board. Once the board had been seasoned I hung that sucker up too. I will be framing it out with yardsticks, once I can find some.
Close up of Kyin's space. I couldn't find any cute thumb tacks, so I bought plain silver ones and painted them. I thumb tacked the binder clips in place. The name card is a Project Life card.
Aren't these adorable!? I might just change them out with the different seasons. Love love love the Project Life products!
Again with the Project Life! This is one of the journaling cards. I used it for a reminder of the kids daily school activities. I normally forget about Library day, hopefully this will help me!
The lunch menu. So I can remember when to pack cold lunches.
My little chalk board. I used a white acrylic paint marker to write on it, then chalk for the daily activities.
My birthday reminder board. My husband hates this, but I think it's cute. Just a wooden plaque from Joannes, a knob from hobby lobby, twine, and some tags from Hobby Lobby.
My other chalkboard I made. This one is going to be 100% chalk so I can change it out whenever I feel like it.
Enjoy!!
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