Travel Chalk Boards

I found a great idea on Pinterest the other day and thought I would try it out!  I loved the idea of making a personalized chalk board for the girls that they can carry in the car with them.  The pin on pinterest used new cookie sheets.  I have been needing new cookie sheets, so I repurposed my old, worn out ones instead, I got the new ones to cook on!  Here is how you do it!

1)  You have to paint your pans with primer, I tried putting the chalk board paint directly on the pans, and it did not work!  You can get cheap spray primer at WalMart.



2)  Once the primer dries, you can paint the pans with chalk board paint.  They make it in a spray can, which would be much easier, however, I had some left over from another project, so I had to brush it on.  I did use a roller for the open parts.

The chalk board paint has to dry for a while before you do anything else.  I waited 30 minutes to put on a second coat.  It says to let it dry for four hours before recoating and even longer before you chalk on it.... make sure and read your paint's instructions. 

3)  I did this over three days, because I had to do it inbetween other things, and these are for gifts, so I didn't want them out when the girls came home.  Step three is painting on the Initials.  I just pained on their first initial, you can do it any way you like.  I used the acrylic paint in Walmart, it is in small bottles and costs from fifty cents to a dollar.  I painted on three or four coats of this.

4)  While I waited for the paint to dry, I made the bows to tie at the top of the pan.  I also tied a long piece of ribbon to the bows to tie on the eraser for the chalk board.

5)  The bows were attached at the top (there was already a hole in my pan, so it made it easier).  If you don't have a hole, you can drill one, or you can try hot gluing the bow on, however, this will probably not stay long.  The eraser is a fuzzy finger.  You can find these on the cleaning isle.  I got mine at Fred's.  They were only a couple of dollars each.

This is the finished product!  So cute, can't wait to give them to the girls.  I also found some printable pins on pinterest where you can print out worksheets to use with magnetic letters!  And these will be great for the magnetic paper dolls we have!