Ever Wanted a Chalkboard Fridge? I Did...
So, You know what? I made our
Supplies
- fridge that need a bit of a face-lift.
- paint brush
- chalkboard paint, about 3- 2oz bottles from Micheals (around $1.19 a bottle)
- rag to clean up spills and the like
- about 24hrs for the fridge to be out of reach of children with chalk
This is the color our fridge was prior to our little make-over. Sorry for the side view, I totally forgot to take a "before" picture and this is all I could find.
First you want to wipe down your fridge with your rag to make sure that all the gunk is off, and it is a "clean" surface.
After that, crack open that paint and start having some fun! Paint one coat either vertical or horizontal and let dry for 1 hr. I highly recommend doing this at night or at nap-time if you have little ones, like me. Or your littlest might end up with a hand in the chalkboard paint. *Not saying that happened over here...*
When that 1 hr. drying period is up, you are free to paint the second coat of paint, the OPPOSITE dirrection that you painted the first. This time it needs to dry for 24 hrs. Our fridge needed a third coat, so I did that after the first 24 hrs and then let it dry another 24 hrs.
This is the really fun part! Time to get the kids involved. Everyone grab some chalk, and cover the whole chalkboard surface with chalk to kind of "season" it. After it has been sufficiently covered, wipe it all off with a chalkboard eraser. Or, if you are like us and haven't bought one yet, use a handful of napkins.
Then look at your newly created, beautiful chalkboard fridge and pat yourself on the back. It's not always easy to get even the easiest DIY projects done with little kids, and you deserve a pat, gosh dang it!!!
After that most important pat, start drawing and list making, right on your fridge!!! Yay!
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