T added two screws and some picture hanging wire as our method for hanging up this heart shaped chalkboard. That third board up has a tendency to get out of alignment with the other boards. I would recommend that you bring your pieces of wood that are at the top on the right and left down one additional board. Use a book ro another piece of wood to keep the same distance between each board. Because of the shape of the heart, you will need three pieces of wood to attach all the pieces together. We used 1/4″ x 2 wood that we cut to fit the back. The darker colors needed three or four coats (for the red). The lighter colors only needed two coats of paint. To make the ombre look I wanted, I mixed up eight shades in the cups as you can see. I used three colors of paint white, red and pink. Then the craft gods looked down upon me and shown their magical light! I found this Americana clear chalkboard coating ! I thought maybe I would need to paint it black and use colored chalk, but I really wanted red or pink. I have never seen red or pink chalkboard paint.
REAL CHALKBOARD FLOORS HOW TO
Here is where it gets fun to me! I was wondering through Hobby Lobby trying to figure out how to paint this project. Prime your boards, unless you want the more rustic look. He said the top two boards were the most challenging because of the curves and angles. T used a scroll saw and cut the heart out for me. At this point you need to cut your pieces on the lines you have drawn. It should look something like this when you are done with these steps.
Hold or tape your newspaper heart in place and trace it onto the wood pieces. Once you have the half the size and shape you like, fold your paper in half and cut out your heart. I ended up not using one of the cut boards.įor the heart, use newspaper or other large paper to draw your half heart. I was trying to figure out if I needed all of the boards or only some of them.
I then place the boards on the floor and began to approximate how far apart we wanted them in the finished product. We based all of this on the space in which I wanted to hang the finished heart. I didn’t want the hassle of dealing with pallet wood, so I just went to Lowe’s and bought 3-1×3 boards that were 6′ long each. I found the BEST SOLUTION ever! I’m so excited and so excited it worked! My one concern was being able to find chalkboard paint in Valentine colors. I wanted my Valentine version to be a place we could leave nice notes for each other in the days leading up to Valentine’s Day, not necessarily a place to hang notes or cards like the Christmas trees I had seen. What I had in my mind was to modify the ideas I had see with the Christmas trees for Valentine’s Day.
Of course, I found a way to incorporate chalkboard paint as well because it is just so fun! I thought it would be really cute to make something like that but for Valentine’s Day. I had seen a bunch of these cute Christmas tree ideas using pallet wood. Valentine’s Day is quickly approaching and this year, I wanted to add a little Valentine decor around the house.
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