Traveling chalkboard buddies.
Living here in Turkey has put my life in perspective and I am very glad at times for not having everything at my finger tips it is good to live simply and 'use what I have'.
There are no big, nice, absoulutly fun craft or fabric stores over here so instead of always wishing for something else I started using what I had and that has become
my theme for this season:
"Honor God, live simply, use what you have and give the rest away."
~ I drew a stencil from paper of a doll and car then
cut out the doll and car shapes from the cardboard box.
Need to be careful not to step on the box or push your hand down on the box to hard or you end up with big dents in your cardboard buddy.
~ I painted the chalkboard paint right onto the cardboard. It took 2 coats of paint.
Each cardboard buddy was dry within about 30 min. total.
~Here my little traveling chalkboard buddies are painted and dry but not quite ready for travel.
They need a little beautifying.
~covered the opposite side with the contact paper and used the ribbon to create a handle.
I used my x-acto knife a lot for this entire project
I created little name tags from scrap book paper and used the only stamps I own. :)
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~ All you need is a few pieces of chalk and a small package of wet wipes and off you go.
~These are perfectly fun for a road trip.
~ I used a play dough container for the chalk for easy travel.
~My girls also like the idea of playing school with their chalkboard dolls.
We have our buddies hanging on a little hook by our kitchen table. Great for the kids at snack times and waiting for lunch!!
My girls helped make these three rectangle ones for our friends who will be traveling.
~These rectangle ones honestly took 10 minutes after the paint dried
but the shaped ones took me a bit longer.
~They wipe off great with a damp rag or a wet wipe.
Hope you enjoyed this simple 'use what you have' creation.
This has been such a great opportunity and a lot of fun.
Thanks again Nike you are great to work with especially with me being a new blogger on the block. :)
Happy creating to all of you, and thanks
All for now, time for a cup of tea.
~becky
3 comments:
Oh these are FANTASTIC! Great idea for car journeys - and to use wet wipes to clean them off! I love that you 'used what you had' to!
Thanks so much for linking to last week's round tuit! Hope you have a lovely week!
Jill @ Creating my way to Success
http://www.jembellish.blogspot.com/
How fun! These are adorable! My kids would love them! Thanks so much for joining me at Anything Related!
How clever and I love how you used just what you had. These turned out really cute!
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