Chalkboard with Magnets: Perfect for Dorm Rooms or Lockers

Why paint wood when you can finish it with beautiful colorful ribbon! We embellished a chalkboard with ribbon and then added handmade magnets to the top of the chalkboard.  Friends can leave messages or attach notes.  The chalkboard with magnets is perfect for lockers, dorm rooms, or hang on child’s bedroom door and parents and siblings can leave encouraging notes every day.

Purchase an unfinished chalkboard (small chalkboard for hanging on a door) and glue ribbon along the trim for an amazing look.

To hang your chalkboard glue bobbin ribbon along the edge and attach a loop along the top.  Easy and perfect, to hang your chalkboard.

Next, add adhesive magnetic strips to the top of the chalkboard to attach magnets.

To make the homemade magnets, line clothes-pins with ribbon, add a fun button to the front of each clothespin, use chenille stems for fun ringlets along the side, and add an adhesive magnet strip to the back.

Use your homemade magnets on the fridge or attach them to your ribbon embellished chalkboard.

Original Blog Source:  Chalkboard with Magnets: Perfect for Dorm Rooms or Lockers from Sandy Sandler Creating Creativity Blog

Written By: Sarah Forhan, Bowdabra Designer and author of Sewing and Crafting with Sarah and Contributing Crafter at Crafters 4 Kids
 
Sandy Sandler is founder of non-profit Crafters 4 Kids and creator of the QVC best-seller, the Bowdabra. Her frugal craft projects and activity ideas are designed to transform the creatively-challenged into creative pros. Sandy’s focus is on creative and easy projects that parents can do with their kids and that kids can even do on their own that are both frugal and green in nature. Crafters 4 Kids focuses on projects that can be done under 5 minutes and under $5. Visit www.C4K555.org. Contact Sandy at jaimevivre@mac.com