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DIY Chalkboard Paint Project

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Lullaby Paints chalkboard paint toy box via mindfulmomma.com

Who doesn’t love a chalkboard? A big, blank slate to scribble and draw whatever you want….and then erase it all and start over again? Yes please!! I’ve often thought a whole chalkboard wall would be fun to have in the house, but I don’t quite have the guts to do it. Maybe some day…..

But 8-year-old Liam and I recently had the chance to do a small chalkboard project together. Lullaby Paints, maker of award-winning, safe, eco-friendly paints, sent us a chalkboard paint kit to review.

Why use Lullaby chalkboard paints?

For lots of reasons:

  • Completely non-toxic ingredients
  • No VOCs (volitile organic compounds) – that’s zero, zilch, nada!
  • Safe for kids to use and babies to breathe
  • So safe they can be sent in the mail (unlike most paints)
  • Odor free
  • Fully washable
  • Choice of 16 beautiful colors

Lullaby’s Chalkboard Paint Kit comes with everything you need to get your project off the ground: paint (sufficient for a board of thirty square feet with two coats), roller, plastic tray, edging tape, instructions and chalk.

Easy chalkboard toy box

Liam thought it would be cool to have a chalkboard toy box. Since we already had this wooden, rolling toy box from Ikea, we decided to give it a makeover instead of buying something new.

First, we taped off the edges with the blue painter’s tape. Then we squeezed the paint into the handy, plastic tray. Liam applied the first coat of paint with the roller brush.

Lullaby chalkboard paint project www.mindfulmomma.com

We waited a day, and then applied a second coat of paint. One more day of waiting and then it was time to take off the tape.

Lullaby chalkboard paint project www.mindfulmomma.com

It’s cute, huh? He loves it!

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Now that you see how easy it is to make your own chalkboard, you want to try it for yourself, right? Well hopefully you’ll be the lucky Mindful Momma reader who wins one! Enter using the Rafflecopter form below. The giveaway will be open through Sunday, Sept. 29th, 2013. Good luck!

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(Disclosure: I was compensated by Lullaby Paints for this post.)
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  1. [email protected] says

    September 20, 2013 at 12:07 pm

    I have wanted to do this for soooo long and i love that it is ECO!!

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  2. Tania says

    September 20, 2013 at 12:11 pm

    All the colors are beautiful, but I particularly love the blush, petunia, and glacier!

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  3. Sarah says

    September 20, 2013 at 12:36 pm

    That’s a tough choice! I think I’d probably stick to a classic chalkboard color like Evergreen or Charred!

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  4. Darcy says

    September 21, 2013 at 3:31 am

    Love the ripened pair. Such a cheerful and fresh color.

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  5. [email protected] Greening of Westford says

    September 21, 2013 at 7:49 am

    I have been wanting to do something with chalkboard paint for a long time. Love that it comes in different colors!

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  6. Kim Pollock says

    September 21, 2013 at 8:27 am

    I like the charred and evergreen

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  7. robbie @ GOING GREEN MAMA says

    September 21, 2013 at 8:39 am

    I love that these are eco friendly! And I love the chocolate color.

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  8. Shelia S says

    September 21, 2013 at 11:05 am

    I like the chocolate color and the Morocco color. This post caught my eye as my little nephew’s name is Liam. <3

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  9. Nancy says

    September 21, 2013 at 4:39 pm

    I like the Morocco color.

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  10. Brianna says

    September 22, 2013 at 11:27 pm

    These are awesome colors, and we LOVE chalk anything in this house especially when it is green πŸ™‚

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  11. [email protected] says

    September 23, 2013 at 12:50 am

    I am so psyched there is an eco-friendly version of this stuff! I love the cocoa and charred colors.

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  12. Crystal says

    September 23, 2013 at 11:14 am

    I love traditional black.

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  13. Carrie W. says

    September 23, 2013 at 1:44 pm

    I like Morocco!

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  14. Jenny says

    September 23, 2013 at 5:16 pm

    So awesome! And I love the color watermelon πŸ™‚ Love that it’s so safe!

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  15. Erin Moore says

    September 27, 2013 at 1:35 am

    I have been dying to try chalk paint! I just bought a new armoir and I would love to try chalk paint out on it!

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  16. Erin Moore says

    September 27, 2013 at 1:36 am

    I want white!

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  17. Astrid says

    September 29, 2013 at 1:52 pm

    I would love to paint with the color charred

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  18. Annie says

    September 29, 2013 at 2:40 pm

    I would love the chalkboard paint!

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  19. Serena says

    September 29, 2013 at 3:45 pm

    I did not know that the was an eco friendly chalk board paint, how cool! I think the charred color is lovely.

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  20. Jimmitria says

    September 29, 2013 at 4:54 pm

    GREAT DIY Project!!! My son would love this!!!!

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  21. Amanda says

    October 1, 2013 at 1:55 pm

    It really looks easy to do. πŸ™‚ This is a great way to keep kids productive and let them do their own organizing task at home.

    But if I would have that for myself, I’d put all my paper docs for filing. All should fit well inside it. πŸ™‚

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