The Many Uses of Chalkboard Paint and Magnetic Paint.

Chalkboard paint is so much fun. It’s easy to use. I bought mine at Home Depot. The acrylic paint comes in brush on paint or spray paint. It's easy to paint on and dries like a flat paint.

Here's the decorative chalkboards you can make from chalkboard paint.

We put chalkboard paint on the door heading into our laundry room. Now I have a good place to leave notes or write a grocery list.

I wish they had this when our kids were little I would have painted a wall in each kids room in chalkboard paint.

You can also buy chalk pens or markers. They work better than regular chalk and they will erase. They come in all colors.

You can get them on the internet their called wet erase liquid chalk markers. In our town I can't find them but you may be able to buy them in places like, Hobby Lobby.

Chalkboard paint can be put on a wall and left as is for kids to use.

If you want a different design for the room you can use chalkboard painted wall to put your own designs on like the photos above.

Paint flower pots to plant herbs and put the name of the herbs on the pot.

Buy the small empty paint cans and use them for party favors. You can buy the plain cans at home improvement stores.

Paint it on old globes for design in a child’s room or on a desk.. There are so many old globes now that can be bought at rummage sales. Lots of globes are out dated now and people don't want them.

Paint a family tree on the wall and chalk in all the names and added green leaves. You can also add a small photo of each person to the branches.

Paint a dresser or cabinet and put your own design on it and change it whenever you want. If it's a kids dresser you can add the names of the items that are in each drawer.

Paint a lamp shade if it's not made of cloth and put on your own design.

Paint the top of a table for the kids.

Label the jars in your pantry with chalk paint. When you change the item in the jar you can change the name. Paints like Rustoleum ChalkBoard can be used right on glass.

Paint a map of the US on your kids wall with names of all the states. Won't take them long to learn the states from that.

Label the top of a canning jar.

Turn an old messed up refrigerator into a chalkboard.

I have seen chalkboard paint sold on HSN and different places where it comes in smaller tubes. If you want to paint on the cheap then buy it at home improvement stores.

There are just so many different uses. Be creative and come up with some of your own decorative chalkboards.

Chalkboard paint is also a good way to recyle old items like the door pictured. You can find doors just about anywhere. They can be stood up any where in your house. Painting a screen divider would also work well.

I have an old wardrobe in the barn and I think this chalk paint would be a good idea for it.

I heard Nat Berkus say chalkboard paint is old. That was his words today on his show but I think he is wrong.

I really like the Christmas Scene I think it is so pretty and just done in chalk.

Paint a wall in the kitchen. Give the kids chalk and let them go. That would keep them close while your making a meal. I always hated my little ones wondering off while I was trying to get the meal on the table. Just so their old enough not to eat the chalk.

If you don't want to use paint you can always buy chalkboard contact paper. Works just as well.

There is also a Magnetic Chalkboard Paint. Six coats of this works the best. If you want your wall to be just a magnetic wall you can paint your original wall color over the magnetic paint and it will still work. Magnetic Paint can also be bought at Home Depot.

The Many Uses of Chalkboard Paint and Magnetic Paint.