Turn Crayon Banks into a Photo Prop Chalkboard

School has started or will be starting soon. Whether you’re looking to update your kids’ homework space or make a photo prop for back to school, a chalkboard is the way to go.   I decided to use four large crayon banks from Dollar Tree to make a fun chalkboard for my kid’s art center.  It makes a fun piece of wall art, and doubles as a place for them to doodle.
This post first appeared at Dollar Store Crafts, where you can find my new tutorial every Tuesday!

Supplies

• Crayon Banks (4)
• Frame
• Chalkboard
• Paint
• Glue gun

Step one:  Remove the stickers from the banks.  Paint the banks.  To create an ombre effect, I painted the first bank with DecoArt’s Turquoise Blue and the last one white.  For the second crayon, I mixed 3 parts blue with 1 part white.  The third bank was 1 part blue mixed with 3 parts white paint.  To keep the paint from peeling off, seal it with a spray on sealant finish after they have dried.

Step two:  Paint the frame.  I mixed one part blue with one part white.

Step three:  Hot glue the 4 crayons together.  Glue the chalkboard to the frame, and glue that onto the banks.

You can hot glue ribbon to the back to hang your chalkboard on a wall or door.  I decided to use mine as a photo prop for the last day of school, but it would be great for the first day of school, too.  You could also make a few of these as back to school gifts for teachers to use in the classroom.  They’d be really cute hanging out side a teacher’s room with the name and grade written on it!  Have fun crafting and creating!