Thanks to all who have visited and commented on AJ’s (my two-year-old) new Toy Story themed bedroom. If you haven’t seen it yet, go take a look HERE!
As I mentioned in that post, I made a few things for his room that I would share a tutorial for. Up first: the Etch-A-Sketch chalkboard!
When I was doing research for the room (you know, hours on Pinterest), my friend Rebecca from The Crafted Sparrow, came across this idea and shared with me:
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It is from a Toy Story themed birthday party, but instantly I knew that I wanted to figure out a fun way to use the Etch-A-Sketch in his room. Once I decided that a chalkboard was the way to go, I started patrolling Goodwill for a cheap frame or mirror. And I found one!
Once I found the mirror I wanted to use, I taped off the outside wood frame and spray painted two coats of chalkboard paint directly onto the mirror (yes, it works!). I let that dry, then taped off the inside of the frame to spray paint the outside red…many, many coats of red. In hindsight, I would probably use a primer since it took so many coats to get an even color, but it all worked out.
Once the red paint was dry, I printed out the Etch-A-Sketch logo, layered a piece of newspaper underneath it, and traced it onto the frame where I wanted the logo to go. By doing this, the newspaper leaves a faint outline on the frame (a trick I learned from Pinterest!). I then filled in the traced logo with a gold paint marker.
For the knobs, I purchased a set of four round wooden circles from Hobby Lobby, glued two of those together for each knob and painted them white with acrylic paint. Once those were dry and ready to go, I simply glued them in place on the frame…to bring me to the final product:
I love how it turned out! It’s one of my most favorite, and most unique, elements of the room. I hope you enjoy!
Kim @ Too Much Time says
SUPER AWESOME! This would look so good in my sons airplane bedroom! I would love it if you stopped by to share this at my linky party going on right now:)
https://too-much-time.com/2012/02/diy-craft-link-party.html
Kimberly Sneed says
thanks Kim (great name btw)! i linked it up! thanks for the invite! 🙂
Smallgood says
That’s adorable!
Kimberly Sneed says
thank you Smallgood! 🙂
Janel@hatingmartha says
yay!! so cool!
Kimberly Sneed says
thanks Janel! i love your blog…went and followed ya. thanks for dropping by! 🙂
Shell says
I love this! I want it as a message board in my hallway! Pinning it now and visiting from dirtroaddamsel.blogspot.com
Kimberly Sneed says
awww thank you Shell! so sweet of you! 🙂
yoli says
so cute!
Kimberly Sneed says
thanks yoli! 🙂
Jamie @ Laughter Ever After says
Gah! I LOVE that toy story shelf! I’m definitely pinning it!
Thanks for stopping by my blog on Friday. I’ll be adding yours to my reader!
Kimberly Sneed says
Aww thanks Jamie!! 🙂
Courtney Baxtron says
This is AWESOME. I would have never thought of something like this. What a cute theme in the bedroom as well.
Kimberly Sneed says
thanks Courtney! 🙂
Tutus & Tea Parties says
That is super cute! I would love it if you could link up and share:
https://tutusandteaparties.blogspot.com/2012/02/pinteresting-party-week-26.html
Lisa @ MMT says
This is a really cute room! I love the etch sketch chalkboard idea. We had a toy story birthday party last year and this reminds me of it 🙂
Aimee - ItsOverflowing.com says
Darling! AMAZING! This turned out FABULOUS! Thanks for sharing at my party!!! Happy Valentine’s Day!!! XO, Aimee
I’m your newest linky and GFC follower!
ashlyn | nicole says
this is such a cute idea! i dont have any little ones, but if i did i would totally do this!
happy monday!
xx :: ashlyn
Leeann @ Join the Gossip says
That is SO cute! Great job 🙂