First
off I know this is a terrible name for the video but frankly I just
couldn't think of a name for it. So feel free to comment if you have
a better name. In some ways coming up with the name of the video is
sometimes the hardest part of making the video.
If you watched the video I made last year of the tour of the Farm-stand when I got it done you saw the chalk boards I put in there. This is pretty much the same idea except this time I wanted to eliminate the need to cut miters for the wood frame. Last year I ran out of time and ended up skipping the frame all together. I decided that it would probably work to use wood look paper so I played around with the idea and this project is the result.
In
the past when I have seen projects for chalk boards the most common
method is to paint a wood piece with the appropriate color of paint
and call it good. I have a problem with that. First off it is next to
impossible to get rid of the wood grain with just a couple of coats
of paint. Secondly with the paint you run the risk that you will warp
the thin wood you are working with. I like the finish of the plain
scrapbook card-stock much better for making a convincing surface. If
you want to add some “chalk” marks to your board just use some
colored pencils. They sharpen down to a nice sharp point so you can
get a good in scale mark. You might want to do that part before you
frame your board in case you make a mistake. It is much easier to
glue on another sheet of card-stock that to re-do the entire project
including the frame.
For
the cork-board I just used the cork patterned paper but I have seen
real cork in thin sheets in some craft store scrap-booking
departments. Either will work just fine.
The
wipe-off board took a bit of thinking, I knew what I wanted the
result to be I just had to figure out the process. Gluing the paper
to the back of the clear plastic was one of those middle of the night
ideas. Thankfully I had picked up some doughnuts at the grocery store
bakery the day before so I had the box lid to play with. I must say
it worked out really well.
The
size on this project is entirely up to you, just think about what
size board you would use in the space in real life and scale it down
to the mini size. I have some videos on scale and how to work with it
on my channel if you aren't familiar with the process. It really is
easy to do.
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