Fun and Easy DIY Pumpkin Chalkboard

Don’t you just love an good chalkboard project? I wanted to do something my kiddos could have fun with this fall,and a DIY pumpkin chalkboard seemed perfect for my little artists!

Supplies to make Fun and Easy DIY Pumpkin Chalkboard

20 x 20 MDF pre-cut square

Painter’s Tape

Foam Brush

Pencil

Acrylic paint

Chalkboard Paint

Chalk

Eraser

First I had the hardware store cut a 20 x 20 piece of  MDF for me. I sketched out a pumpkin silhouette and added a cute bat to match.If you need some direction on how to paint a pumpkin silhouette, click here.

I decided I wanted a striped background, so I used painter’s tape to tape out my stripes.

I carefully painted my striped around my sketched image.

 I them re-taped  the pumpkin stripes and painted the other color.

After my stripes dried, I painted in my chalkboard areas with chalkboard paint. It took a few coats for coverage.

after my paint cured, I season my chalkboard by rubbing chalk on it and then erasing. This is important because it will help your chalk go on smoothly and you won’t be left with chalk ghost images when you erase your art work. It will be all ready to go for the next masterpiece!

 Then it was ready to go for all kinds of spooky and fun faces! I thought it would be a cute message board too for  the Halloween trick or treaters!

Before the kids got a hold of it, I went back and did a little of my own art work just for fun! This Fun and Easy DIY Pumpkin Chalkboard is a cute piece of decor for your Halloween and fall decor, and the kids love drawing on it!

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