DIY CHALKBOARD JARS

Today I thought I would share with you guys how to make DIY chalkboard jars. First of all I would like to say that I did not come up with this idea and in fact my very talented mother did.
These jars are great for storing things in. I use them for storing pens and pencils in but you can use them for a wide variety of things including those pesky hair ties and bobby pins that ALWAYS go missing. 

What you will need:

• Masking Tape

• Blade

• Brush

• Chalkboard paint (found at craft stores and paint shops)

• Old jars (washed and dried with all labels peeled off)

• Hairdryer (optional

• Newspaper

• Chalk (Of course!)

The Method:

1.  Cover your surface with newspaper. I recommend not doing this activity on carpet or else you could end up with black carpet instead of white.

2. Get your jar and masking tape and tape out a square in the jar. It's easier to do a square but as you try this more and more you can try other shapes like love hearts, triangles and whatever shape your heart desires.

3. Use your brush and apply some chalkboard paint inside the square you taped earlier. Make sure to use nice and even strokes to ensure the paint is applied evenly. You can do the same to the lid of your jar until it is completely covered. I chose not to paint the lid on my triangle jar because I liked the effect of the gold lid. If you have a lid with no previous labelling on it, it's completely up to you to decide whether or not you paint it.

4. If you are inpatient like me you can use your hairdryer to dry off the paint quicker.

5. Once all of the paint is dry you might have to go over it for a second time depending on how much paint you put on last time.

6. Make sure your second coat is dry and then you can carefully peel off the tape.

7. After you have taken off the masking tape you might find that some of the paint has gone over the side so an easy solution is to use your nail or a blade from an exacto knife and just scrape off the parts you don't want

8. Now you're done. You can use these jars to store anything you fancy in. I am going to use the jars I just made to store hair ties and bobby pins! Here are the results from what I made. They look adorable next to my rapidly growing collection.