busy board clip boards {tutorials}

Well, a couple of weeks ago I was lucky enough to be one of the contestants on this season of So You Think You’re Crafty! Well if you were following along you might of noticed that I got booted off pretty quick! Anyhoo….that’s the way it goes sometimes, I guess! ha! 😉 They are down to the last 4 or 5 contestants over there…so check it out. It’s getting pretty exciting! 🙂

Well, I made these busy board clip boards for the {for the boys} round , and unfortunately they are the project that got me kicked off…but I thought I’d share them anyways! ha! 😉 They were super easy to make, & your kiddos {boy or girl} will love them! I know mine do.

{Did you see my for the boys round up yesterday??}

Here’s how I made our busy board clip boards:

Supplies you’ll need:

chalkboard spray paint
clip boards
painter’s tape
sheet metal
glue
ribbon

*FYI: Never mind the magnetic spray paint…I couldn’t get it to work for me! 🙁

The first thing I did was paint my clip boards. Before I started painting I taped off the metal clip with painters tape. It will take a couple of coats to get full coverage on the board with the chalkboard paint. Since the magnetic paint didn’t work for me I had to come up with something different to hold our magnets on . (I think I needed a few more coats of the magnetic paint for it to work!) So I went with plan B to make my boards magnetic! 😉

Several months ago I had bought a lot of these precut metal sheets from Pick Your Plum. They worked perfect for this project…just the right size & everything. I just hot glued one piece onto the bottom of my board. It worked great for holding our magnets!

So the bottom is magnetic, & the top is chalkboard. I also spray painted the back of the clip board with chalkboard paint, so they have room to write there as well. These have been keeping my kiddos busy! My 6 year loves hers. She is into letters, writing & reading right now so this is right up her alley! 😉