I need to clean off and repaint our black board and I’ve had the pot of paint sitting around for ages, but that is a big outside job, and it’s cold. Then I happened to come across this post from Preschool Daze and I was inspired.
I grabbed the little pot of chalk board paint and headed out the back. I cut up a bit of building pine (which may or may not have been destined to be part of our kitchen walls… oh well) into random block-ish sizes, gave them a quick sand and sat down to paint.
Then I had a brain wave!
A long, long time ago I had cut out some very simple people shaped blocks. Recently, my Dad up wood turning and made us a beautiful turned wood family, so my daggy old people blocks had been sitting at the bottom of the box of blocks, un-loved. I painted them too.
A day or two later, the paint was dry and the boys helped me carry the chalk board blocks inside. We dug out the chalk and they set to work customising their blocks.
Morgan loved drawing his own buildings, and being able to make the people happy or sad or angry! And Noah loved the fact that he could scribble to his hearts content, then rub it out and start again!
Now I am wondering what else I can paint…
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oh this looks like so much fun! Great idea :)
What about a dedicated noughts and crosses board, or boxes (the game with the dots where you make 1 line each turn and try to make boxes). Using permanent paint fro the game markings, and chalk for the game itself means that you don’t always have to keep redrawing the game out
Ooh I really adore this idea Kate, how cool!! You clever thing you. Will definitely have to try this.
(PS hope these cool blocks don’t mean you have one part of your kitchen wall missing though!!!!)
This is a fantastic idea, thanks for sharing Kate.
Great idea – love the little people shapes!
yeah!!! i LOVE those people blocks. i want some. thanks for sharing…glad to have found you.
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kristin
Cute idea I will have to find some one with tools to cut these out for me
Completely in love with these! And very marketable. Nudge nudge wink wink…
They are awesome. Love the outside the box thinking.
What a wonderful, creative idea! Thanks so much for sharing.
These are beautiful! They actually have a very modern sculptural quality. What a great way to make blocks even more interactive! Thanks for sharing such a great post!
Too clever! What a great idea. My kids would love to do this, thanks for sharing Kate.
What a fabulous idea Kate – they look amazing!
Very talented!
Love this! You’re so clever, Kate!
Great idea! Simple yet effective. Will definitely keep that in mind for a fun crafty afternoon activity. Thanks for sharing. Very cool!
wow it looks so great
This is amazing!
Love this idea Kate. I am definately going to make some! Thank you for the inspiration! :)
I love these Kate! Pinning :-)
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