Chalkboard Bar Menu

Two adorable love birds, Carli and Mason, married each other on a rare warm day in the middle of March. Dancing, cheers, and lots of love filled a barn in Rockville, VA. I was so lucky to be a part of this day. My next posts will share some of the crafts that were created for a rustic, fun, simple look.

This first craft was an old window turned into the bar menu.

 

Supplies:

- Old window – you can buy one for cheap at a thrift store or find one that is thrown out by someone redoing their windows

- Chalkboard paint – my recommendation: Rust-OleumSpecialty 30-oz. Flat Black Chalkboard Paint

- Paintbrushes

- Painter’s tape

- Primer

- Windex and cleaning supplies

- Pencil

- Chalkboard pen – my recommendation: BistroChalk Marker

Directions:

1. Clean widow – remove dirt and grim, Windex the glass, and sand any edges of the frame

2. Tape around glass – use painter’s tape to seal off the wood

3. Prime – use a primer before the chalkboard paint. I only needed one coat and waited 4 hours before the first coat of chalkboard paint.

4. Paint – I ended up doing three coats of Rust-OleumSpecialty 30-oz. Flat Black Chalkboard Paint (wait at least three hours before each coat). I have also heard of people using chalkboard spray paint instead.

5. Be patient – let it dry overnight!

6. Practice – draw out your design on paper first

7. Pencil it – pencil the design on the window

8. Chalk it – I recommend using a chalk pen/marker instead of regular chalk; this avoids the chalk smearing. If you mess up, just clean it off with a wet paper towel.

 

 

You can use the window over and over - birthday parties, kitchen menus, bedroom decorations. The chalk pen is easy to remove with water and a paper towel.

 

Good luck and thanks for stopping by!

 

Beth