Hi friends! We’re on our way back from Cali today but I managed to get this month’s DIY Challenge post written before we left. I was cutting it close, but banged this sucker out the night before we left. Phew. Ok so this month is all about Chalkboard. I admit I struggled with this. I’m just kinda over the whole chalkboard scene (except when used in restaurants) but wanted to still make something I would actually use.

With the new year, come new goals and new lists and even though I always have my phone on or near me, I still like to actually write things down. It just makes them feel more real, and it’s much more satisfying being able to cross something off your list. So I decided to make these cute little DIY Mini Chalkboard Notebooks.

Supplies:

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Mini Mead Notebooks
Chalkboard Paint
Chalk Pencil
Black Foam Brush
Pencil
Leather (optional)

STEP 1

Paint your notebooks with your chalkboard paint. I found the notebooks at the grocery store for $.97. Spread the pages out and then put some scrap paper behind both covers to make sure you don’t get paint on any of the other pages.

STEP 2

Print out the words you want on the cover of your notebooks.

STEP 3

Flip them all over and color the backsides with a pencil.

STEP 4

Place the paper right side up on your notebook where you want the letters/numbers to be.

STEP 5

Trace over the letters with your pencil and you’ll be left with this:

STEP 6

Fill in your letters with your chalk marker.

STEP 7

You could totally leave them like that but I used some leather I had left over from last month’s challenge to add a fun accent on the binding. I just cut it to size and glued it on with some super glue.

And now I have some cute little notebooks to write down my to-do lists and goals in. Something about their size just makes them that much cuter, don’t you think? Everything is better when it’s mini 😉

Don’t forget to check out all the other chalkboard projects below!