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1) Paint two coat of green paint on the
wooden border of the chalkboard letting it dry
between coats.
2) Screw one eyehook in the side of the
chalkboard approximately 1 1/2" down from the
top. On the top edge of the wooden border
screw one eyehook 1" from each end. It may
be helpful to start the holes with a hand drill.
3) Decorate the border of the chalkboard by
gluing on pre-finished wooden figures or
unfinished figures which you have finished.
Use paint pens or acrylic paints to help
decorate the border any way you want. It
might even be fun to add some glitter paint.
4) Approximately three quarters of the way
down on the face of the board, use white paint
to write Days Until Christmas.
5) Make a grove in the chalk 1/2" from one
end. You can either do this with a sharp
knife or by opening a pair of scissors and
putting the chalk between the scissor blades and
turning the chalk.
6) Tie one end of a 12" piece of twine around
the chalk keeping the string in the groove.
This will prevent the chalk from sliding out of
the string when tied.
7) Tie the other end of the string to the
eyehook on the side of the chalkboard.
8) To make the hanger, cut an 18" length of
wire and attach it to the two eyehooks on top of
the chalkboard leaving a 3" tail at each end of
the wire. Curl each of the 3" wire pieces
around a pencil and slide the pencil out.
To Use: Starting in December, write the
number of days left until Christmas at the top
of the chalkboard. So on December 1st you
would write in the number 24 with the attached
chalk. The next day erase the 24 and write
the number 23 in it's place.
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