DIY Menu/To Do Board

I'm a crafter at heart, it is what I grew up loving.  As a child I was not one who wanted toys or played with toys very much.  When it came to my art and craft supplies though, that is where my heart was daily.  To this day I still love to do all sorts of crafts.  Thankfully, my husband doesn't mind and has even said that once we get a house I can have a crafting room (so long as he gets his gaming room of course).

It took me a while to get onto the whole Pinterest bandwagon but I am on there nearly every single night when I can't sleep.  Whether it be looking at crafts, fitness, beauty, and my last few days of tattoo searching, I find it a nice place to look at pictures instead of googling each individual idea.  One thing that I had found multiple places was a menu board.  Husband and I rarely get to eat meals together because of our work schedules but I thought if there was a way I could make it into a to do board and menu board I would have to try it out.

I started out with a plain old canvas bought from one of the many craft stores and used chalkboard spray paint to cover its whiteness.  Why spray paint?  Because I didn't want this to take me forever to do and spray paint dries FAST!  I also bought some letters from one of the many craft stores as well and painted those a nice bold color to pop against the black chalkboard paint.  To attach the letters I used the handy dandy hot/cold glue gun my awesome momma gave me during the craft crazy time of preparing for my wedding.

Supplies I used:
Canvas (I think mine is 12x18 maybe)
Chalkboard Spray paint
Wooden Letters painted to a color of your choice
Hot Glue Gun with Glue Stick
Colorful Chalk because white is too boring for me

Blank Slate

Something to write with on the board.

Because I LOVE color I HAD to have the colored Crayola Chalk.

The final product.

We are not the best menu planners but we are celebrating Christmas at Easter (more on that later) so we chose to have delicious food Thursday & Friday.

And there you have it!  This was probably the easiest thing I have ever made and looks great on our wall.  Next up on the DIY list is blogging about my completed Easter wreath that adorns our door!

Bman gave the approval since the board hangs above his food and water dishes.