Chalkboard design statement

A beautiful focal point for your home

Greet your guests in style with a chalkboard that you’ve decorated with a welcome greeting, or simply use the chalkboard as a home accessory. It can be given a completely new look to match the season, the occasion or the atmosphere you want to create. You can do this in no time at all with the help of edding chalk markers. What’s more, you can erase your design at any time with a quick wipe of a damp cloth, ready for you to come up with a brand new quote or message. There’s a range of vibrant, opaque colours to choose from; we went for white to suit our winter theme. Our message could be seen as an omen that the first snow of the season is on its way! Once decorated, your chalkboard will turn heads and make an attractive feature for your home. As a decoration for the top of our board, we hung a small seasonal wreath made from twigs, tied together with wire.

Categories: Hand lettering
Home decor
Products: Chalk markers
Materials: Chalkboard
Difficulty: Easy peasy
Downloads: Images (ZIP)

Step-by-step

Step 1

You can see all the materials you need at a glance in our photo. For the lettering, you’ll need the edding 4095 chalk marker in white. Print out the “Winter is coming” template and cut it out neatly with pointed scissors to create your stencil.

Step 2

Before you start your design, here’s how to activate your chalk marker: shake the marker vigorously with the cap still on, then remove the cap, place the nib on a piece of absorbent paper and carefully pump the marker up and down a few times until ink appears in the nib. Now you’re ready to get drawing, activating the other pens as you go. (After use, always replace the cap securely and store the marker horizontally.)

Step 3

Place the stencil on the lower half of the board and use the activated marker to draw the lettering. We recommend you draw the outlines first before colouring them in. And if your first attempt doesn’t quite work out, or you want to change something, simply wipe off the ink with a damp cloth and start over again.