Serving Platter Chalk Board

Author:  Spring (Jordan)

I love chalkboard paint, and now that I recently purchased some chalkboard markers I have been doing some easy projects here.  This one is very easy, and it only cost me $3.99  I took an old tray and painted it with chalkboard paint, and voila, I had a place where I could write a menu or message.

First of all, I went to the thrift store and found a platter that I liked and purchased it for $3.99.

Here is the platter I purchased.  (Sorry it is not the best picture)

I first cleaned the platter, and next  I traced a template from the bottom of the platter so I would know the area to paint.  Here I used a left over pizza box.  Anything will work.

Once I had the template, I decided to use painter’s tape to mark out the area I would be painting.  If  you didn’t want to tape, you could just mark out the area.  I still need to use the painter’s tape.

When I removed the template, I had the area ready to paint with the chalkboard paint.

One coat down.

Here it is with two coats.  I stopped at two but then went back and added a third.

You can write out a menu for a dinner party or whatever works for you.  Our neighborhood had a “Wine Crawl”, which you can learn about it an upcoming post.  We were assigned New York wines at our house, and so, our new platter provided a way to identify the wine region our guests were sampling.

Cheers!

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