Creative Uses for Chalkboard Paint & Markers in the Garden

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One container of chalkboard paint goes a long manner and there are plenty of creative ways to use it for garden art , accessories , and decor let in flora tags .

If you ’re count for a weather - repellent , no - fade outdoor strike out pen seeThe well Permanent ( But Removable ) Marker for Plant Tagshere .

Supplies for creating chalkboard garden art and plant tags.

Creative Blackboard Paint Projects for the Garden

It ’s been several age since the DIY chalkboard nontextual matter craze sweep the internet and infinite home and garden mind for using chalkboard paint appeared on-line . And , restaurant menu wall art went to a whole raw stage .

The picture here are from a bunch of test project I tried several year ago to see how they would do in outdoor conditions .

To get start up you ’ll needchalkboard paintandchalkboard markers . Both ware have improved over the years and the new paint adhere ( and mix ) much better than my humble , old can of original blackboard paint .

Chalkboard paint and markers for use in the garden.

When you get your supplies , check the Cartesian product recording label to affirm the control surface your pigment can cover . I used mine to paint wood , metallic element , Harlan Fiske Stone , trash , and charge card without any issues ( or primer coat ) .

The markers do very nicely but only if applied after the blackboard paint has thoroughly cure . The label may commend 24 hours to bring around but I observe it sometimes take longer if conditions were humid .

And , good news , the markers are effaceable — whether they are sell as ‘ waterproof ’ or not — if apply to a smooth ( non - porous ) surface . How you polish off it will depend on the product used . Some add up off with water supply , a family degreaser , or a magic eraser sponger .

Supplies for painting plant tags with chalkboard paint.

If you ’re make something like plant markers where you want to exchange the wording each twelvemonth , after a few United States of America you ’ll probably want to freshen up up the black paint . But , no problem — as mentioned , a niggling paint go away a long way of life so one can will last for years .

1Plant Markers and Tags

This all started when I got these chalkboard garden signaling . I like using them forherbs growing in container .

Whatever pigment was originally used did not puzzle out with the chalkboard marking so I repaint them with freshchalkboard rouge .

As mentioned , so long as the aerofoil is smooth , you could usually delete the marker and reprocess them .

Garden plant signs with blackboard paint and words written with blackboard markers.

If not , you may always repaint the black and start over .

Double chequer that your blackboard rouge will act on a variety of surfaces .

Here ( above ) I painted old cutlery and wooden spoons to create more plant life markers . It ’s a well reuse for old wooden spoons that have cut gull or have seen undecomposed sidereal day .

Plant tags painted with chalkboard paint.

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In increase to listing industrial plant names , I also utilise tags to mark date establish ( or date seed were sown ) and the anticipated harvest date . This is particularly useful for new - to - me vegetable craw , prompting me to pay care at crop time .

This tag ( above ) is a canning jar eyelid attached to a clothes peg . This is a in effect reuse of single - use canning lid .

Metal canning top painted with blackboard paint.

I paint the eyelid with blackboard blusher , wrote the plant name with a fine - tip blackboard marking pen , and tie it to the clothes peg using my go - to outdoor adhesiveGE Silicone II .

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2Painted Tools & Decor

This idea is hardheaded . I was always bury when I had addedorganic liquid fertilizerto the lachrymation can so I drew a checkbox right on on it ! When I tally plant food , I fill up the checkbox in with a piece of Methedrine . tally !

The yield basket was another trial to see how the paint adhere . And yes indeed , it worked perfectly on the Sir Henry Joseph Wood .

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Homemade plant tags and markers.

3Chalkboard Garden Signs

Look for older chalkboards at yard sale and turn them into unique garden signs .

Or , add a coating or two of chalkboard paint to a scrap musical composition of wood and you ’re quick to get originative .

One twelvemonth , I find an old Kindergarten chalkboard easel at a yard sale . It was perfect for garden sign of the zodiac , veggie garden notes , or garden political party carte du jour . you may see more idea in theGarden Easel Idea Gallery .

Metal watering can painted with blackboard paint.