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Interesting day...baby shower, death of a former enemy...Im tired!
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<blockquote data-quote="susiestar" data-source="post: 459902" data-attributes="member: 1233"><p>The chalkboard paint is awesome. I would hesistate on dry erase paint because the markers usually give off enough fumes for a contact high if used for more htan a few minutes. They have ones that are not supposed to do that, but I haven't found them to live up to the claim. on the other hand, if you don't want to pain, get a piece of that plastic that comes on rolls in the fabric store and fasten it to the walls. Then get overhead projector markers - which come off with a damp cloth and they can draw on that.</p><p></p><p>If the kids enjoy hangman or another similar game, go over the chalkboard paint with reg paint and put the outlines up for the game. I put a sudoku board up on the side of a bookcase and the kids loved it. A lady who came to pick up a desk we were freecycling gave me $150 for it on the spot. </p><p></p><p>Chalkboard paint is a LOT cheaper than dry erase paint - and if Walmart doesn't have it, Lowes or Home Despot will. </p><p></p><p>Another AWESOME thing for the rooms? get some fancy-ish molding and cut it into pieces that would make a picture frame - a bit bigger than the normal size piece of paper or even bigger than an 11 by 17 piece of paper. About 1=2 inches bigger on all sides. Paint the molding hwatever color, then nail it onto the wall as a picture frame. Then the kids can put their artwork up there in the frame. </p><p></p><p>Even easier? Use masking tape to outline a rectangle big enough to hang whatever the kids do for coloring, art etc... Paint the frame onto the wall in whatever color you want. Not as fancy as the version with molding, but cheaper, requires no saw of any kind, and is a lot faster. A friend did an entire wall in her hallway with painted frames of different sizes/shapes and that is the kids' museum of art. Every kid in the neighborhood gives her pictures/artwork to have her hand up there. She takes pics of the pieces for her photo album.</p><p></p><p>Consider polka dot walls or stripes. I used a dinner plate and drew circles on J's wall one year. painted them in and she loved the polka dot room. now if she handn't been told by my dad that polka music had to be played in a polka dot room I would have been a LOT happier! Not my favorite, that polka music, lol!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="susiestar, post: 459902, member: 1233"] The chalkboard paint is awesome. I would hesistate on dry erase paint because the markers usually give off enough fumes for a contact high if used for more htan a few minutes. They have ones that are not supposed to do that, but I haven't found them to live up to the claim. on the other hand, if you don't want to pain, get a piece of that plastic that comes on rolls in the fabric store and fasten it to the walls. Then get overhead projector markers - which come off with a damp cloth and they can draw on that. If the kids enjoy hangman or another similar game, go over the chalkboard paint with reg paint and put the outlines up for the game. I put a sudoku board up on the side of a bookcase and the kids loved it. A lady who came to pick up a desk we were freecycling gave me $150 for it on the spot. Chalkboard paint is a LOT cheaper than dry erase paint - and if Walmart doesn't have it, Lowes or Home Despot will. Another AWESOME thing for the rooms? get some fancy-ish molding and cut it into pieces that would make a picture frame - a bit bigger than the normal size piece of paper or even bigger than an 11 by 17 piece of paper. About 1=2 inches bigger on all sides. Paint the molding hwatever color, then nail it onto the wall as a picture frame. Then the kids can put their artwork up there in the frame. Even easier? Use masking tape to outline a rectangle big enough to hang whatever the kids do for coloring, art etc... Paint the frame onto the wall in whatever color you want. Not as fancy as the version with molding, but cheaper, requires no saw of any kind, and is a lot faster. A friend did an entire wall in her hallway with painted frames of different sizes/shapes and that is the kids' museum of art. Every kid in the neighborhood gives her pictures/artwork to have her hand up there. She takes pics of the pieces for her photo album. Consider polka dot walls or stripes. I used a dinner plate and drew circles on J's wall one year. painted them in and she loved the polka dot room. now if she handn't been told by my dad that polka music had to be played in a polka dot room I would have been a LOT happier! Not my favorite, that polka music, lol! [/QUOTE]
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