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updated: Jul 13, 2021 by Kristi 22 Comments

Easy Chalkboard Calendar Tutorial

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Last Friday I shared the DIY chalkboard that I made from a $10 vintage dresser mirror. I hung it in the kitchen, that's in the middle of a reno, and created a monthly calendar on it to keep track of our appointments and other happenings.

Easy chalkboard calendar after| www.chatfieldcourt.com

I love how the calendar turned out but it took some work to get it looking like that. I'm not a natural artist and I have shaky hands, so I had to cheat a little and come up with a few tricks to get the look I wanted.

Easy chalkboard calendar before| www.chatfieldcourt.com

Naturally I started with a clean slate chalkboard. I knew that I wanted to have a monthly calendar but I really had no idea what I was going to do, so I started with the month and worked my way from there. Actually, I winged it.  I mean it's a calendar right? We all know what they need need to look like. 😉

I started my calendar with the month. Here is my cheat #1. I went into Picmonkey, found a font I liked, and printed out November.

Easy chalkboard calendar printed month and box of chalk | www.chatfieldcourt.com

Next I turned the paper over, took a piece of white chalk and began tracing the letters.

Easy chalkboard calendar printed month and chalk | www.chatfieldcourt.com

Cheat #2 is to make sure that you always keep a point on your chalk, I used a small eyeliner sharpener. It just makes the job easier.

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Easy chalkboard calendar pencil sharpener and chalk | www.chatfieldcourt.com

After I was done tracing the letters, I taped the paper, right-side up, on the chalkboard. I took a Sharpie, with the lid on, and traced over the letters, pressing firmly. The goal is to transfer the chalk on to the board.

Easy chalkboard calendar with printed November paper| www.chatfieldcourt.com

Once I removed the paper, I was left with this...

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All I had to do was to trace over the letters to fill them in, using your sharpened chalk.

Easy chalkboard calendar November | www.chatfieldcourt.com

Cheat #3 is an easy way to fix mistakes. I used a craft brush and water to lightly touch up around my letters to make them look neater. Just remember to wipe your brush on a paper towel often to keep it clean. So easy, right?

Easy chalkboard calendar craft brush and water | www.chatfieldcourt.com

Now it's time to draw the calendar. In order to fit all the squares evenly, I used a tape measure to figure out where my lines would go and marked the places with chalk. Then I used a level to make straight lines.

Easy chalkboard November calendar drawing lines | www.chatfieldcourt.com

After the lines were done, I filled in the numbers.

Easy chalkboard November calendar | www.chatfieldcourt.com

The days of the week were next. I was going to use the same method that I used for "November", but I had a hard time squeezing the words in, so I just free-handed the abbreviations.

Easy chalkboard November calendar. A fun DIY! | www.chatfieldcourt.com

My calendar was done but I wanted to add a little somethin, somethin to it, so I drew a vine on each side and 2 leaves on top from stencils that I made when I added some fall to my old chippy window (cheat #4).

I do have to take credit for my awesome turkey. I know you think that I must have used some fancy stencil, but nope...it was all me. ;P

So, now you know that I used several cheats and a little bit of time to make my chalkboard calendar. I hope I was able to convince you to give it a try.

Easy chalkboard November calendar. A fun DIY! | www.chatfieldcourt.com
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