Matt was not about to spend a lot of time sanding or prepping the stool so homemade chalk paint seemed like the obvious answer. He came up with the design and painted two coats of red paint, sanding lightly in between.
Next, he took the logo we had photocopied and covered the back with chalk. He secured it to the stool and traced the outline of the logo so that it left a chalk outline on the stool when he removed the paper. Then he filled in the outline with white paint and touched up the red. To make the stool more durable we used two coats of polyacrylic in satin finish.
I hope you agree it looks good enough to drink!!
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What about you, do you try to get your kids involved in your projects?
18 comments:
Bravo! Great job Matt! This looks great and any coca cola lover would love to have it!
Thanks so much for partying with the Wildly Original Crowd at I Gotta Create!
<3 Christina
It's perfect!
Wow that came out great!! Nice job!
That's so great that he's making his own stuff! So far only my 7 year old wants to be my decorating buddy. The stool turned out great :)
What a great project! And a great way to get the wording on the bench. Thank you for sharing and for linking up at the Inspiration Gallery! :)
Jaime
This is such a great project! It turned out so cute. :)
Obviously - creativity is an inherited factor for your family!! Nice job.
Missy M
Great job Matt!
Way to go Matt - your stool is awesome!
Super cute! I hope you come link this up at my party that starts soon!!
Wow, he did a great job! Clearly he takes after his mama in the creative dept. Thanks for sharing this project at A New Creation link party!
I also enjoy getting my kids involved in creating, although they are little so for now our projects are on a smaller scale.
Olá, ficou lindo, igual a marca original. Parabéns pelo trabalho.
Nice job!
MammaNene from
SergerPepper.blogspot.it
I love that your son did this! I hope my son will try to paint something. He did an amazing job! You must be so proud.
Susan
Wow, your son did a fabulous job!! It looks great. Thank you so much for sharing at A Bouquet of Talent this week. So thrilled to have you share. Your newest GFC follower, too. :)
Have a wonderful weekend.
Kathy
Turned out great! Thanks so much for sharing on Busy Monday!
Good job Matt! I pinned this and featured it on Sunday's These are a few of my Favorite Things. Thanks for sharing at Fluster's Creative Muster. I'm looking forward to seeing what you link up next week.
My 13-year-old would love this! He is a Coca-Cola collector. Great job! :)
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