diy chalkboard magnets

I walked in the living room over the weekend to find my son’s interesting sense of humor in action…our front door (which is metal) was covered on the inside in magnets…you know, the free advertising kind of magnets…they are business card size?  Apparently he picked up a few handfuls at some event he attended and thought it would be funny to load the door up with them.  So, the next day, as I am removing the magnets (apparently, part of the joke was that he was not planning on removing said magnets) carefully so they didn’t scratch the paint, I am thinking that there must be something clever I can do with all these new- found magnets.  I have often thought I would like to purchase magnetic sheets to experiment with, but I really didn’t want to spend the money on them.  Now I have TONS for no cost to me (except spending a good amount of time removing them from my door).

Well, I was thinking of attaching pictures by printing favorite photos onto labels with a color printer and stick them onto the magnets, but couldn’t think of any metal surfaces I was interested in putting photos on.  Then I remembered the chalkboard Con-Tact paper I had.  When I discovered such a product existed, I had to have it, but have not ever put it to use.  I originally thought I would use it for gift tags, but I have so many gift tags that I love already I never had reason to use it.

Now, the idea of using the Con-Tact paper on the magnets seemed like such a cool idea and SO SIMPLE to execute!  I simply stuck the advertising side of the magnet to the Con-Tact paper and trimmed them appropriately.  They are so easy to cut…

Here are some of the magnets I created….

I think these would also be great with the days of the week for the fridge.

Any kind of silhouette is really fun to do.

Chalkboard Con-Tact paper                                 $8 roll

TONS of business card size magnets                    $0

Old piece of chalk (from the junk drawer)             $0

“Making good” on my son’s prank                        priceless

‘clean’ or ‘dirty’ magnet for the dishwasher

 This project is being submitted to Celebrating Everyday Life recycled & repurposed diy project link party.