I repainted a bulletin board that used to be bright red. I LOVE how it turned out. It will be pretty in the classroom too! Don’t you think? Or I could put it in my craft room. I wish I had 2 of them!!
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| And I covered it with fabric and ribbons and glittery butterfly pins…. |
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| Taping up the bulletin board with paper, trash bags, anything will do to cover up the cork portion. …not too bad for prep! It use to be a dull gray when my husband used it. Then he brought it home for me and I tried a fire engine red for my grandkids’ play room….But I ran out of walls when I made a giant chalk board for them to play with. |
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| Now I want it for my classroom, since my new book box colors are blue, lime green and hot pink. I got all new classroom library bins from Hobby Lobby last spring! So this will match! |
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| Here is my painted bulletin board after I sprayed 2 coats of the Rustoleum spraypaint on it….You can see how I taped the edges with a trash bag and masking tape…. |
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| KILZ primer and Valspar are the best primers…they go on smooth and don’t take too many coats. I think I only used one coat of primer for this project. |
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| Valspar and Rustoleum are good spray paints too….I liked this light blue color. It will match my little book boxes in my classroom library. |
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| All done spray painting. I did it on the front lawn in the shade. So next time the hubs mows, all evidence will be GONE! |
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| Here were my 2 fabrics and my ribbon I wanted to use for the top of the cork section of the bulletin board redo. |
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| I sewed the glittery, striped fabric onto 2 sides of the butterfly fabric….and cut it to fit the bulletin board cork outline…. |
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| Then I just glue gunned it all around the edges of the cork after letting the paint dry overnight. Lookin good! (too bad I couldn’t just wrap the fabric around the backing. I couldn’t get it to come off it was GLUED DOWN for keeps!) |
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| Then I added a butterfly to each corner….then I just had to go buy some cute push pins from Hobby Lobby! |
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| Check out my 6 tips for using spray paint at Patties Place, my other blog. |
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| I bought some glittery, giant push pins at Hobby Lobby for my painted bulletin board redo. I pushed one into the center of each of the cute flowers. It turned out so sweet. |
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| I really like how it turned out. I think it will brighten up a cute corner of my classroom, won’t it? |
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| And it’s a great improvement. A LOT better looking than the plain red one. I love spray paint! |
