Material
- Blackboard - prepainted board, or
- Marine board and blackboard paint
- Treated pine timber for the frame
- Nylon mushroom head nail wall anchors
- "Lickety split" green paint
- Chalk - thick chalk lasts longer outside and is good for pavement chalking
- Use a mitre block to cut the frame timber to give 45 deg ends.
- Join frame timber with nails or screws, and PVA glue.
- Nail or screw board to the frame from behind the board. The nails or screws will need to be shorter than the width of the frame.
- Drill four mounting holes through the frame and board.
- Mark the mounting holes onto the brick through the frame using a narrow pencil.
- Drill the wall holes into the bricks using a masonry drill bit.
- Insert the nylon mushroom head nail wall anchors through the frame and into the wall.
- Hammer in the nails.
More Project Ideas
The blackboard has been installed next to the sandpit project.
