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Chalkboard & Silver Pinecone Ornaments

How to Make Chalkboard & Silver Pinecone Ornaments
Making your own chalkboard ornaments is simple! Use old ball ornaments and chalkboard paint to create your own on-the-cheap.
How to Make Chalkboard & Silver Pinecone Ornaments

Today we’re going to make some cute ornaments that are so easy you’re going to laugh at the beautiful simplicity of it all!  For this project you will need:

  • Cheap (or old) Christmas ball ornaments
  • Pinecones
  • Chalkboard spray paint
  • Chalkboard marker or chalk
  • Silver spray paint.  (I really like Sterling Silver paint by Chase. You can find it at AC Moore or K-mart.  Use your 40% AC Moore coupon though because it’s pricey stuff but worth it.)
  • Beading wire
Here’s a random tip for you: Target is currently selling the packs of plastic ornaments in their Dollar Spot in red, silver, and blue.  Go today if you want some because I know they’ll sell out fast!  I bought a bunch to decorate my porch and hopefully it will look something like this when I’m done.
Credit: Pottery Barn
The first thing you’ll do is spray paint your ornament balls with your chalkboard paint.  I found that placing my ornaments on wooden skewers in plastic cups worked well to cover the entire circumference with paint.  That was until a strong gust of wind came along and blew them over. Gah!
So, I then moved to sticking the skewers in my mulch.  My mulch is black, so a little chalkboard paint only freshened things up a bit!
While you’re waiting for your ornaments to dry, go attack your pinecones with a little silver paint.

The photo below doesn’t do these babies justice.  The paint is uber shiny and metallic looking and goes on like buttah.  It dries fast to boot which is awesome if you’re as impatient as I am.

Once your ornaments are completely dry, you are done!  Now go Christmas-ify something in your home!  I chose to use these beauties in a $5 wreath that I picked up from a discount chain called Ollies.  I attached the ornaments to the wreath using beading wire (which can be found in the jewelry aisle of the craft store).  Then, I wrote some Christmasy words on my ornaments with a chalkboard marker.
Isn’t it cute?  Seriously what doesn’t look cute with chalkboard paint on it?  Hmmmm. Don’t answer that. Because if you saw my nasty black fingernails and hands after this project was complete you would have your answer.

And because I know many of you drool over the 100 year old brick walls in my home, I’ve included this pic just for you :).

I hope I’ve inspired some of you to make these cuties this year!  Come check me out for some other easy ornament ideas and Christmas inspiration!
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  1. I love black and white, it is a staple in my design arsenal, these look great!!! Love what you did. Just found your blog and I am now a follower, looking forward to more inspiration,Kathysue

  3. ohhh these are so cute!!!

    i wish they made chalkboard spray paint in other colors!!!!

    i'm doing a candy theme this year and i'm not sure black will go =( i want these though!

  6. Lovin' the pine cones, and that silver paint. Weeeeeeeeeeeeee.

    I just bought snowflake stocking holders from a thrift store that I'm totally painting silver…thanks for the great idea!

  7. I love this idea, one more thing to the must try list! They look pretty w/ the silver cones!

  8. LOVE these! I'm going to make some for myself and for our shop. If I can find the time, LOL! I need to find myself one of those chalkboard pens!!
    Have a happy Thanksgiving!
    ~michelle~

  9. Oh how fun!! I would never have thought of using either one of those paints! LOVE your inspiration photo too!

  12. Chalkboard paint is the best thing in the world. Great idea to use them on ornaments. You could customize a whole tree that way.

  15. What a super cute idea. Thanks for sharing. Hope you have a wonderful Thanksgiving. I am a new follower.
    CAS

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