DIY Chalk Holder
The perfect accessory to adorn a chalkboard is a DIY chalk holder! Not only does this cute little chalk holder hold your chalk for you in little buckets, but it has the perfect ledge to hold your eraser as well! The chalk holders can be made from scrap wood or one 1×6 board can make you two holders for chalk!
It is so great for children to be able to create and draw with their hands but plain old paper and crayons get boring after a while! Let them go to town on this DIY framed chalkboard wall and store the chalk in the chalk holders that can hold onto the erasers too!
This project will literally only take you a matter of a few minutes but that doesn’t mean that it won’t make a big impact! When you have a chalkboard you must have somewhere to put the chalk and erasers right?! You don’t want the chalk and erasers on the floor! Plus if you have some scrap wood laying around you don’t even have to pay for the wood! Woohoo!
Gathering Supplies to Build the DIY chalk holder
Alright, let’s get our booties shakin’ and start makin’ this fantastic chalk and eraser holder!! I just get so excited about the really easy projects…can you blame me? Didn’t think so!! Lol!
Material List for chalk holder:
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- 1 – 1x6x6
- 1 – 1x2x8 furring strip
- **or if you have a table saw you can use 1 – 1x6x8 and rip down your own 1×2 out of the leftover piece
- 4 hooks
- 4 mini pails
- wood glue
- brad nailer and 1 1/4″ & 3/4″ brad nails or finishing nails and hammer
- hanging hardware
Cut List for Chalk Holder:
- 2 – 1×6 @ 29″
- 2 – 1×6 @ 4″
- 2 – 1×2 @ 5.5″
Building the DIY Chalk Holders
Alright once you have your couple cuts made, you can start the assembly process!
I originally was only making this a chalk holder so I had stained the 29″ boards, attached the hooks, and had it ready to hang when I realized it would be perfect to add the eraser holder at the bottom – so I stained my pieces before putting them together…you can do it whichever way you prefer!
Here are my boards cut to 29″…there really was no rhyme or reason to the 29″…I just was using scraps and this seemed like a good size and the buckets had plenty of room to hang! You could go longer or with more buckets if you please!
I sanded them down and in the picture above they are stained with my oh-so-FAVORITE stain Varathane Dark Walnut! It goes on with just one coat and dries in just one hour…what more could a girl want?!
Just a note…it looks like paint going on your wood, but if you quickly wipe the wood, with a lint-free cloth or paper towel, in the direction of the grain to evenly disperse the stain and absorb any extra, the result is this beautiful, dark shade of perfection…so I think anyway! Lol!
Since the eraser holder was an afterthought, I don’t have a picture of all the wood at the very beginning of the project, but here are the little pieces you will cut to attach to the bottom of your 1×6 @ 29″.
So there I have cut the 1x2s @ 5.5″ and the 1x6s @ 4″.
So then we just grab our brad gun or nails and hammer…and attach the 4″ piece to the bottom of our 29″ piece…make sure to use some glue to give extra strength!
Then we add the 1×2 to the bottom and attach it with your brad gun or hammer!
Not a very good picture but you can at least make out what I am doing…I hope anyway! Lol!
Now you can just screw your hooks onto the front. The hooks I bought are from Wal-Mart, I got a package of six for 5 bucks…maybe 5.97, but you can get a 24 pack (affiliate link) on Amazon for 10 bucks and have tons of hooks to use on other projects around the house!
I just eyeballed where to put the hooks, and then I realized my eyeballs may be a little wack because they are not perfectly aligned…but luckily, it isn’t noticeable! You can measure to make sure this doesn’t happen to you! Lol!
Last but not least, they just need a little picture hanger on the back…I used some inexpensive ones from our hardware store, here is the package they were in!
I just placed them about an inch down from the top of the board and hammered the tiny nails… and my thumb! 🤣 Pick the place in your home that suits you best…and screw a flat head screw into the wall to hang this cutie on! I lucked out and had studs right where I wanted to place mine otherwise I might have used a sheetrock anchor! They are not that heavy, it’s just that with my kiddos digging in the buckets…you never know what may happen!
Last but not least…hang those buckets on the hooks and fill them up with chalk and place your erasers! Awesome sauce!!!
I’m still not sure why my camera is refusing to focus! So again, sorry for the grainy slightly unfocused pics!
FYI: I got the little pails from Michael’s but they were in the Valentine section…I know… it took me a while to use them! Ha! I then found out later, that on Amazon they have many, many options…even some really cute galvanized ones that I may have to change these out to at some point!!
So, so, so easy right?! I love when a project this simple turns out to be the perfect decorative accessory and really finishes the space! Pretty and has a purpose…that’s my jam!! Is it silly that I am a bit giddy over a little piece of wood to hold chalk and erasers?!
If you make any DIY chalk holders I would love to see them!
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