Christmas Chalkboard Doodles (and the Door That Deserved Better)
Christmas chalkboard doodles don’t have to be perfect. Come see my humble (and slightly funny) holiday chalkboard door, plus the paper star garland I paired with it.
Looking for an easy Christmas decor idea? How about a vintage door with chalkboard panels decorated for Christmas.
This post should be called ” the misunderstood chalkboard”. Â You see I have this rather cool chalkboard door in my kitchen.
When I made it, I had visions of monthly ubercool graphics and drawings on it. Something to take the chalkboard with us through the seasons and special events.
Blame Pinterest, it is chockfull of beautiful chalkboard boards all the time. I thought how hard can it be.
Well I found out…
I should have known really.
Why on earth did I think that drawing on a chalkboard was different from drawing on paper. I totally suck at drawing anything.
I flunked Kindergarten totally. Not that they did ‘Kindergarten graduation’ in my day, way too old for that stuff. But anyway, if they had, I think it would have been the one exam in my life that I could not pass. Cutting in a straight line, drawing a circle by hand, draw a figurine that isn’t a stick figure, write something with consistent letters that don’t slope like the Swiss Alps? Nope, I can’t do any of these things if my life depended on it.
So now I live with this misunderstood chalkboard. She is waiting for a chance to wish the world  a Merry Christmas in beautiful lettering, she is so ready to receive beautiful drawings of Christmas trees and flying angels. She’d love to shout out to the world to spread Joy and Give Thanks.
Instead she has to settle for my level of  Christmas chalkboard doodles…
And a string of lights and a garland of stars…
… at least she has that…
And so do I! And honestly I love her just the way she is.
Paper star garland sewed up the same way as I did with my Christmas mantel star garlands.
And for your information. Fijne Kerst means Merry Christmas in Dutch. So now my humble chalkboard has sent you holiday wishes in two languages!
Okay – you convinced me. I need a chalkboard. NOW!!!!!!
Merry Christmas.
thanks for showing your chalkboard drawings, thought they were just the right amount of Christmas cheer. Sometimes some of these chalkboards have drawings on them that you had to major in art to attain. Merry Christmas, still trying to do the origami star, and I’m not giving up till I get at least one.
I love your trees and snowflakes! On chalkboards less is more.
Hi Marianne, I adore your trees and snowflakes, all very special and unique, just like you! Love all your stars. Thanks for sharing. Blessings and smiles, Emilou 🙂
I love your post!!! I bought a chalkboard pen. It did not work. I bought another. Oh how crisp those lines were!!!! Wellll. Erase and indelible. I read fine print. Yes it’s for chalkboards but….it does not erase!!!!
So my blackboard is always smeared white and I write a chalky greeting not crisp. I wish I’d stuck with old chalk!!!! I may cover it with black paper. It works the same
I think you did well! I really love the trees and will try to copy yours. My mom always says I have been born with two left hands!