Snugglebug University: Quick and Easy Chalkboard Art (no chalkboard required!)

If there are any projects that I especially love in December, it's the 30 minute ones! It's just such a busy time of year. But it's also a time of year with lots of entertaining too...which means that you might be looking for a way to make your house a little bit more festive.

Today I'm going to show you my very quick take on "chalkboard" art that I used to dress up my house. And the best part? It only cost $1 to make! Pretty awesome right?

That's because the "chalkboard" here is just a piece of black poster board. What does that mean? Well, it means that you can make a pretty big piece of art really inexpensively. I'm not sure how many of you remember my fireplace gallery of wall art:

Well, I kind of felt that I needed to adjust this wall a bit for the holidays. I framed some Christmas cards, old family photos, and even some sheet music that I played at Christmas on the piano when I was a kid! I used poster boards for the big frames.

It's the chalkboard one that I want to talk about today though..because I love it so much!

Ready to see how I made this chalkboard art? Keep reading below!

The real secret here is just two types of pastels on poster board.
I used oil pastels for the letters. It's so much more dynamic than a white marker, and since oil pastels leave a bit of a rough look, it looks a bit more like chalk.

Oil pastels are also super cheap too. I bought mine on Amazon for less than $3 for the whole set. I highly recommend these...they make great stocking stuffers too!