Tree Stump Chalkboard

INSIDE : Learn how to make a stunning DIY Tree Stump Chalkboard! This easy tutorial for a Wood Slice Chalkboard uses a natural tree slice, mint colored chalkboard paint, and gold accents for a unique look.

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This post has been updated since it’s original publish date of May 2014.

If you’ve been following for the last few weeks, you know that I am in the middle of a guest room + office update (final reveal shared at Guest Room + Office Makeover Reveal).  I have been working hard to create a new clean and organized space and with that comes all kinds of fun DIY and craft  projects!  Today I am sharing one of my favorites, my Wood Slice Chalkboard!

Are you ready for this?!!  TWELVE YEARS LATER and I'm still using this DIY piece in our home.  I've painted the chalkboard black and it's in my office here, Moody Office Reveal.

What supplies do I need to create a custom chalkboard?

• Tree Slice
• Mint Green chalkboard paint (Black chalkboard paint)
• Gold Foil Paint Pen
• Rustoleum Gold Spray Paint
• Sponge + Angled brushes
• Picture Hanging Hooks

How to paint on a tree slice

To start this project, select a tree slice that is large enough to “write on” with chalk, but not so large it will be hard to hang. Mine is about 14″ in total from top to bottom.

Then I used the chalkboard paint to create a “chalkboard area”.  I selected a single tree ring and used it as my paint border with two or three coats of the chalkboard paint.  (I put in white dashed lines below so you can see the line I followed.)  

I also gave the raw wood area from the bark edge to my mint green paint, a very light white wash. This is not needed, but I thought it gave it a cleaner look. 

After the paint had dried, I got out my favorite  Gold Foil Paint Pen and went to town.  

I painted the bark tops.  I attempted to use it the paint pen on the side of the bark, but it was challenging to make the paint stick .

Then, I realized I could give the edge of the bark a coat of gold spray paint! It was so much easier and faster. I turned the tree stump over (so as to not paint the chalkboard portion) and spray painted the edge with gold.

How to hang a tree slice on the wall

Then it was a simple as hammering in a few picture hanging hooks in the back of the tree slice. I used a hammer and it took no time at all.

Then, my chalkboard was ready to hang on the wall!

I love that gold edge!  I love the natural material used as a mint chalkboard!  

I also used this colored chalkboard paint on my kid’s IKEA desks. They turned out so adorably.

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