Homemade Dry erase

[kwg]

What do I need? ANy tips or hints? I am not handy so I am thinking simple and effective ...and, of course, cheap :D

 

Thanks!

 

Links are great! Step by steps for dummies too! I need all the help I can get. :glare:;):D

[Shelly in IL]

I glued it to the old closet doors in my school room. It looks awesome and works great! Comes in big sheets, so you can make it as big as you want!

[LaxMom]

We used that as well. It's worked well, though there is some staining and it doesn't look so hot (after a couple years).

 

Some friends of ours made a dry-erase board out of a yard sale picture frame. White paper inside and, voila!, you can write and wipe off on the glass. I think we'll be upgrading. ;)

 

(Oh, I also write all over my stainless refrigerator doors. Dry/wet erase stays nicely and wipes off when I'm done, even after months)

[silliness7]

I made a dry erase by laminating a white piece of poster board and taping it to the back of a door. That was a couple years ago and it is still going.

[JZMom]

 

Some friends of ours made a dry-erase board out of a yard sale picture frame. White paper inside and, voila!, you can write and wipe off on the glass. I think we'll be upgrading. ;)

 

 

 

That is brilliant! You could even use regular markers on it, and spare yourself the fumes and expense of dry erase.

 

I've used tile board, and agree that it does start to look a little rough after a while, especially if you don't erase it frequently.

 

Depending on what size you need, you may be able to find a great deal at the back to school sales. Michaels carries them, and you could use a 40% coupon there. Occasionally, they offer 50% off.

[angela in ohio]

We have a sheet of 4x8 ft shower board up across the wall in our Rec Room (school room.) It works very well. We've had it a few years, and when it gets grimy, we will just replace it.

 

Dh put it directly on the wall, and then put white caps over the screws so that it looks nice. :001_smile:

[grace'smom]

We got a big shower board from home depot and it turned out great. We LOVE it. Having all that room has really transformed our Phonics Road lessons. If you scroll down on my blog link there are a couple pics of it. We got some simple baseboard and painted it with spray paint to make a frame. The whole thing cost about 40.00, but it looks sooooo nice! We also used turtle wax on it and at first I thought I'd ruined it but it just needed to soak in... The turtle wax is supposed to make it last longer and have less ghosting. We use dry erase crayons OR wet erase markers but the dry erase markers are really bad about ghosting. We don't use those at all. The crayons are awesome.

 

http://givingourbest.blogspot.com/2011/05/schoolroom-pics.html#links

Edited July 16, 2011 by grace'smom
adding more specific blog link

[kwg]

Thank you! What great ideas! I never thought of a few of them! lol

 

Shower board people- one poster said she used turtle wax- which i had to goggle..lol....-did everyone use that?

 

Thank you for the links too! You guys have wonderful school rooms! Thank you again.

[Diana B]

We used that as well. It's worked well, though there is some staining and it doesn't look so hot (after a couple years).

 

Some friends of ours made a dry-erase board out of a yard sale picture frame. White paper inside and, voila!, you can write and wipe off on the glass. I think we'll be upgrading. ;)

 

(Oh, I also write all over my stainless refrigerator doors. Dry/wet erase stays nicely and wipes off when I'm done, even after months)

 

I use glass in a frame. I'd love to get more, as I find them cheap. I use pretty scrapbook paper in them and then can hang them on the wall and have a pretty way to keep to-do lists, menus, etc. Can use wet or dry erase.

 

I'd just use a white / off white paper if I was using it for school though. :)