As I was making the Mexican bean salad for the shower the other day, I thought about how easy single servings would be for party guests to take things from the buffet back to the table. Chalkboard mason jar lids seemed like the perfect option to make this idea work.
They would also be great to just put at place settings too!
Now, you already know that, for the shower, I used the little individual plastic containers because my store was out of jars
BUT, my store finally got some more jars in and I scooped them up with the intention of making them party ready. I wanted to make the lids chalkboard so that I could re-use them for each party. If I could write what was in the jar on the top, I didn’t need a food tag! I grabbed my trusty chalkboard paint and a foam brush
My little lids took 4 coats of paint to get them nicely covered. I alternated the direction of the paint with each coat {i.e. first coat horizontal, second coat vertical…repeat} to keep brush strokes from showing and to give it a nice subtle pattern.
Once it was dry, I let it sit out overnight to make sure the paint was good and cured. Then, I rubbed the entire thing with chalk to “prime” it.
Onto the bean salad jar the lid goes and then, I used my chalk ink marker to write on the top. They are awesome and I absolutely love them. Plus, they come in lots of colors so I don’t have to be stuck with white.
Now I am on the hunt for a plastic version of the jar {cute shape is a must!} so I might be able to use something like this for the kids’ upcoming birthday parties. Please let me know if you’ve seen something that might work!
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What a brilliant idea! I am going to have to make some for future BBQs 🙂
Super cute idea!
I’m so doing this. I have a drawer full of old mayo lids that fit my Mason jars. They are crying for a coat – or four – of chalkboard paint!
great idea! I’m definitely going to use this.
Found you at Show and Share. I love this idea! I just bought some chalkboard spray paint, and I totally want to do this!
Awesome idea! I am doing this for my spices. I have a big drawer and lots of spices. This makes it much more organized and pretty.
Wende
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Very cute! I might actually use this idea this weekend! Thanks! Coming to you from the blog hop!
I have some leftover chalkboard paint that I was wondering what to do with…I love the idea of jar lids!!! Too fun!!!
I’ve been pondering whether painting jar lids with chalkboard paint would be doable, (I’ve painted so many things with it!). Having seen your post I’ll definitely be giving it a go, thanks for inspiring me!
Love it! So cute. Thanks so much for linking up at I Gotta Create! <3 Christina
Super cute! My beef and chicken bouillon come in cute little plastic jars, they would be adorable with chalk board lid for kid food!
Super cute! My beef and chicken bouillon come in cute little plastic jars, they would be adorable with chalk board lid for kid food!
I loooove chalkboard paint – perfect!
Thanks so much for linking to “20 Below Thursday”! 🙂
Cute and clever!
Cute and clever!
Okay, I have looked. Where do you get a chalk ink marker” All I found was a white paint marker and it did not look as nice as yours… Help! 🙂
LOVE THIS IDEA!
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ADORABLE! I want a dozen of these right now 🙂
What a fun idea!! Love these!! Hope you can link them up at my trendy tuesday party!! http://www.sweetlittlegals.com
super cute!! great idea! chalk markers are the best! thank you for sharing with us at Uncommon! 😉