Pinterest Inspired DIY Chalkboard Cookie Jar for Father's Day

I'm a little bit of a Pinterest abuser. I love it and I find myself skimming through all the pins whenever I find a moment to myself.

What I love about it is that it helps me plan for everything in my life: dinner, decorating, organizing, holidays, vacations, and of course gifts.

My husband is not too keen on me spending a lot of money on him for father's day. He doesn't view it as a holiday that requires gifts, which is something that I really appreciate about him. 

But I wanted to make the day special. And since he has been nagging me to buy a cookie jar, when I found this pin, I knew exactly what I could make for him.

Picture originally from Pinterest and Mom Advice 

This project is from Mom Advice. She has an excellent tutorial so if you're interested in trying it yourself head on over to her site! Plus, she has a template if you want to do your chalkboard like hers. 

Mom Advice did her cookie jar with a conversation bubble, as you can see in her post or in my interest pin.

But I wanted to do something a little different, make it my own... err, I mean, make it my husband's... 

My husband grew up in the suburbs of Chicago so he, of course, is a big Cubs fan. So I decided to make my chalkboard a cub.

So if you would like to try this craft all you need is: 

1 Gallon Cookie Jar (over by the jars in the kitchen section)- $7.44

Krylon Chalkboard Spray Paint (in the home improvement section)- $3.97

Avery Removable Wall & Window Signage Sheets (over by the office supplies)- $9.97 for 5 sheets

16 count chalk (in office supplies)- $.47

Scissors (in your craft supplies)

1 sheet of heavy cardstock (in your craft supplies)

*cited from Mom Advice

I also used a chalk pen instead of chalk. Brought back my days of drawing on the boards while I worked as a barista at Starbucks. 

Oh, and how I love chalkboard paint!

I see a lot more crafting with chalkboard paint in the future!

And here's the final product:

Now all I need to do is make the cookies!

Hope you all had an amazing Father's Day!

xo
bear's mom

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Happy First Father's Day!

To my daddy-

If I could speak then I would say:

I love you in oh so many ways

And if I could speak I would say:

I love you when you're happy,

I love you when you're silly,

I love you when you smile

and I love you all the way to the Nile!

Daddy,

I love you so much! Because of you, I am the special girl that I am.

Because of you I already love nature, I already love trees! Because of you... I like cheese!

And even though I can't speak just yet, you know it's love that I mean when I snuggle up next to you at the end of the day.

To my owner-

If I could speak then I would say:

Christopher! I love you in so many ways!

I love you when you throw my ball

and I love you when you give me treats

I love you when you come home

and I think about you all day long!

I love you when you run with me

and most of all I love you when you hug me!

And even though I'm super crazy...

I love you most when we eat bacon!

Christopher,

I love you so much because you take care of me. You make sure that I get all of my medicine and you take me to the doctor's when I am sick. You run with me when I am good and you give me lots of human food. I love you because you let me play with my friends at doggie day camp and because sometimes you take me for a hike. I miss you when you are gone! I wait day and night for you to come home because I just love you so! You're my best friend, Chris!

To My husband:

Since I can speak, then I will say:

I love you in so many ways!

I love you because you are tall

I love you because you throw Acadia's ball

I love you because you gave me bear

I love you because she has your hair

I love you when you are asleep

I even love all of your teeth

I love you when you are blue

and I even love your stinkiest shoes.

I love you because you love me

I love you because we have a family.

Chris,

I love you and I hope you have the best father's day! The best that any father has ever had! I hope that every father's day is a very special day for you! I hope at the end of each father's day you think, just before you fall asleep, how amazing the day was and that you feel super loved. We will all work hard to make your day special because we love you so much! I love you!