Creative Ways to use Chalkboard Contact Paper

DIY Chalkboards are a great way to decorate your home and help you get organized. There are a few options you can do to make your chalkboard wall or area, you can use chalkboard paint or get self-stick chalkboard paper. The chalkboard paint takes time to dry and may need several coats in your area. Instead, the Con-Tact Brand Chalkboard selfstick paper (affiliate) is very easy to install. You do not need to worry about all the prep and just start adhering to the surfaces and you are ready to go and get organized.

I found that Con-Tact Brand Chalkboard selfstick paper (affiliate) works wonders in a variety of places in your home. This post will talk about options for use of the Chalkboard Con-Tact self-stick paper in your home.

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Add chalkboard strips to mason jars
Label top of reused containers
Pantry Grocery List or Meal Planner
Create labels for the coat hooks
Event List or Activity List for Craft Room Wall
Create a Handmade Calendar chalkboard for the kitchen
Chalkboard Wall in the Homeschool Room
Add it to the wall behind your bed for a headboard look
Add chalkboard paper to a flat door
Where to buy Chalkboard Paper Self-stick?
Where to buy chalk for chalkboard self-stick paper?

Add chalkboard strips to mason jars

First, you can use the Chalkboard Tape(affiliate) for labeling mason jars (Affiliate Link). With the texture on the mason jars (Affiliate Link), it may be difficult for labels (Affiliate Link) to stick to the glass. It looks like this.

Check out how I did this in the below post.

The Best Way To Label Mason Jars

Label top of reused containers

Another option is to use them to label (Affiliate Link) the top of containers. This is great for replacing the top of stainless steel containers or plastic ones that you may have used before.

19 Creative Ways to Reuse Meal Delivery Containers

Pantry Grocery List or Meal Planner

You can also use chalkboard self-stick paper inside the pantry (Affiliate Link) to jot down the weekly meal plans, or quick grocery list, like this post I wrote below.

How to Make a DIY Chalkboard Pantry Doors

Create labels for the coat hooks

Cut them into squares to stick to the children's coat hooks. It will give you a place to write what activities are going on that week on Sunday to help my children remember.

Event List or Activity List for Craft Room Wall

Create a scrapbook (Affiliate Link) event or activities list on the wall near your scrapbook (Affiliate Link) station. I write down the scrapbook (Affiliate Link) pages I still need to do for the kids. It's also a great place to write future DIY projects.

Create a Handmade Calendar chalkboard for the kitchen

Having a place you and your family can write on the wall is a beautiful way to keep everyone apprised of the activities for the week or even the month. Adding a few strips of chalkboard self-stick wallpaper to an unused prominent wall is a perfect way to help everyone see the activities happening and where everyone will be.

Chalkboard Wall in the Homeschool Room

You can make a homeschool chalkboard wall if you and your family homeschool. For a similar example, check out my markerboard wall for ideas. Hanging a cute self-stick bin to hold the chalk or the chalk markers will give it a classroom-like design and allow your kids to write on the wall. It’s a win-win.

Add it to the wall behind your bed for a headboard look

Some people add it as a decorative wall design to make a dramatic headboard (Affiliate Link). Framing it with some nice pieces of stained 1 inch pieces of wood will give it a dark romantic look.

Add chalkboard paper to a flat door

And lastly, you can add it to a flat door for a great place to add items you need to get or do for that day. You can even draw pretty designs or collages on the door to make it a lovely focal point for your hallway.

Where to buy Chalkboard Paper Self-stick?

There are so many options when using Chalkboard ConTact Self-stick paper. This one I found on Amazon (Affiliate Link) is an affiliate link and I will receive a small referral commission if you buy it on Amazon (Affiliate Link). Some are self-stick wallpaper and others are thinner.

Where to buy chalk for chalkboard self-stick paper?

There are two types of chalk you can use on the chalkboard contact paper (Affiliate Link). One is regular chalk, but it rubs off easily. This is great for to-do lists (Affiliate Link) that change often. Another product is called: NeoChalk Liquid Chalk Marker (affiliate).

After the Liquid Chalk Marker dries, it only rubs off with a wet cloth. Use the Liquid Chalk for labels (Affiliate Link) that need to be more permanent. I used this for my cookbook labels (Affiliate Link).

I hope these Chalkboard Con-Tact Sticky Paper and Chalkboard Tape ideas help you be creative in your organized home and office. Have you used this type of paper? If so, please leave a comment below and share your creative uses of sticky chalkboard paper.