Old Chalk 2 New Paint

Do your children love chalk? Do they have thousands of tiny pieces of chalk from used extras that end up at the bottom of the chalk bucket?
While blog searching the other afternoon I ran across an idea to turn old chalk pieces into chalk paint.
Simple... take old chalk, divide it out by color, place the colors in plastic bags and let the kids hammer the heck out of 'em... Then pour the powdered chalk into a bowl add a small amount of water, enough to turn the powder into a paste or thick liquid, then let the kids paint away...

Some of the colors we added too much water and they didn't show up right away, but once the water was dry the colors were so pretty. This project even drew attention from other neighborhood kids and before I knew it my whole driveway was covered with paint and children...


The kids loved this new take on old chalk...