How to create your own blackboard city
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Create your own mini city, using wood offcuts and Resene Blackboard Paint.
You will need: Timber offcuts, pencil and ruler, drop saw, sandpaper, Resene Art Action primer, Resene Blackboard Paint, roller and tray, chalk.
Top tip: For a multi-coloured city use other Resene colours tinted into Resene Blackboard Paint or Resene SpaceCote Low Sheen.
Step by step instructions
Step one
Using the pencil and ruler, mark out where you're going to cut the timber, at various lengths. You'll be cutting straight along the bottom, with either a gable shape for the roof or flat top for the sky scrapers.
Step two
Cut the pieces using the drop saw, and sand the rough edges using sand paper.
Step three
Using the roller, apply an undercoat of Resene Art Action primer to the front and back of the timber pieces. Leave to dry.
Step five
Give your children the chalk and show them how to add windows and doors to their mini houses and skyscrapers.
They'll love creating their own mini city!
Finished project
Styling by Gem Adams, photography by Wendy Fenwick
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