dry-erase paint chip calendar

Happy Tuesday! Today, I made you a super simple, fast, and unbearably cute craft. And, bonus, it’s totally functional. I created a dry-erase calendar that’s fashionable, easily customizable, and CHEAP! What’s not to love? I’ve been recently obsessed with Pantone after painting my dresser and headboard in Pantone Peacock Blue, so I decided to use their paint chips. However, what brand you use is totally up to you! All you need is 4 simple things: a frame, foam board or poster board, a glue stick, and a bunch of paint chips! I initially grabbed 42 because I had intended on saving a row for writing the month. However, since my frame turned out to be too small for that, I ended up just using 35. So get at LEAST 35 paint chips in colors you love! Let’s get started.

1. Cut your poster/foam board to fit inside your frame.
2. Lay out your paint chips into the desired formation. My frame was too small to save a row of chips specifically for writing the month name, so I settled with 5 rows across, and 7 rows down (one for each day of the week).
3. If your paint chips are too large or too wide, figure out how much to trim off of each to make them even! My chips were 5-6 inches too wide for my frame, so I cut off 1 inch per chip. I wanted to keep the Pantone logo, so I cut off the side with the names of the colors!

4. Once the chips are all evenly trimmed, lay them out in the desired formation. Mine were the right width at this point, but still too tall, so I just settled for slightly overlapping them rather than cutting them. It’s up to you!
5. Starting at the bottom row, use a regular glue stick to glue the chips to your poster. Easy peasy! I first glued the whole bottom row of chips, then worked on each column going bottom to top.

6. If you left room on the sides of your poster board and don’t want to leave them white, you can cut them off, and put colorful fabric {or scrapbook paper} inside the frame on the sides! I used some leftover fabric I had laying around.
7. Once you are satisfied with the look of your calendar, place it in your frame! Use a dry-erase marker on the glass to mark the month and the days. Super simple! Hang and enjoy your fashionable organization!

This project was a lot of fun, and I LOVE the way it turned out! I’m also pretty happy that it was so cheap! I just spent $11 on the frame {found on clearance at Hobby Lobby}, and $1.50 for the foam board. Paint chips were free, as were the fabric scraps! I had seen the rainbow look on Pinterest, so that’s what I wanted to do, but you could easily make a monochrome calendar, or one with random colors that aren’t in gradient formation. It doesn’t matter what you do, as long as you love it. Happy crafting!