High scoring

Make your very own game scorer blackboard using MDF and a few Resene Testpots.

High scoring - instruction sheet

Resene kids art with Mark Rayner - Project 49

Difficulty level: Moderate

You will need: A piece of MDF (ours measured 300mm x400mm), Paintbrushes (including an artists’ brush), Resene Blackboard Paint, Resene Quick Dry waterborne primer undercoat, Resene Testpots of Resene Roadster and Resene Toto

Top tip: Use a damp cloth to wipe off your chalk scores - it’ll make the blackboard look as good as new.

Here's another idea: Use a different colour combination - here we used Resene Yellow Sea for the frame and Resene Citron for the lettering.

High scoring

Another idea: Use different colours

Step one
Prime the MDF with one coat of Resene Quick Dry and leave for one hour to dry.

Step two
Paint the MDF with two coats of Resene Blackboard Paint, allowing three hours for each coat to dry.

Step three
Using a wide artists’ brush paint a frame around the edge of the MDF using Resene Toto. Leave to dry for two hours and apply a second coat.

Step four
Using a small artists’ brush, paint the word ‘Score’ along the top of the MDF using Resene Roadster, as shown. Leave to dry for two hours and apply a second coat. Once it’s dry, grab a piece of chalk and start scoring!