Create a Halloween countdown with this free Halloween chalkboard printable!
I’m back with another Halloween project! I promise I haven’t forgotten about fall crafts, I’m just SO excited for Halloween. The next few months will be crazy busy for us, between 3 out of town trips, the holidays, birthdays, and of course as a blogger during the busiest crafting season. I’m trying to get ahead with our Halloween decor and projects while I can. This chalkboard countdown is something I’ve wanted to do for a long time and I knew Halloween was the perfect opportunity to put it together.
I purchased a handful of these dollar frames from ikea back in January and they’ve been sitting in a cabinet waiting to become something totally awesome. Sadly we don’t have an ikea nearby so I usually stop on our way home from Disneyland. Of course it adds an extra 2 hours to our drive home, because hello ridiculously awesome, inexpensive, home decor! Even though I had some at home I felt the need to buy the colored frames on our ikea trip last month. Clearly the problem is ikea needs to open a store nearby so that I don’t feel like I need to buy everything on the few trips I get to go. Right? :)
I knew I wanted to make a countdown with the frames back in January but never got around to it, then a few nights ago I finally sat down to create this printable Halloween countdown. I’m not quite done with the 31 days so I made this one with days 1-15, the 31st, and the Trick or Treat printable. I have the Trick or Treat printable ready if you’d like to print it for your Halloween decor and I’ll share the numbers next week! I kept the numbers simple with a decorative scroll so that you can use them for any kind of countdown you’d like! These are also great as wedding table numbers. Can you tell I’m excited? Oh trust me, you’ll see a few more from me soon. I have a Disney, Christmas, and birthday printable countdown to share!
Supplies:
– ikea frame
– chalkboard printable
– binding rings (I’m using 1.5 antique rings, 7gypsies brand)
– hole punch
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I used my We R Memory Keepers Crop A Dile to punch through one of the prints 1 inch from the sides by 3/4 inch from the top. Once I punched a hole through one of the pictures I used the holes as a guide to make a template on the back of another photo. I then stacked about 5-8 pictures at a time and punched the holes I traced. This made it easy to punch through the prints faster and guaranteed I made a hole in the exact location for each print. Then by removing the plastic insert from the frame I looped the prints through the frame and rings. You can print the printable at home with cardstock or send it to a photo lab like Target or Costco as a 4×6 print.
My kids are excited to flip through the days to countdown to Halloween!
Thanks for stopping by!
kimbowest
September 11, 2013 at 7:20 amway cute! i love this chalkboard trend! but my handwriting never looks good with it! so i ADORE the printables!
Crystal
September 11, 2013 at 10:23 amkimbowest » I’m the same way! Thanks for stopping by, Kim! :)
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September 11, 2013 at 11:58 amThis is such a fun and simple craft, I love it! I love how the bats are very subtle in the background.
Mandy @ Sugar Bee Crafts
September 11, 2013 at 4:52 pmsuper cute! love – can’t believe those frames were only $1 – I need some!
Crystal
September 11, 2013 at 6:29 pmI love this!! It’s so cute!! Love IKEA. Love it!!
Nat
September 11, 2013 at 10:19 pmThis is such a good idea! I have a couple of those frames that are still empty so I’ll definitely be printing the countdown! Thanks!
KC @ The Real Thing with the Coake Family
September 12, 2013 at 5:48 pmWhat a cute frame and cute printable. Love the countdown to Halloween.
KC
Trish - Mom On Timeout
September 13, 2013 at 1:11 pmThis is such a fun idea Crystal – pinned!
Jocelyn @ BruCrew Life
September 14, 2013 at 9:09 pmHow cute is this countdown?! I adore those frames from IKEA! I am known to spend waaaay too much money there! ;) And thank you for this great printable!!
Jessica H
September 16, 2013 at 8:39 amWhat a cute idea! Pinning this to my Halloween board!
Kristen Duke
September 16, 2013 at 6:56 pmI love this – so adorable!! Thank you for the printable…I pinned to make my own!
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September 16, 2013 at 9:16 pmThat is so fun! Thanks for the free printable!
Ashley
September 16, 2013 at 9:40 pmThis is so creative, I’m so going to be using this!
Randi - Dukes and Duchesses
September 18, 2013 at 7:29 pmThat’s so cute, Crystal! And what a fun way to get the kids excited. Thanks for linking up at Project Inspire{d}.
Mackenzie @ Cheerios and Lattes
September 21, 2013 at 9:21 amVery cute; our kids love count downs too!
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September 21, 2013 at 5:10 pmOh my gosh! Girl, I love it!! You come up with some of the best crafts :)
Kathy
September 23, 2013 at 10:13 amThis is so adorable! Thank you so much for sharing! Are the days available to print as well? Thank you! :)
Gina S
September 23, 2013 at 12:47 pmThis is so cute! I went and got the frames from Ikea last week. Did you post the countdown numbers? I wasn’t sure if I was missing it somewhere. Thanks for sharing!!!
Shelby
September 23, 2013 at 2:04 pmI absolutely love this! My kids will think this is so fun :) I am having an issue downloading this though…every time I try to it only shows up as the front trick or treat page. The rest or the numbers aren’t there. Am I doing something wrong?
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September 23, 2013 at 8:04 pmOh my goodness!! This is so ADORBS!! Love.
valerie johnson
September 24, 2013 at 8:38 pmwaiting on pins and needles for this download!! please put it up soon :)
ChristineR
October 15, 2013 at 4:23 pmHi! Absolutely adorable countdown! I was trying to download and can only get the .jpg of the first image. It looks like there are other hyperlinks but they don’t seem to work for me. The only one that did work was the hyperlink in the materials list. Thank you for your hard work!
Sarah Morrow
October 16, 2013 at 2:18 pmHi, is the complete set of numbers done yet? All I’m getting on the link is the Trick or Treat jpg. Thanks!
Suzzi
October 17, 2013 at 6:44 pmThanks and such a great idea.
Colette
November 1, 2013 at 10:34 pmThanks for the printable! This is perfect!!
I was wondering if you were planning on creating a countdown for Christmas too? I just went to IKEA this week & they have red stands! This chalkboard design would be so cute for Christmas too! Thanks!!
Colette Robertson
November 7, 2013 at 12:24 pmHi, I also am only getting that the link is just the Trick or Treat sign, & no numbers. Could you send the me rest? Thanks!
Michelle
September 18, 2014 at 1:00 pmI love this craft and can’t wait to make one! I’m having trouble downloading it though. I can only find the “Trick-or-Treat” pic. Where do I find the numbers?