I found this Melissa and Doug doll house in our basement, which I had forgotten that we had. We were given two doll houses in one year, and kept both of them, but somehow this one was forgotten. I decided that I would use it as a display case for craft fairs, and thus need to give it a paint job.

Mary had a can of chalkboard paint and said I could use it. We gave it two good coats, and it looks awesome. Here it is displaying one of Mary’s owls.

What I somehow hadn’t expected was that my kids would want to play with it, too. I figured, it’s erasable so why not? They love it! Sometimes they coat the whole exterior in chalk and say they are painting the house. Sometimes they draw people on the interior walls. They also make rugs on the floors and pictures on the walls.

This was such a simple project. You could easily do it in an afternoon. And if you don’t have a doll house, you could attach a small triangle shaped piece of craft wood or plywood to a little 2 or 3 shelf bookcase. Give it a couple of coats of chalk board paint and you have a decoratable doll house!