Little Missy was recently given a chalk making kit. The little ones got straight to it and made some fabulous looking chalks. Check out our instragram feed to see them.
I then thought how about using what we have around the house to make some super chunky chalks.
We collected together some toilet rolls, plaster of paris, plastic tubs. plastic spoons, gel food colouring, masking tape and paper.
We put a couple of small pieces of paper over the end of the toilet rolls and secured it with masking tape. 
We made up some plaster of paris mixture and added some gel food colouring. We used guesswork for the amount of water and the amount of plaster of paris, alternatively if you hate guesswork then use two parts plaster of paris to every one part water. After a good mix little man poured the mixture into the toilet rolls.
We waited for a couple of days for the mixture to completely dry, it may not need this long. We then peeled off the cardboard tubes and here revealed were our super chunky chalks. :)
The Real Lara Shoe 
I didn’t know that you could make chalk! My lot would love this and its so easy. My 5 year old loves drawing on the patio with chalk! #FabFridayPost
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Yes it’s so easy and the chalks came out really well 🙂
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Wizard idea! You don’t get chunkier than that! Look forward to seeing what they do with them!
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Totally chunky and totally strong. We tried them out briefly the other day, looking good 😊
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I didn’t even know you could buy a chalk-making kit! Have to get one for my daughter asap 😉 Love the colours of the super chunky chalk sticks x
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Or just buy some plaster of Paris. You can even just add paint to it if you don’t have food colouring 😀
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So fun! My girls really enjoy using chalk outdoors. I’m interested to hear how well these worked outside!
~Jess
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I had no idea you could do this! I learn something new every day! Looks fun #FabFridayPost
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Rather cool huh!
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How cool! I don’t think I’ve ever seen anyone make their own chalk before! We tried a spray chalk once, but it didn’t really turn out like I had hoped.
I love the look of intense concentration on your little boy’s face as he’s pouring. 😉 #fabfridaypost
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Spray chalk sounds fascinating, I’ve never heard of it before, shame it didn’t work out. I’ll have to google it!
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This is awsome! Even I could do this.#fabfriday
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Totally!
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It never would have occured to me to make chalk. What a fun project. #FabFridayPost
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Definitely worth a go. V strong chalks!
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Ohmygoodness, I bet your kids had a ball doing this! Love it. Good, quality family time too. 🙂 #FabFridayPost
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It was actually nice and controlled with just one kid!!
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This is too awesome! I am so pinning this! I had no idea that chalk is made of plaster of paris. We will definitely be making these too! Thank you so much for the idea! #FabFridayPost
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Have fun with it. The chalks are so strong and don’t break like the regular sized ones!
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I had no idea you could do this. My son would love it, pinning this for later x
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Hope your son enjoys this one ☝️
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You really do learn something new everyday! I didn’t know you could make chalk at home. Wow
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Indeed learning is great 👍🏽
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These are really cool! I’d heard about adding plaster of paris to paint to make chalk paint – but not to actually make chalks. Sarah #FabFridayPost
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I’ll have to have a go at making some chalk paint next!!
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WOW I love those!! I didn’t know chalk was made of plaster of paris! Definitely going to try this! #fabfridaypost
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This is such a fab idea, we’ll be trying this out too! #FabFridayPosr
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enjoy!
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