Silent Movie Era Chalkboard Table Runner
Supplies:
Black chalkboard paper, vinyl, or other material
White paint pen
Stencils (optional)
Isn’t it strange how, sometimes, a small thing can be challenging to make, but something large is really easy? Like, when you do your own jewelry making, you can spend hours on a single pair of earrings or a necklace. At the same time, a table runner, which is usually quite large/long, can be as easy to make as laying the cloth on the table. You’ll find that to be the case when you make a table runner for a silent movie era party or theme. It’s fast, it’s not expensive, and it will have everyone at the party laughing.
A silent movie era is an exciting theme for a party during any time of the year. With a black and white color scheme, there are so many different designs of table runners that you can make; you’ll be able to do all of the decorations yourself. It’ll be great!
Black chalkboard paper makes it so easy to create a nice tablecloth for the party. However, you can also use black fabric, a piece of black vinyl, or even a plastic garbage bag. Cut it to the size that you want for the runner. Some materials, such as upholstery vinyl and heavy cloth, should need nothing to hold them down. Garbage bags, though, will need to be taped in place. Heavy trash bags, like the ones sold for construction debris, aren’t as flimsy and wrinkled as regular trash bags, and are the best choice where plastic bags are concerned.
After getting the chalkboard table runner in place, write what you want to on it, using stencils and/or a freehand technique. It can be helpful to look at silent movie captions online to get an idea of what you’d like to write, as well as to see how borders were done around certain captions.
There are lots of different ways to make the table runner for the silent movie party. You can make various captions so that each one looks like a place mat on the runner. Or, you can write the names of famous silent movie actors and actresses all over the table runner. You can easily write and draw on any of the mentioned materials by using a piece of chalk or, to make it permanent and less dusty, a white paint pen.
The black chalkboard runner, with white accents, is so reminiscent of the silent movie era, that it makes the ideal decoration for the table. After the party, roll it up, and put it away for years. Break it out in the future and have a similar party. Why not; it was so much fun the first time!
