Chalk pens for the window
Fun for the whole family
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You want to let off steam creatively with your children? Then chalk pens for the window are exactly what you have been looking for.
Some activities with children depend on the time of year. These include, for example, collecting chestnuts, making leaf imprints, flying kites and many, many more. Window crayons are particularly popular in winter, but are great all year round. Not only children love the fantastic and easy decoration, adults also like to paint their windows and let their creativity run free.
Nice job
Do you also remember when you used to have your windows with Window Color painted? At the time, you often had no idea what a tedious job awaited you when the decorations hung on the window forever and then eventually had to be taken off again. Now it’s the practical ones crayons for the window, that inspire young and old – and not only look great on the window in the children’s room, but on all windows throughout the house.
In the Netherlands, chalk crayons for the window are particularly popular, the decorations are already part of the tradition. The pens are available in dozens of different colors and shapes.
With chalk pens, you don’t have to be particularly good at drawing or looking for complicated patterns, because the window decoration is created quickly and easily – and wiped off the pane just as quickly. Simply remove the color with a damp cloth or glass cleaner. In this way, the window can be beautifully painted with suitable motifs with chalk pens at any time of the year – whether in spring, summer, autumn or winter. Beautiful result guaranteed!
That’s how it works:
- It’s best to get a great one template book with motifs that are just perfect at the moment – or simply one with timeless motifs.
- Then choose a motif and attach the template to the outside of the window with adhesive tape. This protects your drawing from wind and weather.
- Before starting, clean the window on both sides with glass cleaner in order to avoid stains on the pane in advance.
- Read the instructions carefully, choose a color and trace the template with the chalk pen on the inside of the window.
Some pens need to be shaken with the cap on before use and then pumped up and down on a piece of paper, tip down, to fill the crayon with colour. - Of course you can also start painting without a template. This is how individual, beautiful pictures are created with chalk pens, which not everyone has as a template.
Helpful tips
- the Thick-tipped chalk pens are particularly suitable for beautiful lettering. the Pens with the thin tips conjure up super beautifully detailed pictures.
- Pay attention to the proportions and distribution of the window decoration. Of course, something doesn’t have to be painted in every corner and on the entire pane, but there shouldn’t be any tiny pictures on a huge window either.
- Be sure to stick the template to the outside of the window so that you can trace much more precisely and beautifully.
- It is best to start with the chalk crayons on the window as a right-handed person at the top and left, so as not to wipe off the decoration directly. If you’re left-handed, it should work best the other way around.
- Don’t despair if at first one or the other motif is a bit crooked or the lines are not quite straight. It doesn’t matter at all, because in the end it can still look super nice and bring out the desired joy in one.
Chalk pencils for the window: These templates are popular
Depending on the season, the windows with the chalk pens painted with different motifs. In template books you will find something for every occasion. Holidays such as Easter, Halloween and Christmas are particularly popular. The window decoration looks super nice both inside and outside and creates a very special atmosphere in the house and on the street. Passers-by strollers also enjoy the painted windows and are sure to leave you with a smile or two.
The following motifs can be seen particularly often all year round:
- garlands
- animals
- flower
- to sunbathe
- ice cream cone
- hearts
- Mandala
- quotes
- claims
In winter, the window decoration mainly consists of:
- Snow pictures: snowflakes, sledge, snowman
- Christmas motifs: fir tree, nutcracker, fir tree balls, reindeer, gingerbread houses, stars
Once tried, the chalk pens for the window will become indispensable. Try it yourself ?