17+ Cute DIY Clipboard Ideas

I whipped up these easy clipboards using a piece of pine wood that I had sitting around. Once they were stained, painted, and routed I distressed them, adding an extra-strong spring clip, and then made some fun felt flowers to go in the corners.

I made not just one clipboard, but a second clipboard because they were so easy!

I love how she took some plain clipboards added a little color using acrylic paint from her craft stash and made a space to hang her kids' art.

This DIY clipboard idea is a great way to have a place for to-do lists and a separate chalkboard area. I love the way she made this clipboard from a small piece of select pine wood, which you probably have laying around in your scrap pile.

By making it magnetic, you can add this fun clipboard to your fridge or locker!

She uses clipboards and paints to make a faux greenhouse look in her home. These turned out great and are a good way to use clipboards creatively.

She shows some easy ways to not only decorate a clipboard but also how to transform it into a dry-erase board. She accomplished this using a little bit of mod podge and an invisible sheet.

These cute mini clipboards she made with washi tape and acrylic paint are the perfect way to get your kids involved in a DIY.

She lets them do whatever designs they wanted and they are perfect for keeping kids busy running errands.

A magnetic clipboard on a much larger design space (like the side of your fridge) is a great way to be able to move it around depending on the design. She goes over just how to magnetize her clipboard to use on her magnetic chalkboard that she's using as a family command center.

Another great idea for a home office is this DIY clipboard. This calendar display clipboard looks amazing and keeps track of important dates. Bonus: Lindi is also giving away the free calendar download for you to use!

What is better than a post-it note clipboard as a gift for your kid's school teacher to celebrate back-to-school? These might not hold the most important documents from school but they sure are cute for jotting down quick notes that you need to remember later. These would also make great stocking stuffers!

She uses her homeschool learning space to make room for clipboard activities to learn a new language.

By simply adding 8 clipboards to the wall, she can rotate out the papers on the clipboards to constantly be reminding her kids of new vocabulary words!

Learn how she takes some gold leafing and transforms plain clipboards into works of art. Have you ever used gold leaf? She is using gold leaf sheets, adhesive, and a duster brush for this method. After she's done, she hangs them up on the wall with some printable art for instant wall decor!

With a little scrapbook paper and some glue she makes a wonderful teacher's appreciation gift!

Get your desk organized by creating a clipboard wall as she does. Getting those spreadsheets and other documents on the wall is a great way to contain the paper clutter. Adding it to the wall also turns into home decor.

Looking for a quick DIY fix? She does amazing things with these clipboards in as little as 5 minutes!

This is a fun way to take on making a clipboard with a sports theme. Can you believe she makes these with DUCT TAPE? These clipboard ideas also make great gifts for your kid's sports coaches.

Looking for a gift for your husband well she uses some mod podge and photos of all the trucks and bikes her husband worked on to make a photo collage on a clipboard. This mod podge photo collage clipboard makes a great Father’s Day, anniversary, or just-because gift. 

She takes sheets of paper cuts them up into a collage and attaches them to her clipboard. Then she coats it in resin to help its durability, which makes a great product.