Monday, January 14, 2013

DIY Growth Chart

I made a growth chart (finally!) for our family.  It has been in my head for well over a year, and I finally settled on an idea I liked, and purchased the few items I would need.  I liked it so much, that I also made one for a friend's baby shower and one for my sister for Christmas!  It looks great in the kids' room, and it's fun comparing their heights at various ages...I have a strong suspicion our little man isn't going to be the "little one" in the family forever. :)
Painting the wood decals.  It took a long time, but it was really simple.  I also painted the wooden letters for the title.
A sun, flower and dragonfly.
I traced the numbers with a stencil, and I drew all of the tick lines onto a piece of MDF board, which we spray painted white ahead of time (I know, these are all in random order..that's not the point! :)) I applied all of the wooden letters and decals with wood glue, and viola!
We ended up going back and cutting off a chunk of the top of this one, because let's be honest, our kids aren't going to be 6'7"I think it turned out great, and I'm really proud of this project!

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