First, I must say how thrilled I am to be guest posting here. Tatertots & Jello was one of the very first blogs I started following and continues to be my absolute favorite!
I had my first baby last July and since I’m obsessed with his growth and milestones, he needed to have a height chart. I know the home we are in now won’t be our home forever, so I wanted to have a chart that we’d be able to take with us to another home.
I used a plank of unfinished wood that was 3/4 inches thick, 5 1/2 inches wide and 5 feet tall. The wood was under $3 at Home Depot!
The other materials I used are:
Fine grit sand paper
painters tape
tape measure
paint and brush
clear wood finish
pencil
finish nails (to attach chart to the wall)
First, I lightly sanded the surface and the edges so that no one would get poked by splinters while leaning against the chart.
Then I started marking where my inches and feet were using the tape, measuring tape, and pencil. I wanted to be able to mark my son’s height starting from when he was born so I started my measurements at 18 inches and went to 6 feet, 6 inches.
After I made all my markings I traced the numbers using pre-cut Post-Its from Wal-Mart.
I painted over my markings and filled in the numbers. For the 6 inch mark I made the line a little longer to better resemble a real ruler.
*I highly recommend not using a pen or Sharpie because it will most likely bleed through the wood.
Lastly, I sprayed two coats of finish and let it dry.
As a final touch, I put the year my son was born.
Thank you so much Jen for letting me share this on TT&J. I hope your readers will enjoy it!
What a great project!! Here are a few of my favorite projects that Carly has done:
I Love this Mini Wall Makeover…
Such a Pretty DIY Mason Jar Wall Vase…
And so much more!!!
Be sure to head over to Mason’s Roost and say hi!!
xxox
I've been planning to mkae something like this all year! Thanks for more inspiration.
Oh, I love this! I just posted a similar idea the other day, but LOVE the idea of adding the "est. ____" at the bottom! I'm so going to add that to my Ruler Growth Chart. 🙂
I am just loving this!! Soooo adorable! Can't wait to check out Carly's blog. 😉
This is such a neat idea. I tried adding carly to my favorites but kept getting an error message:(
OOOH! Can't wait for the party to start!! I have a few fun Mother's Day projects!
This is great. I have one suggestion. I made a (not as cute) height measurement stand 14 years ago when my oldest son was born. I, too, used 5 feet as my standard height. If I had it to do all over again, I would make it 6 feet tall. My son was devestated when he outgrew the growth chart. They often keep growing long after they hit 5 feet. Just a suggestion. 😉
what a wonderful guest post.I'm a newbie and follow tater Tots and now have carly to add to my favorites for sure.
love the diy ruler chart! i want to make one. thanks for the tutorial