growth chart

I made this growth chart for Mac awhile ago, I think maybe at the beginning of November. I got the idea from my friend Rose when she made one awhile back.

I loved how mine turned out! I wanted something a little rustic looking, because when I decorate Mac's big boy room, I am going to do a cowboy theme. The only thing that I really don't like about it is that it has to hang on the wall instead of just setting against the wall. It is only four feet because it is just a board that my dad had already in his shop. But it is still really functional. Since Mac won't stand we just measured him laying on the floor then I marked the board for his first birthday. I plan on doing it every six months.

How I did it:

I found coordinating scrapbook paper and cut it to the length and width I wanted. Each piece marks a foot. I found some travel sewing kits with paper measuring tape (that matched the rustic feel I was going for) at a "what-not-store". I bought a couple and used just the first 12 inches of each tape for each foot (if you look closely at the bottom picture I glued them on upside down, it is fixed now.) Then I used my Mom's Cricket cutter and cut out the numbers for each foot and Mac's name at the bottom. I coated everything at least 5 times. I really wanted it to last.