Shabby Chic Giant Ruler Growth Chart

A few years back, Pottery Barn had a giant ruler growth chart.  Then about 500 bloggers knocked it off. (seriously they are all over Pinterest). I love this idea, but since 2/3's of my kids are as big as me, I think our family is past this stage of our lives.

I thought it was too fun of an idea not to steal, so I made one as a Christmas gift.

I started w/ a 6 foot piece of pine.

Step 1: Sand it
Step 2: Stain it
Step 3: Paint it white
Step 4:  Sand it along the edges
Step 5: Do not freak out when your youngest spills stain all over, instead just put a coat of stain on top of the paint
Step 6:  Sand it AGAIN

Step 7: I made a template out of contact paper to form the lines.

Step 8: Draw the lines w/ a sharpie ( I started 6 inches up, so when you hung it on the wall the measurements would be correct)

Step 9:  I cut out the numbers and their name out of vinyl

She probably would have preferred a gift card, but I love how it turned out.

I saw a cute idea: Each time you take your kid's measurement, you ask them what they want to be when they grow up and record it next to their measurement.

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