Watch Me Grow

Creating a Measuring Board

I wanted to make a piece that I could move if I have to and keep with our family.  I love the idea of having a constant reminder of how tiny my children are displayed on the wall in the most popular room in the house.  This board was easy to make and one of my favorite projects. 

I started with a plain white board that was already primed down at the hardware store.  It was less than ten dollars and eight feet long.  I only needed six feet so they even cut it for me while I was there (I didn't know they did that but it was so convenient).  Then, I painted it all white (whatever color matches your space) and began marking the measurement markers (feet and inches).  I began at six inches to allow room for hanging this piece on the wall.  I have trim along the floor and knew it would look funny to have this board standing on the floor. 

Bella wanted to help paint so I let her "paint" on her chalkboard easel.  Cool trick huh?  Just a little bowl of water on the chalkboard. 

Finally, I chose some simple scrapbook numbers to mark each foot.  I could have painted them but wanted them to be formal and uniform.  Plus, it was way easier to stick on these simple numbers.  Bella loved standing tall for us to mark her height. 

We used a pretty purple sharpie to mark her height and age.  I thought it would be fun to use the same color for each child.  Right now we only have one little monster running around, but maybe someday we will need more than one color. 

The final product is so cute and can easily be moved :) 

The only thing you have to remember is to keep it six inches off the floor.