When I saw these Pottery Barn growth chart rulers I fell in love! What I wasn't loving, however, was the price! Oh vey! $89 just seemed like a lot.
I had seen someone post about getting one at Kirkland's for half the price and was just about the click "buy" online when I thought....I have to be able to make this myself!
Thankfully, so did 517 Creations! She had the best tutorial and I shamelessly copied every single bit of it!
My dear friend, Jess, came over for a craft night and we made ours together. Between talking, eating dinner, and more talking I kinda lost track of how long it took us to make ;)
I bought and stained the boards the day before, so when she came over we could get started on marking them right away. I bought the boards and stain at Home Depot. The boards were about $6 a piece.
I stained 3 boards - one for Jess, me, and a back-up in case we needed it. Ours ended up great, so I used the 3rd to make one for my sister!
Making the marks was easy! We had the iPad close by to double check our every step :) Jess was the brave one who marked first...we must have measured it 15x.
I just love love LOVE how it turned out!
Ryan added a saw tooth picture hanging hook on the back and got it hung up at just the right height. Thanks honey!
Can't wait to start measuring our kiddos!!
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We made the same thing for our boys a year and a half ago and they still love it! I added their birth heights to the bottom so they can really see how they've grown!
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