{Growth Charts}

I read somewhere recently, (I think it was that email from Baby Center that I get), that once your child turns three they start to really grow. I thought that this would be a great time to get a growth chart made for my girls. I looked online and didn't find anything that I was in love with. I didn't want vinyl that stuck on my wall because if I move, I wouldn't be able to take that with me.

This was my solution. May be a simple one, but I love it and so do my girls.

Here is what you will need:

• a wooden board
• paint
• vinyl lines and numbers
• wood letters for the name (you could also do vinyl if you wanted)
• a ruler
• pencil
• scrapbook paper
• Mod Podge

I found this 5'x2' wooden board at Wood Connection in Salt Lake. It is really cute and has beveled edges. I painted each board and then began to measure. I wanted to start the chart at their birth height and then just go up from there.


I put the foot marks on first and then added my numbers to that. After those were on, I put the inch marks on. I added a few vinyl flowers.

Painted the letters and Mod Podged cute scrapbook paper on them to match their rooms. I inked the edges of the letters to give them some more depth.


I then put some hanging hardware on the back. Measured up the wall to the height that I had started the markings and voila. A fun growth chart for many memories and years to come!