![]() ![]() It was actually very simple to pull together, and all you need are a few materials and a little bit of time. ![]() I chose to make it out of wood rather than on a wall or door frame so that it can grow and adapt along with us and all of life’s stages. The first thing our little guy did was try to make a pendulum out of the wood! The command strip keeps it firmly secured in place at the bottom.Did you know it’s scientifically proven that kids grow an inch every time you blink? Ok, maybe that isn’t actually a fact, but I think my kids are out to prove it’s true! I swear they each grew a foot over the summer, so I decided to tackle a project that has been on my to-do list for a while: a wooden growth chart! If your growth chart should begin 6 inches from the floor, measure your hanging nails forīoard + Floor Allowance – Length of Hardware to Top = where you need to screw it in.Īs an extra precaution, we placed one command strip down near the bottom on one side. Measure how far down your hardware is from the top of the growth chart. The final stain choice? A color that was never expected ( Golden Mahogany)! Measure & Hang And it was blotchy, so we had to apply a pre-stain conditioner so that it would have a more uniform appearance. This pine board took more than 8 cans of stain to find the rustic ‘old ruler’ brown look we wanted. Test your stains on the back of your growth chart. Lightly sand the growth chart with an orbital sander to give it a worn in feel. Optional: If you are using acrylic paint, follow the steps above only painting the bars and the numbers with a fine tipped paint brush. Thankfully, there are replacement packs for that very reason! The wood burning tool’s tip became less pointed and then we needed another one. You may need one extra tip for this step. Once you have this completed, wood burn the numbers. ![]() Once the tool is heated up, lightly run the tool across the wood in short straight strokes. Next, you will want to use the wood burning tool to burn in your measurement bars. Since our board is so wide, the bars are proportioned well. He centered the bars around the actual measurement. He used the width of the square to make the tick mark bars. Jordan used his handy square and quickly made the tick marks. Keep the floor allowance in mind when you’re choosing your cut length! We chose 6 feet because, the growth chart will begin at 6 inches (above the floor base moulding) and actually end at the height of 6 foot 6 inches. With that in mind, we cut the board to 6 feet in length. Therefore, we do not expect our kids to suddenly grow 8 inches beyond Jordan’s height. It took us buying three boards and taking them home (they all looked straight or flat in store), to find the best one for us. Once you have width determined, find a very straight board. You want to place it on the edge of a door frame and have a very narrow chart, or you may want to make a wide ruler looking piece (like we did). Think about the size of the area you have available to hang the board. It made this piece even more memorable and it looks so realistic! Choosing your Board While you could paint on the measurement lines with acrylic paint, we opted to use a wood burning tool. The goal of this project was to emulate an old fashioned ruler.
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