Hey there, I hope that you are enjoying your day.
Today I'm sharing with you the tutorial for this oversized ruler,
This giant ruler that you see here, was somewhat of a challenge to photograph
only because it hangs in a very narrow, dark hallway,
but you get the idea as to what it looks like.
I wanted to have one of these babies for the sole purpose of using it as a growth chart
for my son. The boys like to make marks on my wall when measuring little man's growth
process, you know the dad and son. I am not a big fan of pencil or pen marks on the
wall, so I decided to make one of these darlings for our son.
What I love about it is that you can take it with you if you move,
unlike a wall. Another great thing is that you can use it for all your kids.
Okay, so let me begin by adding the supply list.
Supplies:
- wood board
- pencil
- sand paper
- ruler
- sharpie
- wood stain
- vinyl numbers
1. Mr. M purchased a six foot wood board at a super low price. We didn't have to cut it, which was great.
The only thing we did was sand the edges a bit to smooth them out. The width is really your preference, ours is 7 inches wide,
2. After the sanding, I stained it with oak natural wood stain that I had on hand.
3. When the stain was dry, I used a ruler to mark my lines with a pencil,
I measured them to be one inch apart. For each inch, I made a line an inch long.
When I reached a foot (12 inches), I made the lines two inches long to mark a foot.
Then I went over the lines with a sharpie marker and to keep my lines straight, I used my ruler.
4 & 5. My hubs stopped by the hardware store and purchased these sticker vinyl numbers.
6. I placed the numbers 12 inches apart from each other.
There you have it, a giant ruler for measuring height.
This was really fun to make!
Hope that you enjoyed and Happy Crafting!
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