Tuesday, September 27, 2011

Growing Up

Jed is getting so big!  Growing up, my mom always measured us on a stick.  It was so much fun to look back and see our growth spurts.  We realized Jed is growing so fast that we had to start tracking it!  

We started with a few items from JoAnn's... there are soooo many cute pre-painted wooden figures.  Trains, dinasours, guitars, surf boards, flowers, animals... It was very difficult to choose!  Ultimately, Jesse thought the train was the best for us!  Way to go!
A little paint...


 We picked up a piece of wood from Home Depot. I used some red spray paint.
 Also spray painted the P... getting creative for the drying!
 My sister-in-law has an Cricket machine... it is so awesome!  It cuts out different shapes, letters and numbers.  I used black vinyl and cut out numbers and dashes.  I started measuring out the distance and placing the numbers and dashes! 

 I used screws to screw on the black rectangle.
 A little tacky glue and... we are done!
 The whole project took 1 hour!   

 Jed, a little dazed from just waking up from a nap got his first mark!  

1 comment:

  1. You are so creative - this will be so much fun to watch him grow!!!

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