Growth charts are amazing baby shower gifts and an adorable decoration for any little one’s bedroom. Today I’m going to show you how easy it is to make your own with this growth chart tutorial!
Supplies:
1 1x10x6ft piece of common board
Chalk Paint (whatever color you choose)
Cutting Machine
Screws and Wire
Steps:
To start with you will want to sand down your piece of common board. The better you sand the crisper your lines will be on your finished growth chart. Once you have sanded you will stain the board (on both sides). Just dip your cloth in the stain and wipe it on the wood. Then go back and wipe off any access. You can see the before and after the stain here:
Once your wood is stained and 100% dry (let it dry for at least 24 hrs) the real fun begins. You will cut out the FREE ruler SVG design on the Oramask stencil. Weed as you normally would (pulling out all the parts you want painted on your growth chart).
Then using the transfer tape, apply the stencil to the design. The video at the bottom illustrates this clearly for you. Once the stencil is applied you will paint.
Peel up the stencil when you are done painting and then apply the screw and wire on the back to hang it. There you have it! A beautiful growth chart to use in your own little ones room, house decor, or to give away as a gift that’s as easy as one, two, three.
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Check out this simple video tutorial below:
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How do you cut without a mat, probably a silly question. I have heard it voids the warranty.
I haven’t heard that about voiding the warranty on the Silhouette. Just make sure to select no mat when cutting.
May be a dumb question… but .. How do you cut that large of a size on cricut??
I think with a Cricut you would need to split your design into sections and cut that way. I’m not 100% sure if you can cut without a mat on a Cricut. 🙂
You can cut without a mat on your Cricut… there are videos on youtube that show you how 🙂 Looking forward to making this! Cant wait! Thanks for the inspiration!
Awesome! That is good to know! 🙂
This is awesome! I recently just made my very first growth chart but wasn’t pleased with myself after a couple errors., but that’s how I learn.
Thank you for the free file. I was wondering how I could cut this on a crupicut? Or do you have a file created for a Cricut?
Once you open the design in Cricut Design Space you should be able to splice it into segments and piece them together 🙂
Do you have a video on the settings to cut that large?
I don’t have a specific video on specific settings yet… sorry!
What size do you enlarge this to to fit the board? Newbie here and have never done anything like this before…thank you
I actually have the file saved at the exact dimensions for a 6 ft board. So if you need to adjust it just lock the proportions and enlarge as needed 🙂
Where do you buy your Oramask stencil
I get it from Expressions Vinyl and I love it!!
I notice in your tutorial the ruler goes to 6 1/2 ft but in the supplies list you call for a 6ft board.Am I missing something?
When I applied it to the board I left an allowance for the bottom since the ruler won’t be hung directly on the floor 🙂
I was just wondering what font you used for the brooks family.
Thank you kindly!
Hello! You can grab the font that I used here form my affiliate link: https://fontbundles.net/geekmissy/1597-king-basil/rel=LlkUnv 🙂
I’m having troubles getting my paint to stay on a stained board. I’m using latex paint and primer in one. Just lifts off when I peak my removable vinyl.