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Suggestions for a two-child height tracker (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 4 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Hello Lathe Ladies, Mitre Mates, and Plywood Pals!

I've been tracking my kids' heights on a wall for several years but I'd like a prettier solution. Something I can screw on the wall and mark their heights on (maybe temporarily and then go back with a wood burner or something). Ideally, sometime that's two identical adjacent pieces that I can give them if I'm ever lucky enough to be a grandparent.

A straight 7' board with a cutout for the moulding and burnt or painted 6" increments is the simplest solution, but can y'all think of anything nicer? I would prefer to keep it on a semi visible wall instead of the laundry closet.

Thanks friends.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I built a height tracking tree - can't remember the size of the pine plank, but simply carved out the edges with a jigsaw and sanded it all. Used the cut off pieces to extend one or two of the branches horizontally

I put nubs of branches all the way up the sides. I know trees don't have branches that low on the trunk, but it gives them something to hang stuffies on.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I can't picture it, I'm sorry. Is it a plank facing the wall with organic looking edges, and a little nub of a branch sticking out perpendicular to the wall at every height mark?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Looks something like this.

Flat plank against the wall cut in to the silhouette of a tree. We didn't go for regular height marks- Height marks are burned in to the wood at each measurement date with the measurement written beside it. I attached it to the wall using picture hangers, so we will measure with pen and take it off later to burn it in.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago

That's neat, thank you for the explanation and picture.