Watch me Grow tutorial

So I finished a craft project that I think is pretty cute -- something that you can do with the kiddos (or pets even if you feel so inclined). It is very simple and I thought I would do a tutorial to show how I made it! I have recently learned that glass works very well with dry erase markers, the same way they work on dry erase boards. I know, I must have been living under a rock, but this got me thinking. I love children's hand prints, but to make a new one every year would be tedious, and knowing me it would probably take more than a year to get one done! So, I thought to myself, why now immortalize my child's handprint now, then I can trace around it on the glass every year to show him and me how big he is growing! That spawned the following project.

First, gather your supplies. You can be as simple or as elaborate as you'd like. The basic supplies are an 8x10 picture frame (I got mine at the local dollar type store), printed background paper at least in the 8x10 size, coordinating plain color paper large enough to trace your subject's hand (or paw) on, stickers, a glue stick and a dry erase marker.


Next, trace your subject's hand on the plain paper, cut out and affix to your print paper that has been trimmed to fit in the picture frame.


Now is when you can get really creative with stickers, etc. I have decorated mine and included the phrase Watch me grow!


Place the project in the picture frame and write on the hand (or wherever you'd like on the glass) the age of the child. And, viola!


And, just because my son can be so darn cute at times (atleast I think so)!