“Make it” Monday: DIY Monthly Chalkboard Sign for Baby

Happy Monday, Everyone!  This is by far one of my most favorite DIY projects and it’s easy to see why.  Watching Dahlia grow the past 15.5 months has been amazing & now I have these amazing photos to remember her milestones.  I love handwriting and I love art, so I knew this was the perfect project for me & I hope it is for you too!

While I was pregnant with Dahlia, my sister gave me this brilliant idea to do a monthly chalkboard sign because her friend had done it for her daughter & knew that I would love doing it too.  I coincidentally saw a deal on Living Social for a chalkboard paper roll & and I knew I had committed myself to doing this for the whole year.  It’s also great because you can do this for any holiday, party, or activity too!

What You’ll Need:

  • Chalkboard (As stated before, I used a Chalkboard paper roll I found on Living Social for $7 & cut it into thirds; You can buy something similar here on Amazon:  Chalkboard Paper)
  • Chalkboard Bistro Pens (Bought A variety of colors at Paper Source & Michael’s; regular chalk didn’t work)
  • Optional: Backdrop for baby (White Rug from Ikea; Wooden Backdrop bought from JoAnn’s Fabrics)
  • Ruler

Ideas for Monthly Decor:

  • Birth Month: Stork
  • January:  Snowflakes, Snow – Colors:  Blue, White
  • February:  Hearts, Cupid, Arrows – Colors:  Red, Pink, White, Purple
  • March:  Four-Leaf Clovers, Pot of Gold, Rainbow or March Madness (Basketball) – Colors:  Green, White
  • April:  Spring, Eggs, Bunny, Easter Basket, Umbrella, Rain – Colors:  Green, Pink, White, Anything Pastel
  • May:  Flowers, Sun, Cinco de Mayo (Sombrero) – Colors:  Green, Red, White, Pink, Yellow
  • June:  Summer, Beach, Sun, Sunglasses, Ocean, Birds – Colors:  Red, Blue, Yellow
  • July:  4th of July, Fireworks, Banner, Stars – Colors:  Red, White, Blue
  • August:  Sun, Sunglasses, Beach – Colors:  Red, Blue, Yellow
  • September:  Fall, Leaves, Acorns – Colors:  Yellow, Brown, Orange
  • October:  Anything Halloween:  Spiders, Witch Hat, Ghosts, Webs, Pumpkins – Colors:  Orange, Black, Purple
  • November:  Thanksgiving, Turkey (Hand Turkey – I used her hand), Cornucopia – Colors:  Brown, Red, Orange
  • December:  Holidays,  Christmas Tree, Candy Canes, Holiday Lights – Colors:  Green, Red, White

Ideas for Monthly Stats:

  • Weight
  • Length/Height
  • Time Born
  • Teeth
  • Hours of Sleep
  • Diaper/Clothing/Shoe Sizes
  • Favorite Foods
  • Favorite Books
  • Favorite Songs
  • Likes/Dislikes
  • New Milestones & Firsts
  • Places/People Visited

Ideas for Clothing/Backdrop:

  • Holiday Specific (i.e. Stars for July, Halloween Costume for October, Adding Pumpkins for October or November or Flower Poms for April)
  • Tutus for Girls; Ties for Boys
  • Shirts/Onesies with Sayings
  • Favorite Sports Teams
  • Corresponding Headbands for Girls or Hats for Boys
  • ONE year old outfits via Etsy

Below are all of Dahlia’s Chalkboard Signs I made for her.  We had so much fun doing these each month & I looked forward to creating them.  There were times when I got too busy and didn’t want to get them done, but I knew that I had committed to it for the year so I finished, even if it was early in the morning or really late at night.  I hope she appreciates the work I put into it when she’s older!  I plan on doing these every 3 months, then 6 months as she gets older.   So now that she’s 15 months, I better get to making one tonight ;)!

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Getting the baby placed on their back & next to the poster was sometimes a hard task to complete.  I just kept taking the photos and hoped that at least one came out good and that was always the case.  There were definitely some times that didn’t though and here are some of my favorite outtakes from our photo shoots:

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Here, Bella & Tajia would not leave the room.  This was Dahlia a few days old, so they were still very curious.

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Dahlia woud not stop crying the entire shoot! LOL

 

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This was the costume we actually put her in on Halloween, but she was so uncomfortable during the photo that we decided to change her.

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We even tried to sit her up, but she wasn’t ready.

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She blinked quite a bit in all her photos.

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She would also put everything in her mouth, including her tutu.

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And when Daddy tried to put on shoes, they’d come right off!

 

Hope you enjoyed this tutorial & can’t wait to see what you come up with too!

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