Little Big Moments #4

Sorry these pages took so long! I had to make some design changes to get the embellishment sizes just right. These pages are so fun to create because it contains actual "page-thickening" elements that makes a smash book a smash book!

Here are pages 8 and 9:

Title: Sky's the limit

Theme/Prompt: Measure your height

Additional Materials: Bakers twine (can use yarn or ribbon), 4 brads 

To Create: 

step 1. Download printables

step 2. Cut embellishments out

step 3. Design/decorate pages

step 4. Add journaling & photos (optional)

step 5. Tape/glue

*Notes:

• These two pages are designed to document you and your child's height using string. 
• I also wrote down our heights on the journaling card.
• I chose to wrap my twine so it wouldn't get tangled.
• I used the clouds to hide my baker' twine. 
• Make sure to print the hot air balloons on card stock so they are studier. 
• You can choose to wrap the string around the hot air balloon if you don't have brads. Just glue the clouds leaving the top open to create a pocket for your hot air balloon.

Height Keepsake Instructions:

• Cut out hot air balloon and clouds.
• Fold hot air balloon in half.
• Glue one end of twine to the hot air balloon, then glue the folded balloon together. ↓

It should look like this ↓

• Measure and mark height with the twine or ribbon.

(Try not to stretch the string by pulling too hard.) ↓

• Using a brad create 2 holes at each end of the cloud. ↓

• Tie a small loop at the other end of the string.
• Place the string loop on one brad so that the string is attached to the cloud. ↓

• Secure the brads onto your page by opening the two prongs in the back.↓

• Then all you need to do is wrap your string around the two brads. ↓

To see how much your child is growing, simply unwind the twine.
Finished!

Here is what my pages look like ↓

 

I used the small banner embellishments to label the strings with our names so we know whose string height is whose. ↓

If you are doing this project with older kids, you can teach them about length measurements and measuring tools (rulers/tape measures).
Remember to have fun!