Birthday Board

We created a birthday board inspired from Lolly Jane, which has the full tutorial. We loved the idea of displaying the birthdays that are coming up so as not to miss any, especially as the family grows. We created this for my grandparents in their living room colors.

We followed Lolly Jane's directions for the most part but we do not have a vinyl printer and I didn't want to buy vinyl letters so instead...

Pumpkin Dad had a great idea to create the "Birthdays" title out of a thin piece of wood from Hobby Lobby. We liked the look of Lolly Jane's M and M board so we tried to create something similar. He created a template using Microsoft Word to spell out BiRThDaYS, making sure the letters were the perfect size (through trial and error) for the board we used. He painstakingly traced the letters with an Exacto knife. After sanding and painting the letters, the board and the month circles, he used wood glue to attach the letters and the months. I love how the letters really stand out.

I used a white extra fine Sharpie paint marker to write the month initials and the names. I do not recall if it was an oil based or water based Sharpie. I wanted to highlight my grandparents' birthdays so I used stars for theirs and circles for the rest of the family. Pumpkin Dad then drilled holes into the board and each of the circles and then attached them together with eye hooks. I love the idea of using eye hooks because it makes it very easy to add more birthdays to the board.

My grandparents loved the gift. Thanks to Lolly Jane for such a great idea!