Family Birthdays Hanger

 

Pinterest has recently captured my attention and the family birthday hanger was one of the first items that I repinned. I thought it was a great idea for Christmas gifts since our family is so large. Mom is always sending off cards and always has to dig around in her address book for birth dates, and this hanger would be much handier and looks great on the wall.

The paint color is Valspar's Tantilizing Teal from Lowe's. We recently were shopping for paint for my bedroom and one of the sample containers was enough to cover this wooden plaque and the wooden circles. It took about two coats front and back for good coverage on the wooden circles as they aren't treated and like to soak the paint up.

The wooden circles are 1 3/4" and found at Hobby Lobby. A 3/16" bit was used to pre-drill holes. The circles are very fragile and will split if you are not careful. I had to throw several away.

I mod podge decorative scrapbook paper onto the wooden plaque and cut off the excess using an exacto knife. I stenciled on the wording and then painted the outlines black. I pre-drilled holes for every month on the bottom edge of the plaque and then screwed in the tiniest eye hooks I could find from Lowes.

Using a black paint pen I wrote each person's name and birth day on each circle. For added highlight I came back with a silver paint pen. Then I added eye hooks to the top and bottom and attached them in numerical order.

The finished product looks great on our wall. This item is available for special creation at our etsy shop www.etsy.com/shop/missjem. You can order in most colors and it includes 20 names + 5 blank circles to add your own names in the future.