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I built a height tracking tree - can't remember the size of the pine plank, but simply carved out the edges with a jigsaw and sanded it all. Used the cut off pieces to extend one or two of the branches horizontally
I put nubs of branches all the way up the sides. I know trees don't have branches that low on the trunk, but it gives them something to hang stuffies on.
I can't picture it, I'm sorry. Is it a plank facing the wall with organic looking edges, and a little nub of a branch sticking out perpendicular to the wall at every height mark?
Looks something like this.
Flat plank against the wall cut in to the silhouette of a tree. We didn't go for regular height marks- Height marks are burned in to the wood at each measurement date with the measurement written beside it. I attached it to the wall using picture hangers, so we will measure with pen and take it off later to burn it in.
That's neat, thank you for the explanation and picture.