Something to help with measuring
If you need to know how long something is but don’t have a ruler try this:
Take a bit of string and use it to go from one end to the other of what you are trying to measure.
If you have to measure 2 sides of the object measure the long side and cut the string than measure the shorter side and tie a knot on the string’s side you start with and where the thing you are measuring ends tie another little knot.
Now when you go to get what you need may it be a price of wood or cloth that will be cut to size don’t worry about the knot in the string it will not take that much from the length it be probably even a better fit.
And if you take it to a clerk to use to show how long and/or wide you need the thing to be don’t be embarrassed it happens a lot and some might even complement you on your creative way.
Side note: if it is smaller than a piece of paper just trace the item.
Extra side note: want to get shoes for your kid with out taking them or maybe for a family member to old to go or maybe a friend as a surprise?
Trace their feet onto a piece of paper.
This is how we get my husbands grandparents shoes and how we get shoes for a surprise for our daughter.
I tell her its an arts and craft thing I am doing lol
Or I say I want it for her baby book lol her baby book goes all the way till she is 21
It has even a college section and in it once a year it ask for a foot and hand trace/print.
Lol one time we was going to get her boots for Christmas so I waited till she went to sleep and put paint on her foot and placed it on paper to get her foot size.
We cleaned it off best we could but it left her feet blue.
When she woke up she said why are my feet blue?
I said you must of left them uncovered it was super cold last night.
Lmfao she said O ok and that was that lol. She was 6 and still talks about the time she left her feet uncovered and they were blue for 3 days lol
If you need to know how long something is but don’t have a ruler try this:
Take a bit of string and use it to go from one end to the other of what you are trying to measure.
If you have to measure 2 sides of the object measure the long side and cut the string than measure the shorter side and tie a knot on the string’s side you start with and where the thing you are measuring ends tie another little knot.
Now when you go to get what you need may it be a price of wood or cloth that will be cut to size don’t worry about the knot in the string it will not take that much from the length it be probably even a better fit.
And if you take it to a clerk to use to show how long and/or wide you need the thing to be don’t be embarrassed it happens a lot and some might even complement you on your creative way.
Side note: if it is smaller than a piece of paper just trace the item.
Trace their feet onto a piece of paper.
This is how we get my husbands grandparents shoes and how we get shoes for a surprise for our daughter.
Or I say I want it for her baby book lol her baby book goes all the way till she is 21
It has even a college section and in it once a year it ask for a foot and hand trace/print.
Lol one time we was going to get her boots for Christmas so I waited till she went to sleep and put paint on her foot and placed it on paper to get her foot size.
We cleaned it off best we could but it left her feet blue.
When she woke up she said why are my feet blue?
I said you must of left them uncovered it was super cold last night.
Lmfao she said O ok and that was that lol. She was 6 and still talks about the time she left her feet uncovered and they were blue for 3 days lol