Growing up, travel was always a big part of my life, and now that I’m married it’s also a common passion that my husband and I share. We celebrated our second wedding anniversary back in October of last year (yep, I’m about a year late in finally publishing this) and my present to him was a push pin travel map. I scoured the internet for weeks and finally settled on this 30×40 inch canvas world map by Paper Ramma on Etsy. The personalization was super easy and it turned out exactly how I wanted it. I bought white, silver and gray push pins (with a 1/8″ diameter head and 5/16″ long) so that we can mark the places we’ve visited separately and together as a family. Paper Ramma sells coordinated push pins but I found them cheaper on Amazon. The pins are a little difficult to push through (which is why I haven’t finished adding all of them), but I guess that’s a good thing because none of them fell out during our move to Hawaii. We now have it in our living room/playroom area and I love how it’s a nice little “educational” piece for Jack and a happy reminder for us.
I have been trying to decide if I just want to use a map on the wall with molding or something like this…thanks for the idea! We are finally building our forever house at the beach!
I did something similar for our first anniversary "paper" gift. I put a foam board behind it and it hasn't been too hard to get the pins in and they still stay! I added some thin boards I stained to give it a framed look. So fun to see the pins grow!
Oh I love that! How fun and a great way to remember all the cool places you've been. Plus it looks super cute 🙂
Thanks Kait! You and Dane have been so many fun places y'all need to get one too!
I have been trying to decide if I just want to use a map on the wall with molding or something like this…thanks for the idea! We are finally building our forever house at the beach!
I love this! Going right to Etsy to check it out!
I did something similar for our first anniversary "paper" gift. I put a foam board behind it and it hasn't been too hard to get the pins in and they still stay! I added some thin boards I stained to give it a framed look. So fun to see the pins grow!
– Amanda @ life on linton
http://www.lifeonlinton.com/diy-destination-travel-map/
Cool idea, Katie. I'm so doing this!!
— Elizabeth G.
I just checked out your post and it looks amazing! Doesn't look homemade at all. Such a great idea!
Thanks Elizabeth!