Supplies
Tools
- Scissors
- Ruler
- Clean duster
- Pencil
Materials
- Photo frame
- Glue
- Corrugated cardboard
- Wooden clothes pegs
- String
- Tinted varnish
- Scrap paper (eg: an old envelope)
Directions
Set up your picture dispaly
- Measure the inside of the frame.
- Mark these measurements on the corrugated cardboard.
- Cut two pieces of string to the length of the frame plus 2cm (0-4/5 inches) on both sides.
- Cut out 4 rectangles from the scrap paper.
- Decide where you want to place the pieces of string on the frame.
- Mark this measurement on the back of the corrugated paper.
- Bring the ends of the pieces of string round to the back of the corrugated cardboard.
- Put glue on the pieces of old envelope: stick these pieces on over the string.
- Put glue all along the bottom of the frame.
- Apply glue here and there over the whole of the front of the photo frame.
- Place the piece of corrugated cardboard (with the two pieces of string attached) into the frame.
- Weigh down everything with books etc..., and wait for at least an hour.
Finish your picture display
- Hang clothes pins on the string and attach photos/drawwings or whatever you want.
- You could also decorate the corrugated paper for a brighter background.
Tips
Another great idea for old photo frames is to use the other side of the frame, paint them or use them in scrapbooking.