Mirror frame

Prepare to make the mirror frame

• Download and print the mirror frame shape.

• Take off the mirror's plastic cover. 

• Place the glass piece of the mirror on the card. 
• Copy out the outline of the mirror on cardboard.
• Draw the outline of the frame:
  • ensure  that the inner edges don’t touch the outline of the mirror:
  • ensure that the upper edges are more than 2 cm (0.8 inches).
• Make a second outline, identical to the first.
• Draw a 3^rd outline:
  • mark out the edges of the mirror:
  • cut out the outside of the layout at 2 cm (0.8 inches):
  • this will give you the mirror stand.

Make the mirror frame 

• Glue the first two outlines together with the glue gun.
• Cover the inside and the outside with the rolled up brown paper.
• Rip up strips of newspaper. 

• Prepare the wallpaper paste as indicated on the packaging:
  • add a tablespoonful of wood glue.
• Glue on the strips of paper in one way:
  • Leave to dry:
  • glue on more strips in the other way, in order to cover the entire surface. 

Finishing touches to the mirror frame:

• Paint the frame.
• Glue the mirror onto the 3^rd outline on the inside of the layout with the glue gun.
• Cut out the old calendar to the same measurements as the 3^rd outline:
  • cut out the inside to the dimensions of the mirror.
• Glue it onto the 3^rd outline around the mirror. 

• Center the mirror:
  • draw out the outlines on the back of the frame.
• Glue on the outline of the mirror with the glue gun:
  • put it on the back of the frame.
• Cover the back of the ensemble with the rolled up brown paper.
• Glue on the hook with the neoprene glue:
  • hammer so that the link is located outside the mirror support. 

• Decorate as you wish!