How to Make Your Own Picture Frame

These could make a great gift idea for fathers and mothers days or as gifts for family members for Christmas or birthdays.

What you need

• Thick cardboard
• Scissors
• Glue/sticky tape
• Coloured pens/crayons/paints/pencils/glitter
• Stickers/stick on jewels/sequins/shells/bows. Anything you’d like to sick on your frame to decorate it.

NB. Parents, you can go to places like Spotlight, Go-Lo and the Warehouse and pick up gender specific scrapbooking embellishments for a couple of dollars for the kids to use to decorate their creations so even the boys can get involved!!

Instructions

Cut a backing piece of card bigger than your photo. If you’re using more than one photo, arrange them all on the sheet of cardboard first, using a little sticky tape or glue.

1. Using another piece of card slightly bigger than your backing piece cut one or more holes in it so you can see your pictures through the holes when you place over the backing sheet. Don’t stick this on yet though, decorate it first.
2. Using the paints, crayons, pencils you’ve assembled decorate your frame and allow for any paint to dry. Then add stickers, jewels, embellishments and other bits and pieces until you are happy with your decorations
3. Place the frame over your backing card and photos, making sure your photos are visible. Carefully turn your frame over and place face down on the table and tape the backing sheet to the frame.
4. Turn over and you have your completed frame.