Homemade picture frame..any ideas?

MrandMrsEvans

Hi all

I want to make a Christmas gift for my 4 year old daughter to give her dad. We are no longer together and I don't really want to spend much on it so I'm hoping we'll be able to make it from things that we have lying around the house. Any ideas will be much appreciated :beer:

Many thanks

Mrs E

pinkmichk

if you cut the frame out of strong cardboard then just stick on pasta shapes and beads then paint over it

thevicster

In addition to the idea above - we have made 'junk' mirrors - just stuck loads of random stuff round a frame (i.e nails, screws, pennies, buttons, shells, pebbles etc) then spray painted over

MrandMrsEvans

Thank you both for your replies. They are both really good ideas. I have cut the base for the frame out of strong card and I had the idea of sticking lots of different pictures of my dd all over it and then covering it with pva glue to make it shiny. Hope it works...Wish someone would think to make one for me;)

CandyB101_2

MrandMrsEvans wrote: »

Hi all

I want to make a Christmas gift for my 4 year old daughter to give her dad. We are no longer together and I don't really want to spend much on it so I'm hoping we'll be able to make it from things that we have lying around the house. Any ideas will be much appreciated :beer:

Many thanks

Mrs E

Every year we make a star out of lolly sticks (2 triangles glued together, covered in glitter, with a little ribbon for hanging) and stick DD's photo to the back of it.
It's then hung on the christmas tree.
It's lovely to see how much she has grown up each year.