Thinner, shorter nails will be needed for smaller frames. Thicker, longer nails will needed for large and thick frames. The nails used in this project will depend partially upon how large the frame will be. Wood glue is cheap and generally readily available at hardware and craft stores. Other glues can be used if wood glue is absolutely unavailable but it is best to used the glue designed for this purpose. Just connect the frame with metal L-corners and matching screws, using a power drill to make holes for the screws first. If you'd like to cut your frame out of metal instead of wood, you should follow a similar process, but use a circular saw with a diamond tip blade to cut the metal. This will help the frame look like it belongs in the room. It may be easiest to use the same type of wood used in other objects in the room where the frame will sit or hang. Many woods are suitable for this purpose, especially hardwoods, so you should decide mainly by preference for the appearance. You will also have to decide what type of wood you want to use. Plain lumber gives a cleaner, simpler look and is best suited for smaller or more modern images and interior designs. Moulding will give a more elaborate, finished look and is best suited to larger or more traditional images and interior designs. You can use either moulding or plain lumber. The wood you choose will depend largely on your own preferences and what the frame will be for. Here is some more information about each of these materials: X Research source Many different woods, glues, metals, and nails are available and should be carefully chosen to create a superior final product. You will want to choose materials that not only appeal to your needs and sense of design, but which are also high quality and appropriate the the image you are framing. You could even get your kids to do some paintings and frame those.Choose your materials. The heart DIY photo frame didn’t fit a photo very well so we used a little drawing instead.
#HOW TO MAKE PHOTO FRAME WITH ICE STICKS MOD#
I then stuck the photos on the back using my glue gun.Ĭherry also had a go at making some, she painted hers and covered them in glitter, no surprise there! I say it every time but to avoid glitter falling off everywhere either mix it with glue and paint it on or seal it with Mod Podge / watered down PVA. Obviously if using a circular frame that wouldn’t be an issue. I didn’t do the corners as the yarn kept slipping but I was thinking you could make little snips in the cardboard to hold it in place, you could then do the corners different colours. The wrapping did take a bit of time as you have to cut a length of yarn then keep tying more on, it’s a good job for doing whilst sitting on the sofa in the evening watching telly. You could skip that step though if you were happy you had tied them tightly. I decided to wrap yarn around my frames to decorate them, I secured the ends with a glue gun just to make sure they stayed in place. Once you’ve made the first one you can just draw around the outside and inside so you know where to cut the lines on the second one, you don’t need to measure it all out again, unless you are making different sized frames. You could do this any size you like and in any shape you like, we also did a heart but circles would work too. I then used scissors to cut around the outside line leaving you with a frame. I used a craft knife to cut around the middle line revealing the hole that the photo will be seen through. I started by drawing around the photo onto the cardboard then marked another line a bit further out. – Paint / Glitter for kids to do some too I’ve been meaning to get some photos up on my walls for ages and I had lots of polaroid sized Instagram photos that I needed to do something with so decided to make these DIY photo frames using cardboard. I’m a tiny bit obsessed with the colours of the yarn I used, in fact I used them in my crochet bunting too so they match. I think this DIY Photo Frame post might be one of my favourites to date.
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