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Easy Way to Frame Kid’s Art
I saw this idea a LONG time ago, but didn’t try it out until I was going through some craft supplies in the basement. I love it because it was SO EASY and only involves saving small boxes or packaging from actual picture frames.
We simply used a glue stick to attach his masterpieces to the cardboard box / frame. The blue picture was made using his fingerprints and the larger one is his interpretation of our garage.
Here are the finished products:
Use cardboard boxes as a frame – just one more use before recycling!
Cute, huh?! I think it looks more official than just hanging it on the fridge. And I encouraged him to draw around the blue picture with other markers for another “frame” in the frame. There are a lot of things you could do with this project if you so choose.
Have a great day & happy crafting!
#ThrowbackThursday: Halloween Crafts Through the Years
In the spirit of Halloween and #tbt, I wanted to share our Halloween crafts that are now decorating our dining room walls. Many are a throwback to my kids crafts that they made in years past. I save special art projects in a big plastic tub that is stored under my daughter’s bed, and rummage through it as the seasons change for decorations.
The kids helped me arrange their crafts (my son’s on the right; my daughter’s on the left) and most of them ended up on our dining room wall. Here they are in their glory:
From top: all of the crafts together, spider web plate, pumpkin on a paper plate, bat handprint craft.
While I don’t have step by step instructions, I think many of the pictures are self-explanatory, but to help you out, here are some notes:
- The ghosts are probably the oldest projects that we have. The kids made them using marbles dipped in paint and rolling them around over the ghost cut out in a tub. I have an old wash bin that I like to use for such projects.
- I LOVE the hand print bats! My son and daughter each have some, and we hung more up on our dining room chandelier.
- The spider on the purple plate was a craft that a room mom prepared for a 4K Halloween party. She wove most of the “web” together on the plate and had the black pom pom spider pre-attached to a piece of a plastic straw. There wasn’t much for the kids to complete at the party (maybe just string the spider on the web, and then tape the web on the back).
- The pumpkin & candy corn pieces are super easy – just cut up your squares & let your kids glue away.
What are your favorite Halloween crafts? How do you save and display your kid’s old artwork?
A New Way to Display Art – Old Window Screens
As I mentioned in a recent post, I like to use what we have around our house before going out and buying something. Early on in summer, I was tired of seeing the old window screens stacked behind our garage, so I searched Pinterest and found this pin. I knew we could figure something out for a bulletin board for my daughter’s room.
I picked the two best looking screens and cleaned them off with a our garden hose, which actually pulled off some of the old paint for further “distressing” of the wood. Between some hardware stores and Hobby Lobby, I manged to find mini clothespins, eye-hooks, and D-hooks for hanging the screens on the wall. With a little help from Daddy O. at the end of summer, we managed to create and hang up these two screens.
The Finished Product
Two window screen bulletin boards proudly display my daughter’s art.
Close up of the screens, so you can see the vintage, distressed wood. It actually matches nicely with our older home!
Now our only issue with the screens is that we didn’t make one for my son! A larger window screen is waiting by Daddy O’s tool bench to make it happen.
What “junk” have you re-purposed into something functional for your home?
Oh yeah…I also did some crafting with big cardboard boxes too! See the train and kitchen I made out of carseat boxes.
