Making a Recycled Book Picture Frame

Total Time: 1 hour

Supplies:

• an old book with a pretty cover or appropriate title that might describe the photos
• glue or hot wax
• tape
• X-acto knife and scissors
• cardboard or stiff colored paper
• 1 plastic sheet protector (optional)

 

 

Steps:

1. Cut the pages out of an old book that has a pretty cover with an X-acto knife.

 
2. Cut squares out of the book cover in a pleasing layout for your particular photo with your X-acto knife. Use a ruler if you need to cut in steps to get through the entire cover. Be patient and careful working with the knife. Make sure the opening is a little smaller than your photos so they don't fall right through the hole.

 
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3. I slipped my photos into a plastic sheet protector just to protect the photo and make it look like it was under glass, but you don't have to. Then I taped the photos from the back behind the cut out blocks. You may add some cardboard behind the entire back of the project (with a center score down in the middle) if you want it to look more finished, but I didn't so that I can change the photos regularly. Enjoy your family photos!

 

Sandi/Poor But Proud
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September 20, 20150 found this helpful

Very cool. I like to take them and fold back the pages in half for a way to keep receipts, bills, photos or recipes.