Tray or a photo frame? This fun DIY will transform your everyday tray in a nice photo frame. A perfect a simple project to create with kids. The perfect idea for a handmade gift for your friend, you can use fun picture of you or your friend, pets’ photos will be super cute too!
SUPPLIES
- Curver My Style tray
- Printed picture (you can easily print it with your home printer)
- White cardboard
- Decorated paper
- Colored cardboards
- Pencil
- Scissors
- Double-sided tape
- Glue stick
- Mini pom-pom
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‘Happy Birthday’ banner (you can print it or make your own with scissors and colors)
Twine
Print your favorite picture in a size that fits your tray size. We chose a funny photo of three giraffes to wish a happy birthday. Before printing it we transformed the photo into black and white. If your printer only prints in black and white you don’t need to do anything.
As a first step we need to cut out the decorated paper to cover the bottom of the tray. Place the My Style tray on the decorated paper and trace the outline of the bottom with the pencil, then cut it out. This will be the easiest way to cut the paper in the right size without measuring.
Using double-sided tape, stick the decorated paper to the bottom of the tray.
Crop the photo following the outline of the figure, also cut out all the spaces. Then make a horizontal cut so as to cut the image in two parts and separate it.
Glue the two parts of the photo onto the white cardboard with the glue stick. Press well to avoid air bubbles and let dry perfectly.
Cut the photo out again along the outline. The cardboard will have made it more resistant.
Cut strips of white cardstock and fold them in half to create a tab. They will help you glue the photograph to the tray/frame. Glue one part of the tab to the back of the photos, using the glue stick, then apply a piece of double-sided tape to the other part of the tab.
Glue the two parts of the photo inside and outside the My Style tray, making sure the tabs adhere well with the double-sided tape.
Cut out two hat shapes from colored cardboard and glue them onto the giraffes’ heads with a glue stick. Complete the hats by gluing a colored pom pom with a drop of hot glue. Thread a piece of string around the third giraffe’s neck, then glue the two ends to the back of the “Happy Birthday” banner with hot glue. This will create a very funny optical effect!
