Floppy Disk Photo Cube
Terrific for Dad's desk at work or home!
You Need:
6 Old 3½" Floppy Disks
Blank Index Stock
6 Photos You Can Cut
Low Temp Glue Gun
Double Stick Tape
Instructions:
Lay one disk face down on your work space. Use a low temp glue to attach one disk to each side and a disk on the top.
Cut six pieces of index to 2-1/8" x 2-3/4". Use double stick tape to attach one to each floppy. Cut photos to 1-7/8" x 2-1/2" Use double stick tape to attach photos in the center of rectangle index leaving a white border around each picture.
CD Photo Frame
You Need:
Old Compact Disk
Flour/Salt Dough
Photo
Scissors
Double Stick Tape
Adhesive Backed Felt
Tacky Glue
Paint
Scrap of Cardboard
Instructions:
Flour/Salt Dough instructins:
It can be air dried or baked
Use with cookie cutters or any molds
You'll need:
4 cups of Flour
1 Cup of Salt
1 1/2 cups of hot water
Instructions:
Preheat oven to 300 F. In a large bowl, mix hot water and salt until salt is dissolved. Add flour. Mix well, kneading with hands. Mold pieces and place on cookie sheet. Bake up to 1 hour, until dough begins to brown. Works best with smaller pieces
Use Flour/Salt Dough to mold a base for your photo frame. Make sure that it is at least 1" deep and 2" around. Make it any shape you want. Use cardboard or a table knife to make a slot in your base. Go at least half way down through base and wiggle it back and forth a little to widen. Bake or air dry. Paint.
Cut photo into a 3" circle. Attach it to CD with double face tape. Cover the back of the CD with sticky back felt. Use tacky glue to secure in into slot in base.
Rustic Stick Frame
You Need:
12 Sticks
Low Temp Glue Gun
Twine
Instructions:
Gather sticks from your backyard or a walk in the woods. Look for straight sticks from 1/4" to 1/2" thick.
Strip off any leaves or branches and break 6 of the sticks to 11" length. Break the other 6 to 9" lengths.
Arrange the sticks to form your picture frame using a glue gun to tack the sticks in place. Wrap the four corners with twine as shown and glue ends in place on the back.
Trim your photo to fit. Glue to back of frame at corners. Cut and glue a 6" piece of twine to back of photo for hanging.
Wire Decorated Frames
These trendy wire frames make great gifts and they are easier than you would think!
You need:
Lucite Frame
Low Temp Glue Gun
Wire Solder from the Hardware Store
Translucent Pony Beads
Metallic Silver Pony Beads
Wire Cutters
Toothpicks
Photo
Instructions:
Wire solder is very easy to bend. Decide the word for your frame and bend it using your fingers and wrapping around pens and markers to get a smooth curve. You can cut the wire into pieces like we did for the word "Mom" or use all one piece like we did for the word "love".
Bend your wire to fit around the frame. Slide on some transparent and silver pony beads. Glue in place using a toothpick and hot glue. Use glue sparingly or it will show around your wire.
recycle old floppy disks or Cd's into photo displays..and other ideas for your photos
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