Create Stylish Silhouettes
Perfect for a Mother's Day gift or simple room décor, these silhouettes are easy, inexpensive and lifelong keepsakes!
Before You Play
Younger children can help paint the silhouette. Older children may be able to be more involved. There are so many options and variations for this project. You could do the silhouette out of the decorative paper on a solid background. Or you could make the silhouette white on a printed background. You could probably do it on fabric, or just do the traditional black on white.
Materials
Directions
Outline the profile with a black marker, simplifying it as much as possible. Don't forget to add in eyelashes and neck!
Cut out the profile with the Exacto knife (adults only) or scissors.
Flip the photo over and paint the back side black. Two coats will help eliminate any streaking.
After the paint dries, spray some adhesive or have your child use a glue stick on the back of the silhouette (the photo side). Attach it to the scrapbook paper.
When it's finished, place the silhouette in the picture frame or cut out the middle of a paper plate for a frame to let the profile picture shine through!
Megan Kapple is a blogger and mother of two in Kansas City. She loves to spend her days playing with her girls, crafting, sifting through thrift stores, sewing and documenting life through photography. Read all about her adventures and find some great tutorials and recipes on her blog, Homemade Ginger.
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