Make a Picture Frame for Mother's Day
Perfect for little fingers, this Mother's Day photo frame craft is a great way to teach kids how to recycle materials and turn them into something amazing.
Materials
Directions
Cut out each egg cup from the carton individually. Cut the cups into the shape of flowers by cutting zig-zagged and scalloped edges. You and your child can cut out as many or as few as you wish.
Using thin cardboard, cut out a large rectangle (the shape of your picture) several inches wider than your picture on all sides.
Trace your picture onto the cardboard and cut out the area around the tracing, making the cut-out slightly smaller than your picture. This should result in a rectangular frame with the middle cut out!
Paint your frame.
Once the paint is dry, glue your picture to the back of the frame.
Decorate your Mother's Day photo frame craft! Paint the flowers you made from the egg carton and glue them on. Your child can also add glitter, beads and other decorations to the frame.
Let the paint dry and then you're finished with your Mother's Day photo frame craft.
Caroline Gravino Urdaneta, a PBS Parents resident crafter, is a designer of creative family projects, tinkering painter and mother of four children. She writes about project ideas for the whole family and how to encourage creativity in kids on the popular blog, Salsa Pie.
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