We probably all have photos that we want to keep forever. It is for such photographs that you can make a beautiful photo frame with your own hands.
You can decorate your home with a frame made by yourself or simply give it to loved ones.
How to make a photo frame from cardboard
1. Cut a rectangle of any size from cardboard.
2. In the middle of the cut out rectangle, cut out another rectangle. Its size should be slightly smaller than the size of the photo.
3. Decorate the frame however you like.
You can use stickers and/or draw something.
You can also draw animals on colored paper, for example, then cut them out and glue them to the frame.
4. Prepare another sheet of paper and cut out a rectangle from it. Its size should be equal to the size of the frame.
5. Glue this rectangle to the back of the frame, leaving one side open so you can insert the photo through it.
6. All you have to do is insert a photo!
DIY photo frames. Frame from magazine pages.
This frame not only looks original, but you also won’t have to pay a penny for it, since its main element is the pages of a magazine, any kind that you can find at home.
You will need:
Cardboard
Old (unnecessary) magazines
Sewing thread
PVA glue
Scissors
Stationery knife (or scalpel)
Ruler
Pencil
1. Prepare a sheet of thick paper or cardboard measuring approximately 20x25cm. Measure 5cm from the edges of the sheet and draw a “window” measuring 10x15cm in the middle.
2. Cut out the "window" using a utility knife.
3. Start rolling up the magazine pages as tightly as possible. To secure them and prevent them from unwinding, use glue.
4. Get some colored sewing thread ready and start winding it around the rolled up magazine pages. Continue until you have many similar blanks.
5. When the blanks are made, start bending them at an angle of 90 degrees in the right places and using glue to attach them to the cardboard frame.
6. Prepare a small piece of cardboard for the leg. Also cut out two cardboard strips and glue them to the back of the frame so you can insert a photo between them.
How to make a beautiful frame. Frame as a gift.
You will need:
Simple Inexpensive Wooden Frame
Piece of cloth
PVA glue
Ruler
Glue brush
Scissors
1. Prepare a piece of fabric on which to place the frame. Cut as much fabric as you need to cover the edge of the frame on the front and back.
2. Now you need to cut out the excess fabric from the middle of the sheet.
3. Place your frame on a rectangular pattern and cut out squares from the corners, thereby ensuring neat corners.
4. Carefully, using PVA glue, glue the fabric onto 4 sides of the frame, but just be careful not to wrinkle it. This must be done on both sides of the frame - front and back.
5. Now make diagonals in the corners of the frame. To do this, cut each corner inside your photo frame. Next you need to fold the fabric and glue it to the inside.
* There is an option to cover the back of the frame with fabric.
When the frame is dry, you can decorate it with ribbon.
How to beautifully make a spring-themed frame
This frame has a spring theme. She looks gentle and romantic.
You will need:
Simple frame
Artificial flowers
Glue gun (can be replaced with PVA glue).
1. Divide the flowers into inflorescences.
*If you wish, you can make your own flowers. To find out how, take one of our master classes:
2. This example uses small petals that were cut out of colored paper. These petals need to be glued to the frame using a glue gun or PVA glue.
* To make it more convenient, try starting to glue the petals from the corner of the frame. Next, gradually fill the frame with petals.
* It is worth noting that the petals need to be glued tightly to each other, so your flower bouquet on the frame will seem more magnificent.
3. Use ribbon, lace, or pretty paper to cover the edge of the frame.
How to make photo frames. Picture from photographs.
If you have a lot of favorite photos, but you just don't want to buy a separate photo frame for each, then you will like this project.
Just one large photo frame that can fit several photos at once (the size of the frame depends on the number and size of photos)
You will need:
Large picture frame (wooden or plastic; choose the size yourself)
* In this example, the frame size is 40x50cm.
Small nails (can be replaced with push pins)
* You can choose a set of multi-colored push pins.
Hammer
Jute (or any rope to which you will attach photos)
Measuring tape
Clothespins
* You can look for sets of small multi-colored decorative clothespins, or use regular ones, as in this master class.
1. In this example, space was measured out for 5 rows of small photos, similar to those taken using Instagram. You measure the distance you need between the photos, both vertical and horizontal.
2. After you have measured everything, nail the nails in the right places of the frame on the right and left (or insert push pins) and pull the rope.
3. Collect your favorite photos and attach them to a string with clothespins.
Photo frame is ready!
DIY frames. Flower photo frame.
You are free to choose the color and shape of the flowers, just use your imagination.
You will need:
Simple photo frame
Acrylic paint
Brush
Thick material (fabric) from which you will cut flowers
Multi-colored buttons, thread, needle
Scissors
Pen
Super glue
1. Prepare the frame and paint it with two layers of acrylic paint. Choose the color yourself.
2. Using a pen or pencil, draw flower shapes on thick fabric and cut them out. You can decorate them with colored thread and sew a button on top.
3. Now all that remains is to glue all your blanks to the frame using superglue.
4. Add a photo!
DIY photo frames. Frame wrapped in thread.
Another option for a beautiful and inexpensive photo frame.
You will need:
Simple photo frame with straight sides
PVA glue
Several threads of different yarn colors
Scissors
1. Prepare the frame and apply some glue to it. This needs to be done in parts, i.e. Apply a little glue to a small part of the frame and then wrap this part with thread.
2. Start gradually wrapping the frame with multi-colored threads.
3. Add a photo!
Children's photo frame. Carousel.
You will need:
5 disc cases
10 photos measuring approximately 12x17cm
10 unnecessary disks
PVA glue
Ruler
Pencil
Scissors
Scotch tape (preferably duct tape)
CD stand
Decorating tools (stickers, colored paper, glitter, etc.)
1. Remove the disc from the case.
2. Insert 2 photos into the case on the left and right. If necessary, trim the photos so that they fit and look good in the disc case.
3. Using electrical tape or tape, connect several cases as shown in the picture.
4. Prepare your scrap discs and place them on the stand (or rather on its stem), shiny side up, to create a slippery surface for your photo cases.
5. All that remains is to put a “flower” from cases with photographs on the rod of the disc stand.
DIY photo frames. Ideas.
How to make a photo frame with your own hands (video)
How to make a frame with your own hands
How to make a frame out of paper
DIY paper frame
DIY children's photo frame
In this master class you will learn how to make a paper frame with your own hands. This is a very simple step by step lesson that can be learned in just a few minutes. The main advantage of homemade paper photo frames is the simplicity of the materials (we will even make them without glue!) and technique. The craft will turn out beautiful and original, it will look very decent.
If you need to give a photo to someone, make this DIY photo frame to go with it. You will spend 5-10 minutes of your time, and the presentation will look completely different. The same goes for the idea of decorating a wall with photographs: in order not to go broke on ready-made options, it’s easier to make a lot of paper frames at home and arrange them beautifully on a convenient surface. By the way, these frames can also be made hanging - it’s not at all difficult to thread a thread through them.
What do we need?
- template for frame
- cardboard or thick colored paper (A4 size will be enough)
How to do it?
First you need to print out the frame template. It looks like this:
If you don't have the opportunity to make a printout, then make a template for a homemade paper frame with your own hands. To do this, you need to place a photograph in the center of the sheet and trace its outline (or simply draw a rectangle of the appropriate size in the center of the paper). Then set aside strips of different sizes (alternating strips 1.5 cm and 1 cm wide). Make indentations at the top and bottom as shown in the template.
The short sides are folded first, followed by the long ones. We need to insert the corners of the long sides of the paper frame into the corners of its short sides to secure the structure tightly.
If the paper is very thick and glossy, it makes sense to insert the photo first, and only then fold the sides. This way it will “sit” tighter. If you are worried about the design, you can drop a little glue or use double-sided tape.
Paper photo frames often also include drawings or cards with your favorite motivational quotes.
How often do we remember the bright moments of life, the smiles of our family and loved ones with the help of photographs. And so that you don’t have to take out a photo album every time, we place the most valuable printed frames in frames.
Despite the fact that there is a large selection of photo frames, you want something special that emphasizes the plot and fits into the interior. To do this, we recommend making a frame yourself because a do-it-yourself photo frame from improvised materials is the ideal solution for those who value individuality, originality, handmade work and savings.
To create a special photo frame, almost any objects that surround you are suitable. The design idea, as well as the method for its implementation, can be found on the Internet or come up with yourself.
We offer some tips that may be useful to you:
- First you need to decide on the size and type of frame. To do this, you need to decide where exactly it will be located (on the desktop, wall, mantelpiece, window sill, in the nursery, living room, etc.). This will help you choose a style and size that will allow the photo frame to fit into your decor.
- Choose the execution technique and materials from which an interesting product will be created.
- Find out the features of the things that will become the basis of your masterpiece (how to store, what to combine with, attach, etc.).
- Clear your workspace and prepare everything you need for work so that nothing gets in the way and everything you need is at hand.
- In a creative mood, begin the process of creating your masterpiece.
Paper photo frame
This is one of the easiest to implement and cost-effective frameworks. To make it, all you need is paper, scissors, a ruler and a simple pencil. You can pre-paint the base of the product (a sheet of paper) yourself or invite your child to do it. A frame made from a sheet with printed text (different font, size, style) will look original.
The size and shape of such a photo frame will depend only on the wishes of the author and paper parameters.
Cardboard photo frame
Cardboard is an easy-to-use material. It is easy to cut, bend, paint and glue. This material is strong enough to be used as a frame.
If you use colored cardboard, then no additional decorations are required. In other cases, the cover for the photo can be decorated as you like, using both purchased and various improvised materials.
Paper photo frame
Paper can be not only the basis of a frame, but also a decorative element that attaches perfectly to almost any surface.
You can twist tubes from newspapers and magazine pages and stack them in a well (weave them or place them side by side). Paper circles of different sizes made using the quilling technique are used for decoration.
A photo frame made using the origami technique or using embossing looks stylish.
Three-dimensional frames, including double ones, will highlight the photograph and fit into the interior. An interesting technique in creating a masterpiece is the use of paper modules or paper with torn edges. If children are involved in the process of making the frame, then use applique.
Wooden photo frame
One of the most popular materials for making photo frames is wood. Buy a ready-made base or blanks and decorate it with improvised means. And if you have the appropriate skills, make the frame yourself.
It is appropriate to burn a pattern or design on a wooden frame, as well as cut out a pattern. Photo frames made from tree bark or decorated with small blocks look unusual. The shavings will serve as an original decoration.
Interesting ideas for creating a photo frame from improvised materials
A photo frame is one of those necessary things that can realize almost any idea of the creator. There are many articles and tips on how to make a photo frame with your own hands and what materials to use. Any frame, even the simplest one, will always be unique.
Here are some frame ideas that might interest you.
From sea stone
Due to the variety of sizes, shapes and colors, sea pebbles are an original and universal decoration. To decorate the frame, you can choose either different stones or elements of the same size, shape or color.
Pebbles can be decorated, drawings can be applied to them, or other decorative elements can be glued on them. The stones are attached to the base using epoxy glue, moment glue, rhinestone glue (it is odorless) or acrylic gel. But before attaching the material, the surface of the pebbles and the base must be degreased and dried.
If this condition is met, the beautiful stones will not fall off and the photo frame will please the eye for a very long time. Additionally, you can coat the pebbles with a clear varnish.
From tree bark
A frame decorated with bark or made from it will fit perfectly into a rustic and eco-style interior. The indisputable advantage of bark as a means of decoration is its availability, because it is available at any time of the year.
It is preferable to remove the bark from a growing or freshly cut tree, or you can wet dry wood. It is convenient to decorate a photo frame with small pieces of raw materials. This is creative and interesting work, because no two designs are exactly the same. Large pieces of thin bark can be wrapped around the base of the frame, and the solid material itself can serve as a reliable and original frame.
Dry branches as a decorative element
Dry branches, which many consider to be ordinary garbage, can become a very interesting decorative element. The different size and structure of the sticks will make each frame unique.
The twigs that will be used to make the frame should not be eaten by insects. The collected material must be well dried to avoid rotting and the appearance of various bugs. Before use, branches must be treated - painted or varnished.
Photo frame from a book
If you have an old unwanted book (for example, the pages inside are damaged or torn out), then it can become a beautiful photo frame.
This frame will ideally fit into any interior if the book has a textile cover.
To make such a masterpiece, just cut a hole in the cover that corresponds to the size of the photograph, glue the file on the inside and insert the image into it.
Thread frame
When decorating objects, preference is often given to textiles and threads. A frame wrapped in coarse yarn will fit perfectly into the rustic style of the room, and a combination of colored threads or melange is a great idea for a child's room.
Flowers or patterns can be made from yarn and attached to an existing base.
Don't doubt your abilities and don't be afraid to come up with a masterpiece yourself. There are many master classes on the Internet on how to make a photo frame with your own hands. Whatever frame you make, it will be a unique and priceless handicraft made with soul.
Photo selection of original homemade frames
Each thing in the house, made independently, brings a special mood and flavor to the design of the rooms.
Therefore, if you want to create a unique interior, do not be lazy and create original masterpieces to decorate your home.
This kind of thing includes do-it-yourself photo frames, which today can be made from the simplest materials.
Someone will say, why make frames with your own hands if you can buy almost the same thing in a store.
We, of course, cannot disagree with you, but we still remind you that by making cute crafts for the home with the whole family, you put a special aura into them, which will always emit positivity and wonderful memories.
The Ideal Style team will offer you amazing ideas on what kind of frames you can make for photos with your own hands, surprising you with unexpected solutions.
The presented photo frames will not only enrich your interior, but will also preserve the most valuable thing - the memories associated with a particular photograph.
After reading our review, you will see 50 examples of photo frames, representing different ways to design this item.
Original and unusual do-it-yourself photo frames 2020-2021: ideas, design, current decor trends
In order to make frames with your own hands, you will need a base, auxiliary materials in the form of tools, glue, etc., and of course, materials with which you will decorate the photo frames.
Human imagination is limitless, which gives us the greatest opportunities in any business.
When making photo frames with your own hands, you can use cardboard, colored paper, fabric, vinyl records, matches, ceiling plinths, tree branches and dried plants, window frames and much more.
It all depends on your idea and desire to create a unique item for a unique interior.
Let's take a closer look at the great ideas on how to decorate your own photo frames, and which DIY frames will successfully complement your captured memories.
DIY frames: photo frames made from shells - ideas and finishing options
For many, going to the sea is a dream that may never come true. Some people, on the contrary, go on vacation to the sea every year, bringing amazing shells of different shapes, sizes, and types from the resort.
If you don’t have shells collected from the sea, but you really like this decor, you can easily purchase shells at a decor store, creating wonderful frames with your own hands from shells in different interpretations.
In order to make frames with your own hands from shells, you will need a base (cardboard, wood, plastic) and shells.
You can also make frames with your own hands, using not only shells, but also other decor that harmoniously combines with seafood, for example, rope, pebbles, twigs, etc.
It is noteworthy that the more chaotically you lay out and stick the shells, decorating the frames with your own hands, the more interesting your product will be.
Making a DIY photo frame with embroidery or beads
Truly masterpiece examples include do-it-yourself frames decorated with hand embroidery or beads.
Beautiful photo frames of this type can be made using special stencils, which determine what kind of thread or bead embroidery will decorate your creative frame.
DIY frames with embroidery can be bright and multi-colored, or they can be made in a single color, laconically complementing the shades of your interior palette.
You can improve embroidered photo frames with your own hands by adding buttons, old jewelry, pearls, etc. to the craft.
If you choose beads for decoration, you can not only embroider with them, but also stick them in the shape of a photo frame.
Original do-it-yourself frames made of wood, twigs, dried flowers
Each interior has its own characteristics, so DIY frames can be completely different, and sometimes very unexpected.
Wood products are one of the elements of many types of interior, so if you make frames with your own hands from rough and uneven pieces of wood, old boards, dry branches, tied together with a thick rope, or carefully glued and varnished, you will get something incredibly interesting .
Also, a do-it-yourself frame for a frame is often made from vine branches using a special weaving technique.
DIY frames look no less creative when dried branches are glued to the base of the photo frame in combination with pebbles, ropes, burlap, etc.
DIY frames look tender and sensual when you glue dried flowers or leaves onto the finished base.
Beautiful do-it-yourself frames made of fabric, thread, burlap
We have already named many interesting ways to decorate a frame with your own hands. But that, of course, is not all.
The next unique ideas for decorating your interior will be DIY photo frames made using different pieces of fabric, burlap, coarse threads, and yarn.
Our collection shows do-it-yourself photo frames made of denim, photo frames made of fabric flowers, exclusive do-it-yourself frames made of several types of fabric.
Of course, to make such a frame you will need a little patience and time, but the result is worth it.
Also, do-it-yourself frames made of thread, burlap and other types of fabric can be supplemented with pebbles, twigs, shells, and unexpected objects found somewhere in a box of trinkets.
Super fashionable DIY frames using decoupage, quilling, origami techniques
Using colored paper and paints, ribbons, etc., you can create truly unique frames with your own hands that will remain relevant after a long time.
These include photo frames made using the decoupage technique, which involves painting the surface of the frame in a certain style.
Using the decoupage technique, you can create frames with your own hands in a vintage style, draw flowers and pictures on the frame, and cover the frame with special decoupage paper.
Frames made in the style of origami and quilling are not far behind in originality. Both techniques involve the creation of certain details from paper, with which photo frames will be decorated, or rather pasted over.
Cute curls, delicate flowers and leaves, strict figures and unusual shapes - these are exactly the kind of frames you will get with your own hands by using these techniques.
Unusual DIY frames made from coffee, cereals, pasta
When you need to create cool frames with your own hands for a gift to a friend, but you don’t have any special materials in the house, pay attention to coffee, cereals, pasta, which incredibly interestingly transform from cooking products into material for a photo frame.
In our review you will see beautiful DIY coffee frames. See how unusually you can arrange coffee beans and what you can combine them with.
Play with buckwheat, peas, pasta, rice, etc. You can create unique frames with your own hands.
In addition, these materials can also be combined with other types of finishes. Let us note that pasta, due to its variety of shapes, is a godsend for those who want to surprise everyone with their product.
How to make frames with your own hands: extraordinary photo frame ideas
You can only create something unique if you approach this process in the same way.
You can make your own photo frames unconventional if you cover the base with keys from a calculator or an old keyboard, take colorful pencils for decoration, and use parts of an uncorrected watch mechanism as material.
Professionals also suggest gluing multi-colored skeins of thread, old newspaper, corks from wine bottles, buttons and old keys onto the base for the frame, or creating frames with your own hands in completely unusual shapes.
But that is not all. How do you like DIY frames made from jewelry? As they say - expensive and angry.
50 DIY photo frame ideas
As you can see, every idea is unique. If you bring at least a few ideas to life, you may end up with a unique collage that will decorate and transform your room with pleasant memories.
Dare, because everything impossible is possible!
