No doubt, a photo frame is one of the most beautiful ways to decorate a wall or a table with your picture or your art work. But the more stylish the frame is, the higher the price tag it carries.

However, in times like these when everything is too expensive to afford, you must make the wise decision to not burden your parents’ pocket and use alternate ways, like DIYs from things that you already have at home.

Here is a cute Minnie Mouse photo frame which can easily be made from the stuff you already have or can buy very cheap.

Things you need:

1. Felt sheets (black and red) (you can use coloured paper if you want)

2. A cardboard piece

3. Scissors

4. A round plate or a compass

5. Hot glue

6. A pencil

Note: This is a table top photo frame, so we have made a base to stick the main frame on, but you can skip the base and hang it on the wall by pasting a string or ribbon loop behind the frame.

Directions:

1. I used a small plate to make a circle for the head of the Minnie (the size of my choice). Draw a line around the plate on the cardboard and cut it out, you need two of these round pieces. If you are using a compass, choose the diameter according to the picture you want to put inside the frame, picture 2.

2. Cut two small circles from the cardboard for the ears; a 4-inch long and 3-inch wide rectangle, to make the base; and a 2-inch long and 2-inch wide bow. See picture 3.

3. Leaving one inch from the edge, cut out the centre part from one of the large circles, picture 4.

4. As we have all the parts ready for the frame, it’s time to paste the felt on them. Start with the red felt sheet, first paste the red felt on the base by covering it completely; then paste the bow with it, and lastly, the remaining large round piece of the frame with it. See pictures 5, 6 and 7.

5. Take the black felt, cover and paste the black felt over the frame’s ring carefully; then cover and paste the ears with black felt again, see pictures 8 and 9.

6. Cut two-inches long curved pieces of cardboard and paste them on the right and the left sides of the red round piece of the frame, picture 10. (this gives the space to put the picture inside the frame).

7. Paste the black ring over it, picture 11.

8. Paste the ears on the backside of the head of the Minnie, picture 12.

9. Paste the bow in the centre of the ears, but on the front black ring of the frame, picture 13.

The frame is ready you can paste beads on the bow or change the bow colour to glittered one.

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Published in Dawn, Young World, April 2nd, 2022