Picture Frame

Hello! The project I chose this weekend was actually something I made for my sister this past Christmas. It was super easy to make, just a bit time consuming. It was super cute and she absolutely loved it. Look below to see how I decorated this adorable picture frame!

Materials:

• Wooden picture frame (Walmart, $2)
• Acrylic paint (Walmart, 50 cents per bottle)
• Paint brushes (Walmart, $3)
• Plastic jewels (Walmart, $5) 
• Paper plate
• Cup of water
• Paper towels

Steps:

1.  Get all your supplies out. Get a glass of warm water to wash the brushes off and paper towel to dry them. Use the paper plate to put the paint on. The wooden frame I found at Walmart was back in the craft section. It was only a couple bucks so you can decorate multiple ones for very cheap.
   
   
   
   
   
2. I started off by painting the top half of the frame light blue. I painted the bottom half of it this really pretty teal color I found. After that, I let the frame dry for about 20 minutes.
3. After it was finally dried, I made a pattern out of the sparkly plastic jewels to put on it. I first tried hot gluing the jewels on, but it was too hard to do that for the smaller ones and the glue over spilled onto the frame making it look messy. Instead I found that just painting the back of the jewels and pressing them onto the frame worked fine. Only a couple times they fell off and I had to stick them back on. It took about three hours to put all of the jewels on. Luckily after that, it was done.  
   

This was the final product. I printed out a picture of my sister and I to stick in it and it was finally done. She loved it and now it sits in her room on her shelf so she sees it every day. This project was really fun and easy to do, it just took a long time to stick all of the jewels on. This is an easy craft you can make for anyone and it's perfect for a birthday or Christmas gift!