Make Your Own Picture Frame: Instructions and Ideas
A picture frame effectively sets the scene for our souvenir photos. We prefer to use a special frame for this purpose, which is designed by ourselves and attracts attention. Here you can find nice inspiration on how to make a picture frame yourself.
Beautiful frames are expensive, but even without a lot of money you can frame your pictures creatively. You can find picture frames in different sizes at flea markets or in second-hand shops. Their appearance is not important at all, because with your creativity you will make them unique!
Making picture frames yourself: Here’s how it works
You need
- Picture frames in different sizes
- Hot glue or wood glue
- Colour
- Materials for embellishment, such as
- Stones
- Pieces of glass
- Buttons
- Rope
- Dried (tree) fruits, such as aniseed, cinnamon sticks, acorns, beechnuts
- Mussels
- Branches, driftwood
- Dried flowers or leaves
- Lace band, bobble braid
- Fabric remnants
- masking tape
- Deco beads
- Deco glitter
Instructions
- If the frame needs a new coat of paint, then let’s go for the brush and acrylic paint! Tip: The paint holds better on already glazed wooden frames, if you sand the frame with sandpaper beforehand. But spray paint is also very good for designing: Gold spray, for example, makes the picture frame shine!
- Afterwards you can still decorate the frame. Shells provide a maritime feeling, a natural expression is given to your frame with branches and leaves, and those who like it playful can use colourful beads and buttons. The frame gets a noble touch with a lace border. The materials can easily be glued on with hot glue, craft glue or wood glue (for wood). Try it out – you can never have enough picture frames!
Make your own picture frame: Inspirations from Pinterest
Making picture frames from twigs yourself
So simple and yet so effective! For these simple picture frames you need nothing more than beautiful branches, which you cut to the same length. With hot glue and folding eyes they can be turned into frames in no time at all.
Making picture frames from driftwood
For a maritime flair in the apartment provide these picture frames made of driftwood. The small pieces can be attached to each other with wood glue or hot melt adhesive. A sisal rope as suspension completes the natural look. To hold the photos, small branches can be attached to the back of the frame.
Ice style picture frame
Our favourite photo finds the perfect place in a quickly made picture frame made of ice cream sticks. The Popsicle Sticks can be covered with fabric or masking tape and glued together with wood glue or a hot glue gun.
Paper picture frame
If you enjoy folding, an Origami picture frame is the right choice for you.
Picture frame with natural materials
Whether wood, shells, rope, tree discs, star anise or fruit – natural materials can really enhance a simple frame!
Paint on picture frame
If you don’t feel like doing handicrafts, simply paint a picture frame on the wall – but be careful: Before you have to repaint the whole wall, you should test a few drafts on paper and draw them on the wall with a pencil. But Masking Tape is also a great way to quickly conjure up a frame on the wall!
Coat hanger picture frame
The coat hanger is misused and now shines stylishly on the wall! Rivets and riveting pliers are necessary for this.