School's out! Kids are bored! Let's keep their minds going this summer and follow along with me as the kids from some of the summer camps I am working with make all kinds of fun crafts from Good Garbage! So send the kids on a scavenger hunt for fun crafty items around the house and build your rainy day craft box up with fun things like toilet paper tubes, colorful magazines, cardboard, plastic shopping bags, newspaper, old t-shirts, rubber bands, and anything else you think could be repurposed and join the fun world of creative reuse with Good Garbage!
The kids at Shelby Park Community Center summer camp sure were creative with their magazine and cardboard picture frames. Seems they had a lot of fun as well...Here are the instructions for making this fun magnetic picture frame.
What you need:
- Colorful magazines, the one time the more ads the better.
- Piece of cardboard, about 5x8" but whatever size you want. It could be from a mac'n cheese or cereal box. Mine was from a UPS envelope that I'd gotten.
- Scissors
- Glue (Stick or bottle)
- Straw (I used a small one, for kids the bigger, thicker ones are better)
- Advertisement magnets
Cut the center out.
I made it 3.5x5.5"
Cut the cardboard to the size you want.
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| Make sure you use colorful magazine pages and cut into strips. |
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| Using the straw, roll your strip twice around the straw and cut. Add glue to the end and seal. |
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| Glue the roll to your frame. |
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| Be creative... |
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| Those outdated magnets found on your phone books... |
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| Cut two strips from your magnet |
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| Glue magnets on the back side. Make sure to align with the inside edge . |
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| Hang on your fridge with a 4x6" picture behind it. |
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| Another option for rolling the magazine strips. |
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| I did this one with just torn pieces of magazine for the younger kids at the camps. |
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