Get Crafting! How to Make a Flower Photo Frame

There’s a reason why people buy flowers to brighten up a room, cheer up a friend, and appreciate a loved one. Depending on the flower, they can symbolize complex human emotions just from their sheer beauty. As famed artist, Georgia O’Keefe once said, “When you take a flower in your hand and really look at it, it’s your world for a moment.”

Nine-year-old Madeleine and eight-year-old Ninon create a Georgia O’Keefe-inspired photo frame with Atelier Art School teacher, James Sserwadda.

What You’ll Need

Stapler
Plastic clay
Acrylic paint
Yarn and cardboard
Some color papers
2-3 medium paint brushes
Disposable plastic plates (10 and 15cm diameter)
Double-sided tape, glue stick, and masking tape
Pair of scissors and box cutters (cutters only used with the help of parents)

How to make it

1. Using a box cutter, cut out the inner circle of the big (15cm) plate leaving about 3 cm of space from the plate’s ridges. Take the smaller plate (10cm) and use the double-sided tape to connect the two plates by the edges.

2. Use the stapler to strengthen the taped side of the plates.

3. After stapling the plates, take out a separate piece of paper and draw the shapes of flower petals from a rose, oriental poppies, and lily flowers. Cut out the shapes with a pair of scissors and use a stencil to draw other shapes on any color paper of your choice.

Note

· These can be 2-3 colors.

· The petal shapes can be of different shapes and of different color.

· The petal shapes of the 15cm plastic plate should be bigger than the 10cm plastic plate.

4. Using a glue stick, glue the smaller petals on the small plate first by gluing them side-by-side on the edge. Continue the same process on the 15cm plastic plate; use a mix of colors and place in varying positions.

5. Start to create decorative details of the flower with plastic clay. First roll out some plastic clay from a preferred color and line it along the cut-out line of the circle on the 15cm plate. Continue to create more details to represent a flower.

6. Using the brushes, apply acrylic paint around the decorative areas to cover the white area of the plastic plate.

7. Draw a 12-13cm diameter circle on a piece of cardboard, cut it out and tape your photo on one side of the cut-out cardboard. Use masking tape to tape it on the back of the 15cm plastic plate so that the photo is showing through the cut-out section.

8. Draw leaf shapes on color paper and cut them out to further decorate your flowers. Use double-sided tape to glue them on the back of the 15cm plate.

9. Finally, pick the yarn and tie a note and use masking tape to attach it on to the 15cm plate so you can place it anywhere that will brighten up mom’s day!