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 Froggie
Photo Frame
Designed
By: Annabelle Keller
Typical
Project Completion Time:
1-2 hours
(does not include drying time)
Download
pattern
(28K pdf)
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MATERIALS
NEEDED:
STYROFOAM*
Brand Products:
Sheet, 1/2" x 12" x 36"
Ball, 1"
Other
Materials:
Acrylic craft paint: lime green, dark green
Varnish, matte finish
Toothpick, one
Frog eyes, 16mm, two
Cardstock, 3" x 5" green
Serrated knife
Old candle
Wire cutters
Scissors
Pencil
Paintbrush
Thick, white craft glue or low temperature glue gun and glue sticks
| INSTRUCTIONS: |
| 1.
Trace patterns on foam sheet. Wax knife blade with old candle
and cut out foam pieces. Sand rough edges with a scrap piece
of foam. Cut foam ball in half. |
| 2.
Referring to photo for placement, glue legs to back of frog.
Break toothpick in half. Glue half balls to top of frog for
eyes, inserting 1/2 toothpick into edge of ball and then into
edge of frog; cut side of ball faces forward. |
| 3.
Paint body lime green; let dry and apply second coat. Paint
on dark green spots. |
| 4.
Using wire cutters, cut shanks from frog eyes. Center and glue
in place on half balls. |
| 5.
Select photograph with live area 2-1/2" wide x 2" deep (if you
would like to preserve the original photo, make a color photocopy).
Using mouth pattern, cut out photo, adding 1/8" to all sides.
Glue photo to cardstock; cut out cardstock, adding 1/8" to all
sides. Center photo in mouth area and glue to back of frog. |
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