Box Lid Frames
I’m always on the looking for new cost-effective ways of displaying children’s artwork, and I recently devised this one. I’m sure it’s not original, but I’m quite pleased with it nonetheless, so thought I would share it here. It simply makes use of shallow boxes or box lids to act as a frame. They need to be made of good quality, stiff board to look their most effective, and they can either be used as they come, or sprayed a different colour. Likewise the inside face of the lid which will be visible on the wall, can be either left the same colour as the edge,s or lined with a contrasting colour of paper or even a patterned, textured fabric, depending on the effect you want to achieve.
To give a more 3 dimensional look, I mounted the artwork onto foamboard (available from good art shops or stationers) and, for 2 of them, mounted that in turn onto a piece of coloured mount board. These were glued into place on the box lid. The resulting frame is light enough to be attached to the wall with blu-tac.
This is a fantastic idea and looks great. Thanks for posting this. x
They look amazing! Now if I only had box lids that were not all bent up…
what a clever idea, I love it! I will definitely try this myself, tidy artwork (and we have a lot of stuff) + putting box lids to good use. Well done:)
Thanks for a really great tip. I have so many kids’ drawings waiting to be organized and this gives me hope that I can do it
What a great idea! My daughter would enjoy creating artwork as well as the frame.
Ann
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Excellent idea! I’m an art teacher and this would a fabulous way to showcase student art work!
Chelsea
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