Paper Straw Frame

recycle magazines into frames

Posted by Lyra Rose

About

saw this in a book called the 'Big Ass Book of Crafts' (btw greatest craft book ever!) and gave my twist on it.
A good way to recycle the thousands of old magazines i have. made a great present for my parents

WARNING: your fingers will be covered in glue

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You Will Need (4 things)

  • 1 Old Magazine(s)
  • 6 in Cardboard
  • Elmer's Glue
  • Glue Stick

Steps (7 steps, 180 minutes)

  1. 1

    gather supplies

  2. 2

    cut the magazine pages into 3s

  3. 3

    roll into straws diagonallys
    so fold a triangle from the bottom right corner (for me it's easier on this side, but i'm lefthanded so that might be the cause) and roll (this is a bad picture but it gets the general idea)

    glue paste makes things work :)

  4. 4

    make about 20 per frame sometimes more

  5. 5

    glue the back of the picture onto your piece of cardboard (i cut out of a shoebox). don't worry about cutting it smaller, the straws can easily cover edges anyway (and will if you want it to look nicer)

  6. 6

    cut the pointy ends off of the straws
    they should be flat/round...like a straw!

  7. 7

    glue on with wet glue
    and make sure to cover the picture a little bit, but evenly.
    trim edges with a scissor and voila!