I thought it’d be fun to create activities, crafts, and food based off on movies, TV shows, and dramas. The inspiration for this craft comes from the 1st episode of the Japanese drama, Good Morning Call. When Nao goes into Uehara’s room, she accidentally breaks a picture frame. Then she walked around the city looking for a similar one to replace it. Sadly no one told Nao that she could have save time and energy by making her own.
For this craft you will need:
- A wooden 5X7 picture frame (you could also use cardboard)
- Black and white scrapbook paper (or any other type you might want to use)
- A ruler
- Scissors
- Hot glue (regular glue would work too…or just use modge podge)
- Mod Podge Waterbase Sealer (or just glue and water mixture)*
*With the modge podge, I didn’t realize that when you decoupage you could use just the modge podge. Crafting is a learning process.
When I started to work on this, I wasn’t sure how much paper I needed, but then the math gods called onto me and said use math to find the answer. I’m super excited that I was able to use math with my everyday life.
Directions
- Start by measuring the width of the picture frame with the ruler from the top to the cut-out in the middle. Divide that by two and that will be the measurement we need to decide the length and width of the squares. For instance my width was 34mm* and divide that by two, the length/width of my squares was 17mm.
- Next, use the ruler to measure the paper. Take the measurement for the square (mine was 17mm) to measure the width of the paper (any color), make a mark and then place the ruler down and draw a line alongside the ruler until the end of the paper. Measure the length of the squares (which is the same as the width) all the way down the paper to know how many squares a strip makes. I used 12×12 scrapbook paper and I had 17 of my 17mm x 17mm squares with extra leftover.
- Then I used the paper strip I cut out to make more paper strips. So I ended up cutting out 4–2 white and 2 black.
- After cutting out the first square, I used it to measure all the other squares on the strips that don’t have squares. Then cut out all the squares. Make sure to separate them into white and black, so the gluing process goes by faster.
- Get the hot glue gun and start gluing down the squares. If you are more perfectionist than me, than you can lay down the squares to see the outcome. I ended up not having enough room for full squares and so I started having to use half square. I still think it came nicely.
- When all the squares are done, apply two layers of modge podge. Letting the first one sit about 15 minutes before applying the next one.
*I used millimeters because it was easier to get a even number to divide in half. Plus, the metric system is much easier to use.
I’m very proud of this project. It turned out as good as I was hoping and I hope you enjoy making it too. Let me know what you think and how it turns out when you’re done.