Pop-Up Frames For A Pop Of Wow On Your Wall

by Queti @ Fancy Momma

Create frames with letters that pop-up from the frame to liven up your walls and make it look more interesting. A fun and easy craft and DIY .

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Get some wooden frames.

Cut up the correct size of printed paper or scrapbook paper to cover the front of the wooden frame, then glue it onto the frame. This can get tricky because if you use ordinary glue, your paper will warp so I prefer to use Mod Podge to glue the paper onto the frame.

Think of some significant words you want showcased on the frame. I chose the words love, share and laugh. Choose a plain colored paper and do a freehand lettering of the word with pencil and cut it out.

Cut out the word then trace that cut-out on a cardboard and cut the word out. The cardboard will help support the paper so it won’t be flimsy. Just grab a cereal or cracker box from your pantry, those will do. Don’t glue the paper to the cardboard yet. You will be tracing and cutting the same word on scrapbook paper.

Now use some scrapbook paper, make sure to trace the word and make it about 1/4 inch bigger. The trick is to estimate the 1/4 inch while you are tracing it. Then you can glue the words on the scrapbook paper. Again, I just used the Mod Podge to do it. Use and glue cardboard at the back of the word to make it sturdier which makes it have 3 layers in total.

Cut rectangular pieces from cardboard and roll them up like a cylinder. Make it overlap to the other end then tape it so it will hold together as shown in the picture. Make sure the thickness doesn’t show if you place them behind the word lettering cut-outs.

Attach the cardboard cylinders at the back of the word lettering using a glue gun or hot glue. I suggest that you position the cylinders first, spread them out on the cut-outs making sure that it can stand in a balanced position. Then when all is set, glue gun the cylinders to the letters.

Use hot glue again to attach the word cut-out, with the glued cylinders, onto the wooden frame. Once attached to the frame, the word will pop up this way. For a more detailed instruction and tutorial on how to use just cardboard,hot glue and yarn to hang the frames, click the link below.