Recycled Magazine Picture Frame

Got some old magazines you are ready to toss out well don't! Turn them into something awesome. This is just one way you can reuse them. This is rather time consuming but well worth it in my opinion! Personally I really like the way this looks when finished! Don't forget to have fun doing it, put on some good music and fold away.


You will need:

1 8X10 Picture frame without an edge (You can find them for only 2$ at Wal-mart.)
1 Magazine should be equivalent.
Tape
scissors
Mod Podge
small Paint brush





Step One start out by tearing all the pages out of the magazine...don't go to crazy though keep the pages as whole as you can. If there are rough edges use your scissors to trim them off so you have a straight edge. Get a couple of pieces of tape ready and stick them to the edge of your table that way they are handy when you need them.


Step TwoTake one page and fold it in half long ways. Then unfold it and fold each edge to the middle. Keep folding the edges into the middle until you have a thin strip about 1 centimeter wide. Then you are going to roll it up so that it kinda looks like a fruit roll-up. Make it as tight as you can and don't worry if the paper rips a little that is normal. Take a piece of tape and tape the edge so that it stays in place.







Step Three Place the paper roll on the frame. Repeat step two until you have enough to make a border around the frame. I did two rows around the frame. You can do more or less whatever you prefer. You want to have all you individual paper rolls in place before you start to glue them down. You may have little gaps where there is not quite enough space for another roll. Just space out every piece in the row a little and you will hardly notice.



Step Four Once you like the order and have them all spaced properly you can start to glue them down to the frame. Glue down one at a time. It's best to start at the corner and work your way to the center of each row. Use the paint brush to apply the glue to the bottom side of the paper roll and then press it to the fame. Once you have them all glued into place you can put a stack of heavy books on top for a couple hours while the glue dries.






Step Five Add a picture and display. I have seen similar frames in gift shops sell for around 30$ and you just made your own for way less.