This simple DIY Hanging Photo Frame makes a thoughtful gift for occasions like Grandparents Day or birthdays, using personal photos and creative decorations. In this project my daughter and I work together to craft a special, handmade keepsake to surprise her grandparents.
You can create this Hanging Photo Frame for any occasion Grandparents Day, Mother’s Day, Father’s Day, Birthdays or just a simple thinking of you gift to send in the mail to loved ones.
Hanging Photo Frame
Here are the supplies you’ll need:
- Paper or cardstock to make 8 5×7 sheets (I used 4 scrapbooking sheets)
- 1 yard of coordinating ribbon
- Glue Stick
- Hot Glue Gun or Craft Glue
- Scissors
- 2 Photos of Grandparents with kids
- Stickers or Stamps
- Marker
Directions
My 5 year old daughter put together this project with me to send to her Grandparents. We chose our favorite 2 pictures from our trip to visit my parents this summer.
Then I precut the photo mats for her out of cardstock and scrapbook paper. The paper I cut for pictures that were 4×6 so I cut the papers 4.5×6.5 and 5×7. I had my daughter use a photo safe glue stick to attach the pictures to the frames.
She then made a two more personal sections. On one she used stickers to write Nana and Poppy and then illustrated a Family Portrait with them. On the other section we talked about what to say and wrote it out together. Then she copied it and wrote Happy Grandparent’s Day on it.
We then cut out a few flowers from the paper to add as accents to the paper.
Then we cut the ribbon to hang the pictures from. She spaced them out for me and then I hot glued it while she was cleaning up our supplies. We put it into a large manila envelope and mailed to my parents for a cute surprise for her Grandparents!
Happy Grandparents Day!
Need an idea for a card? Here’s our Hand Print Card.
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