Puzzle Photo Frame Christmas Ornament

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I know I've seen a lot of people talk about the fact that the school picture packages always seem to have too many wallet sizes in them.  I personally don't have that issue, there are still plenty of people in our family that carry around wallet size pictures, but I have come up with a solution to the problem that most families have.  Use those extra wallet size pictures in a Christmas ornament.  Here's how we did it.


What you'll need:

Popsicle sticks
craft paint
puzzle pieces
ribbon
stickers
wallet size school picture

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I had found a package of popsicle sticks already colored at the Dollar Tree which helped speed up the process.  You'll first want to see where the sticks should connect.  Then glue just the sticks together.  The picture is just being used to size things properly right now.  If you can't find sticks already colored, you can either paint them prior or after gluing them together.

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Once the sticks have dried, you'll want to glue down puzzle pieces to them.  I just bought a 100 piece puzzle from the Dollar Tree.  Jon didn't want to overlap the pieces, but if you feel there needs to be more puzzle pieces on glue as many on there as you want.  Let them dry before doing anything else. (I had forgotten to take a picture of this step.)

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Once the puzzle pieces have dried, it's time to cover them with paint.  We did half of the ornaments in red and the other half in green.  This is actually a very simple project that the kids can work on as well.  I'm not exactly sure as to how many coats we put on, but like with any painting let one coat dry before putting on the next.  You want to make sure the picture on the puzzle pieces can not be seen.

While you wait for the paint to dry, on the back of the picture make sure to write the child's name, school year, grade, and age.  Once the final coat has dried, glue the picture to the back of the frame.  While the picture is drying, cut your ribbon to the size you would like.  Then glue each end of the ribbon to each corner of the top of your frame.  After everything is dried, add some embellishment with some fun Christmas stickers.  Wrap them up or put them in gift bags.  These are great presents for grandparents, great-grandparents, and even teachers.

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