Materials:
• Large craft sticks (the kind that look like tongue depressors)
• White glue or a hot glue gun
• A few nuts and bolts
• Acrylic paint
Directions
Paint four large craft sticks. Our engineer chose a dark blue acrylic paint. Tempera paint would work well, too, but the coverage might not be the same.
Glue the sticks together to create a frame. We glued our sticks together to create a squarish frame. If a more rectangular frame is what you want, don’t overlap the sticks as much as we did!
Choose a few nuts and bolts to add to the frame. Be sure not to overload it with too many, though! If Dad isn’t into building, choose something different to decorate the frame with.
Glue the hardware to the frame. We used regular white glue, but a hot glue gun would work just as well (and would dry faster).
Add a picture, child’s handprint or poem to the frame. Back it with a piece of cardboard.
Be sure to write the year on the back of the frame!
Add a strip of magnetic tape to the back if you want to feature it on the fridge.