I have a heart for junk! I do. I make no excuses. When I see a shoe along side of the road with no match... I'm sad. Are you?? So when I saw this for $1.00 because he had been in a fire {cue the "ain't no body got time for this"} I couldn't pass it up.
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I stopped off at the dollar tree for a piece of foam board. And quickly cut it to fit. {I had to tape it up the middle but work with me people- we are trying to do things on the cheap around here}. Sure I could have gone to Michaels and gotten a piece perfectly cut to fit the mammoth frame.. but that would have been $$$$$. And that would have been too easy {wink wink }.
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Next I glued some burlap to the foam board- easy as pie.
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Also- I gave the frame a couple of coats of leftover front door paint {Ben Moore- rock bottom}
Then I added the burlap mat to the frame with hot glue.
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Lastly I wanted to finish him up with some snazzy hardware... so I used some brassy tacks. These give it a more polished look & help hold the mat in place.
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I hung him in the hallway- it's our "wall of fame".
The kiddos get to display their art & school work.
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so total cost for the project:
frame = $1.00
paint = free {leftover}
foam board = $1.00
burlap = free {on hand}
brass tacks = {98 cents at Wally}
$3.00- whoot whoot!!
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