the picture frame

the materials:

carton
watercolor
paintbrushes
cutter & scissors


our practical arts teacher instructed us to make a picture frame out of a carton box. we didn't need the whole box, just the wavy part of it. you know, the wavy part sandwiched between the outside and inside covering of a box. i had a hard time at first, taking--and even scraping off the coverings with a cutter. i got cuts on my fingers several times. sigh, good thing we didn't need the wavy part for the back of our frame. i painted my soon-to-be frame white, first and cut rectangle in the middle of the wavy part(for the photo). then, when it was dry i painted it again this time in different colors. i painted in a circular motion to create a modern effect. after the messy part, i decorated it with tiny plastic stars and butterflies. it wasn't perfect, but it is the effort that counts! my frame looked good with a photo that was taken with my mom, when i was little.

this handicraft taught me that i should be creative and wise. it also taught me that i could be practical in doing works of art. now i know, it just needs a little creativity, wisdom &a little oomph to make a pretty handicraft.