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" As a gift or just for fun, work with the kids on creating this soft frame for a school or portrait photo.   Materials:    Cutting board or scrap matboard Craft knife Ruler 4&amp;quot; x 5&amp;quot; green felt sheet and two 3/4&amp;quot; x 7&amp;quot; strips white, or desired colors Pinking shears White glue Wave fabric shears (Fiskars) Four 3/8&amp;quot; buttons or glue-on jewels 2 pieces of thin, stiff matboard for backing: 3&amp;quot; x 4&amp;quot; and 2&amp;quot; x 3&amp;quot; 2&amp;quot; x 3&amp;quot; photo or copy Plastic or paper adhesive tape   Directions:   1. Score and cut a 1 3/4&amp;quot; x 1 1/2&amp;quot; opening in center of larger matboard piece, guiding knife along straightedge.   2. Trim 4&amp;quot; x 5&amp;quot; felt with pinking shears, to about 3 3/8&amp;quot; x 4 3/8&amp;quot;. Center and glue matboard frame on back. Cut an &amp;quot;X&amp;quot; in felt at frame opening from corner to corner (start with knife; cut with scissors). Trim cut flaps to 5/8&amp;quot;-wide; glue to back.   3. Cut two 3 1/2&amp;quot; and two 2 3/4&amp;quot; white felt strips. Trim 1 side of each with wave or pinking shears, making strips about 1/2&amp;quot; wide and matching waves at ends. Place around front opening with ends overlapped. Cut from outer corner through both layers to miter and butt corners. Glue strips down. Glue buttons or jewels to corners. Let dry.   5. Tape photo and smaller board to back. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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