Kids Art Frames my first D to the F!

Okay, its not the first time Ive bought something old and fixed it up and used it for household decoration . . . its just my first time posting here on Drab to Fab about it.  Ill be bringing back "Tasty Tuesdays" when I have more time . . . my cooking these days (at 37 weeks pregnant) is completely for eating only.  Not for photography or florid descriptions . . .

Moving on . . .

I bought these frames for $2 apiece at Deseret Industries thrift store (I thought briefly about hanging them up "as is" to go with my quilted hunting lodge decor, but decided to branch out and try something else).

Kidding . . . these framed fabric prints are hideous.

First thing to do was to remove the offensive fowl.

Already looking better . . .

Next, four coats of high-gloss white Krylon.  Oh yeah.  (I already had this spray paint on hand, but I think the can was around four bucks).

I love how the wood-colored scrollwork still shows through.

Then, a 4-pack of corkboard purchased at Wal-Mart for $5.

Finally, hot glue to attach the corkboard inside each frame.

Hello, I am jealous of myself, and have inspired my kids to new creative heights.  They have been busy making art since I hung the frames up in my short blue hallway.  My six-year-old son said, "I know why theres four cork boards.  So when the baby is born we can teach it how to do art . . . wait, do you have another frame?"  I wish I did have another frame (hello, wheres the mallard duck print?), but three will have to do for now, until "it" learns to "do art."

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