Butterfly Picture Frame ⋆ Sprinkle Some Fun

I am so excited about this picture frame! I think it turned out super cute!!! I thought of making this frame because we have a small wall by our front door that was looking very plain. I thought that a new picture frame would really make the space pop! Plus I always look for ways to display all the pretty portraits I have of my girls! 😉

I wanted to make sure that it matched with the rest of my living room decor, so I knew that I would be painting the frame. That is where the Elmer’s Painters Paint Markers came in very handy! Creating this frame took no time at all and was so easy!!! My oldest daughter was able to help me paint with the paint markers too!

To create this frame yourself you will need:

Elmer’s Painters Paint Markers in your choice of colors (easily found in a variety of colors at Walmart)

Un-finished Wooden Picture Frame

Acrylic Paint for painting the outer frame

Wooden butterfly (or your choice) cut outs

To find all of my supplies I headed out to Walmart. I was very impressed with the selection of individual colors that they had. Up until a week ago, I thought that all Elmer’s Painters Paint Markers were sold in packages, but then I found all the individual colors too!!! At only $1.97 I wanted to buy the whole range of them, but I contained myself. Also I noticed that they had 3 tip options… chisel tip, medium tip and fine tip!

I was also able to find SO many unfinished wood pieces that were just waiting to be painted!!! I chose this super cute hanging picture frame!

First, I painted the frame with a mixture of Acrylic paints (in the bottle) and regular house paint. When I made- over my living room this is what I did to achieve the light blue color so that is why I used house paint with it, but using Acrylic only is fine too.

Next… my daughter and I painted some wooden butterfly cut- outs with our Elmer’s Painters Paint Markers. I feel fine letting my daughter help me since these paint markers are non toxic and 100% Acrylic paint! The paint in these markers dries very quickly (almost immediately) and the application was very smooth! I can’t imagine trying to paint these now with Acrylic paint and a paint brush… this was SO much easier!

My daughter is (less than a month shy of) 7 and very artistic… so painting these was a breeze for her!

We painted the butterflies in 3 varieties of colors in 3 different shape sizes.

Then I went ahead and made designs on the butterflies… you could also just leave them solid which I think would be cute too.

The next part was easy, but I made it hard on myself because I first tried to use a stencil to make a pattern on the frame. For some reason the paint bled through the stencil and made a mess- so I had to paint over those parts. I am sure it was just user error, but I had another idea too. I just painted my own pattern! This looks harder than it is. I just made a simple design which was so easy by using the paint markers… it is just like using a pen. I wouldn’t have been able to make a design like this with paint and a paint brush!

The next step is to put the wooden butterflies on the frame. I did this easily with my new Elmer’s Craft Bond Adhesive Dot Stamper! I love how quick and easy it is! I just stamped a few dots to the back of each one and then stuck them on the frame where I wanted.

Then I just put my pictures into the frame and hung it on the wall… SO pretty!!!

I won’t go back to brushes to make intricate designs again! This was so easy and the results are better than I could have expected! I love my new frame!

Have you ever used Elmer’s Painters Paint Markers before? How do you like to use them?

More about Elmer’s Painters Paint Markers:

New $1.97 price at Walmart for single Painters Paint Markers

Expanded color and tip options for single Painters Paint Markers at Walmart (so many awesome colors!!!)

Painters Paint Markers are 100% acrylic paint (and non-toxic!!)

Painters are acid-free (perfect for scrapbooking, journaling etc.)

Permanent Streak-Free and super fast drying time (almost instant)

100% opaque coverage

Work on all kinds of surfaces

You’ll find three tip options at Walmart: Painters Fine tip, medium tip, chisel tip

Painters Paint Markers are made in the USA, in Statesville, NC

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What cute frames!

Katie

Thursday 10th of May 2012

This is adorable! Love that you got your girls involved! I haven't used those paint makers, but the more and I more I see cute projects like this makes me want to make a run to the store! :)

Holly Lefevre

Sweet little butterflies! And those girls are cutie-pies! We are making frames tomorrow (I promised my little one she could have at the Painters markers!) and I will show here this...she will love it!