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Back-to-School DIY: Cardboard Photo Frame Sign & Bookmarks 🎒✏️

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Updated: 14 hours ago

Back-to-School DIY: Cardboard Photo Frame Sign 🎒


✏️We’re making a Back-to-School photo prop sign with cardboard and paint using @applebarrelcrafts from Plaidcraft . Celebrate the first day of school with a fun and creative project made from something you probably already have at home—a cardboard box!

Instead of tossing that box in the recycling bin, turn it into a colorful Back-to-School photo frame sign that kids can help create and decorate. It’s an easy project that lets them get creative while making a special keepsake for those first-day-of-school pictures.



📦 What You’ll Need

  • A cardboard box or large piece of cardboard

  • Scissors or a craft knife (adult help recommended)

  • Pencil and ruler

  • Paint and paintbrushes

  • Extra cardboard for decorations around the frame

  • Glue

  • Markers, crayons, or other favorite craft supplies


✂️ Step 1: Create Your Frame

Start with a cardboard box and carefully cut out the inside, leaving a border around the edges to create your frame.


🎨 Step 2: Paint & Decorate

Now comes the fun part! Paint your cardboard frame in bright, school-inspired colors.


While the frame dries, have the kids create their own hand-painted cutouts to decorate around the edges. Think pencils, apples, backpacks, stars, books, school buses, or even their favorite classroom supplies.

There’s no right or wrong way to decorate it—let their imagination lead the way!


📸 Step 3: Say “Cheese!”

Once everything is dry, it’s time for the first-day photo!


Hold the cardboard frame around your child and capture that special Back-to-School moment. You can even add their name, grade, teacher, or the school year to make the photo extra special.


💛 A Fun Project for Kids

This is more than just a photo prop—it’s a chance for kids to create, paint, reuse, and celebrate the start of a new school year. So grab that cardboard box, gather some paint, and make something fun together!


Happy School Year! 🎒✨


  • cardboard box cutout frame
  • cardboard cutout extras
  • picture frame painted


🎒✨ Back-to-School DIY + Adobe Express Fun! ✨🎨

Made a fun Back-to-School cardboard photo frame? Now let’s take it to the next level with Adobe Express!

  • 📸 Remove the backdrop from your photo and place a pre-made backdrop provided by Adobe Express photo-stock. Add shadows, shading, and effects to make everything blend together and look more polished.

  • 🎨 Want to decorate it even more? Upload cute images from Google Photos or choose from the Adobe Express photo stock library to add school-themed graphics (like Snoopy or Woodstock), stickers, and fun elements.

  • ✨ And the best part? Animate it all! Move your text, photos, graphics, and decorations with just a few clicks.

  • 🎬 You can even turn your creation into a GIF! How fun is that?!

  • Adobe Express makes it easy to take a simple DIY project and turn it into a fun, animated Back-to-School memory.

    💛Create it. Animate it. Share it! -Jazzysdesign


Share Your Back-to-School Creations!

Did you make your own cardboard photo frame? We’d love to see it! Tag us and share your creative Back-to-School projects.


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