FRIENDS Photoframe

STEP 1

Take an MDF wooden "FRIENDS" Photoframe

STEP 2

Take the quilling paper strips in assorted colours
Roll tight quills in different sizes approximately ranging frm 1/2 an inch to 2 inches

STEP 3

Roll more of these tight quills, as per needed to make more characters

STEP 4

These are Quilling moulds that can be used to make these tight quills into dome shapes

STEP 5

They come in different sizes to choose as per your requirement

STEP 6

Place the roll, in one of the moulds and press it as you go down

STEP 7

The tight rolled quills are made into domes

STEP 8

Colour the "FRIENDS" photoframe in an offwhite shade made by mixing Acrylic Colour White with little of Burnt Sienna
You may give two to three coats of colour for an even finish
You may also sponge dab the colour for a slight textured effect

STEP 9

Draw and cut out different shaped facial features from the canvas sheet

STEP 10

Take pipe cleaners or bumpy pipe cleaners in assorted colours to make the hands and the legs for the characters

STEP 11

Twist the hands and the legs of the characters to make them in different dancing and standing postures

STEP 12

Assemble the domes on the pipe cleaners to make funny and whacky characters
Stick the eyes on the domes using No Stitch Fabric Glue
Draw two black dots for the eye balls using Fevicryl Liquid Embroidery Cone Regular - Black

STEP 13

Dab colourful dots using assorted Acrylic Colours with a ear bud
Let it dry

STEP 14

Arrange and stick the characters on the lower side of the photoframe

STEP 15

Insert a photograph of your gang of your friends and its ready to be displayed

STEP 16

You may also let one small character sit up on top of the FRIENDS photoframe

Fevicryl Acrylic Colours - Burnt Sienna 01, White 27, Fine Art Brushes, Colour Palette, Fevicryl No Stitch Fabric Glue, Fevicryl Liquid Embroidery Cone Regular – Black 708, MDF Wooden Decoupage