On the Beach Photo Frame

crayola supplies

Glitter Glue
Model Magic® Fusion™

household supplies

photograph(s)
picture frame

Why

Remember that exciting day on the beach by saving your favorite photo in a cool, custom picture frame! It’s like being there all over again.

Steps

1. Find your favorite picture of yourself or maybe your brother, sister, or best friend on the beach. Put the picture in a plastic box picture frame.
2. Using Crayola Model Magic® Fusion™ Compound, create a fun, colorful beach landscape to frame your picture. Think beyond the frame! Mix colors and textures to get a look that you like. Add sand dunes, palm trees, seagulls, crabs--anything that your heart remembers about the beach. Model Magic® Fusion™ dries to the touch overnight and dries completely in 2 to 3 days.
3. Dress up your scene with Crayola Glitter Glue. Add a silver lining to your clouds and golden rays of sunlight. Use your imagination!! Air-dry the glue before you display your beautiful creation.

When & Where

"My husband and I always take our children to the shore every summer. Now we have family heirlooms that mean so much because we made the frames as a family!"
- Lisa R., mother of ages 9 and 11.

"Great idea!! My son surprised me on Father’s Day with a nice picture frame of us on the beach together. It’s one of the pictures on my dresser that I’ll always treasure! "
- Nick L., father of age 12.

Interesting Info

You may think that sand is always tan in color, but it can come in many variations. In the Bahamas, you can find beaches with pink sand! The Tularosa Basin in New Mexico has pure white sand. And you can even find black sand on the Punalu’u Black Sand Beach in Hawaii.

Safety Guidelines

Glitter Glue— WARNING: CHOKING HAZARD—Small parts. Not for children under 3 years. Not for use on skin.

Crayola Modeling Materials including Crayola Model Magic®, and Model Magic Fusion™, Crayola Air-Dry Clay, and Crayola Dough—

Keep away from open flames. Do not use to make candleholders, hot plates, trivets, or other similar objects that will be used or placed near fire and other heat sources.
Do not put in an oven, microwave, or kiln.
Do not make into vessels/containers that will hold unpackaged food.
The use of modeling material to make items that look like food is discouraged for children younger than age 5 to avoid their confusion with real food.
Unless sealed with a water-resistant glaze, do not make projects exposed to or immersed in water, such as boats or outdoor bird feeders. They would disintegrate when exposed to moisture.
Crayola Dough—contains gluten (wheat flour) as an ingredient.
Crayola Air-Dry Clay, Crayola Model Magic and Model Magic Fusion are gluten-free. However, they are produced on the same machinery as Crayola Dough which does contain gluten. Although the machines are cleaned prior to the start of each production run, there is a slight possibility that trace amounts of gluten from Crayola Dough may be present in the other modeling compound products. For information regarding specific ingredients or allergic concerns, please call our Consumer Affairs department at 1-800-272-9652 weekdays between 9 AM and 4 PM Eastern Standard Time.

Mirrors, Picture Frames, and Plant Pots—Close adult supervision is required when children use craft materials that could shatter or break. Handheld mirrors, picture frames with glass, ceramic pots, and similar breakable items may be used only by children 8 years and older. For children 7 years and younger, use unbreakable materials such as wood or sturdy plastic picture frames, unbreakable mirrors, and plant pots that will not shatter into sharp edges.