Cut and Torn Frames

Amaze your Mom on Mother’s Day with a hand-colored photo framed in shockingly bright Crayola Neon Color Explosion® designs! Crayola.com’s Lights, Camera, Color lets you create custom coloring pages to design and frame.

1. Design the hand-colored photo! Take a photo with a digital camera or choose a photo that’s already on your computer.

2. Ask an adult to help you upload the photo to the Lights, Camera, Color! feature at the Crayola.com Play Zone. Use the code from a specially-marked box of Crayola Crayons to print your photo.

3. Color the photo using your favorite Crayola art supplies.

4. Create the frame! Use Crayola Scissors to trim the hand-colored photo to fit on a piece of Neon Color Explosion Paper. Use a glue stick to attach the photo page to the paper. Design around the photo with Neon Color Explosion Markers. Crayola Neon Color Explosion lets you create shockingly bright colors on colored paper.

5. Have fun making your favorite designs on the front and back of another piece of Neon Color Explosion Paper using Neon Color Explosion Markers.

6. Tear or cut the designed paper into smaller pieces.

7. Attach the pieces around the photo with a glue stick.

Adult supervision is required for any arts & crafts project. Observe children closely and intervene as necessary to prevent potential safety problems and ensure appropriate use of arts and crafts materials. Some craft items, particularly beads and buttons, are potential choking hazards for young children. Avoid use of such small parts with children younger than 3 years. Craft items such as scissors, push pins and chenille sticks may have sharp points or edges. Avoid use of materials with sharp points by children younger than 4 years. Read all manufacturers' safety warnings before using arts and craft supplies.

Scissors—ATTENTION: The cutting edges of scissors are sharp and care should be taken whenever cutting or handling. Blunt-tip scissors should be used only by children 4 years and older. Pointed-tip scissors should be used only by children 6 years and older.

Crafts

crayola supplies

• Crayons
• Neon Color Explosion®
• Glue Sticks
• Blunt-Tip Scissors
• specially marked Lights, Camera, Color! Box

household supplies

• white paper
• digital camera
• printer
• computer with Internet Access

"The kids had so much fun with this craft that they made frames for their mom, their step-mom, their grandmothers and their aunts too. "
Brent L., dad and step-dad of 5

"My grandchildren showed ME how to make their own coloring pages on the computer! What fun! I made a frame too!"
Mary J., grandmother of 2 great kids ages 10 and 8

There were about 82 million mothers in the United States in 2004!