Fabulous Folded Frames

What can you do with all those amazing Crayola Neon Color Explosion designs? Cut strips, fold and tuck to make a Fabulous Folded Frame! Add a photo and give it to your Mom.

1. Crayola Neon Color Explosion lets you create shockingly bright colors on colored paper. Have fun making your favorite designs on the front and back sides of 2 different pieces of Neon Color Explosion Paper using Neon Color Explosion Markers.

2. Measure and mark one-inch strips going across the width of the paper (from long side to long side). Use Crayola Scissors to cut the designed papers into 1-inch-wide strips.

3. Fold each strip in half, bringing the ends together. Open.

4. Fold each end in to the middle crease. Fold the two halves together so the ends are inside. Repeat the folding steps until you fold every strip.

5. To start building the frame, slide the flaps of one piece into the slots formed by the folded ends of another piece. Pull so they are snug.

6. Next tuck another piece into this one, but going in the opposite direction.

7. Keep tucking folded pieces into each other. You can be creative with this frame! Try different ways of tucking. You can always take them apart and try a new way.

8. When you form a square of 3 nested pieces, add one on to the side to form the next square. Repeat this three times.

9. Finally, tuck in the last piece and… you’re done! Just add a photo and maybe a few pieces of magnet tape on the back and you’re ready to make your mom smile!

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

• Neon Color Explosion®
• Blunt-Tip Scissors

household supplies

• photograph(s)
• ruler
• magnet tape
• magnet tape (optional)
• ruler or straight-edge (optional)
• photograph (optional)

"My mom taught me how to do this with gum wrappers and now I’m doing it with the kids I babysit. I bring the Neon Color Explosion every time and we’re designing and folding until their parents come home."
Stephanie A., teenage babysitter

"This craft has led to some amazing folded paper constructions. My children spend their free time designing and folding strips so they can figure out how to make different constructions. They even figured out how to make the letters of their names by tucking the little folded strips in new ways!"
Jennifer M., home school parent

The world record for the longest gum wrapper chain is currently held by Gary Duschl of West Virginia. His gum wrapper chain is over 58,000 feet long and he is still adding to it! He started making the chain in 1965 and 44 years later has folded and tucked 1,360,166 gum wrappers.