Cool Photo Crafts
10 simple ways to give your fave photos a new life -- on and off the computer.
from Parents Magazine
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Alexandra Grablewski
Kid Grid
Print your photograph onto sticker-backed photo paper, cut it into squares, attach to blocks, and voila -- homemade baby toys!
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Alexandra Grablewski
Happy Birthday, Baby!
Celebrate with photos of your baby -- everywhere! Print a headshot onto circular labels to add character to cups, napkins, and goody bags.
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Alexandra Grablewski
Fridge Fun
You can make custom magnets by printing photos onto magnet paper that goes right into your printer. Get creative and invent a funky movable landscape for your kids to play with.
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Stuck on You
Kids who love stickers will be thrilled with personalized minis. Upload as many as 90 digital photos to moo.com, and the folks there will send you a cool pocket-size sticker book.
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Alexandra Grablewski
Colorful Memories
Use Kodak's EasyShare software to transform your favorite photos into coloring-book pages, then upload them to kodakgallery.com. They'll send you a custom coloring book full of family snapshots.
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Alexandra Grablewski
Pop Art
By applying filters and adjusting the hues of your photo in your imaging software, you can create Warhol-inspired wall collages.
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Upward Mobility
This DIY mobile is a fresh way to display your family tree. Find the template to make it here.
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Alexandra Grablewski
Open Book
To make bookplate stickers, import a photo of your child into your word-processing program, add type, and print on basic labels.
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Easy as A-B-C
Your child will be the star of this alphabet book from shutterfly.com; it includes her name, birthday, and hometown.
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Alexandra Grablewski
Piece Out
Upinpieces.com will turn a family photo into a puzzle packaged in an adorable canister. They'll even cut the pieces into fun shapes like flowers, stars, and butterflies.
Copyright © 2007. Used with permission from the November 2007 issue of Parents magazine.
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