This project I just happened upon. I scored the frame on clearance at Hobby Lobby for $6 when I was looking for a chalkboard frame. Around this time I was also planning on making Magnetic Money Keepsakes and needed something to display them on. A lightbulb went off and I decided to make the frame into a magnetic board to display the money. I am working on Chalkboards too and so I think I’m going to make one that is the same size so I can change it out as I want or get tired of using it one way 😉
I started with the 9 x 12 frame, thankfully I liked it just the way it was so no painting was needed, although I can always change my mind later 😉
Then I had my hubby cut the Galvanized metal sheet we bought at Hobby Lobby. It was $11.99 but I used a 40% off coupon and got it for $7.19. Its dimensions were 12x24x0.28. He cut it with a jigsaw & metal blade because we didn’t have tin snips and I was too impatient to wait to get some, LOL! We only used 1/3 of the metal sheet so I now have some for other projects as well.
The end where he cut it did get a bit bend but you can’t really see it in the frame, and I had an idea for ‘dressing’ it up that I wanted to do.
While I do really like it with just the metal, I wanted to see if I could make it ‘pop’ a little.
I took a piece of scrapbook paper and wrapped the metal sheet and then just taped it on the back, that way I can change it out easily when I get sick of looking at it or want to match it to something else.
I popped the sheet into the frame, put the back on and had an instant DIY Magnetic Photo Frame! This whole project cost me around $8 and is so versatile that I’ll be able to use it for many things and for a long time!
Check out my post tomorrow about the DIY Magnetic Money Keepsakes that I’m currently displaying on the board!
Oh I LOVE this idea!!! I have all kinds of options filling my head for my classroom!!! 🙂
It would be great for a classroom!
ohhhh I see what you did! I saw this on Pinterest and wanted to do it, but didn’t understand what to use for the backing…. too bad I dont have anything to cut metal! 🙁 This is my project this week! I want to display all these coins!!!
You can get some tin snips at Home Depot or Lowes, I didn’t see any at Hobby Lobby, hence the reason for using the jigsaw ;p That was the smallest sized sheet of metal that our HL had too.