Spool Photo Holder

With this easy craft you can make a personalized photo holder for your favorite pictures of friends and family!

Supplies

• Wooden spool with hole through the middle, top to bottom. (A spool without a hole also works if you make a hole in the top with a hammer and nail), 1 ½ -inch or larger, available at craft stores
• Colorful twine or light-gauge yarn, 3 to 4 yards
• Alternatively: you can buy a wooden spool of colorful twine at some discount stores
• 3 pieces of light-gauge wire 12 to 15-inches long
• Clay or play dough
• Needle-nose pliers
• Glue

Directions

1. Fill hole in spool with clay or play dough, pushing it well in to provide a base for the wire
2. Wrap the twine or yarn around the spool to desired thickness
3. Glue down the end of the twine to keep it from unraveling
4. With the needle-nose pliers, roll down one end of the wire to create a small coil
5. Repeat with two other lengths of wire
6. Cut the three wires to different lengths to provide room for all three photographs
7. Fit the three wires into the center hole on the top of the spool
8. Push the wires into the clay until they are held securely
9. Clip photographs into the coils
10. Display your pictures!

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