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How to Make Dollhouse Picture Frames

Creating furniture and accessories for a dollhouse isn't necessarily child's play. It can be a rewarding hobby for an adult. When decorating a dollhouse, paintings and pictures need to be hung on the walls, and of tiny artwork needs tiny frames. Using a computer and printer, you can create frames to fit any room's décor.

Things You'll Need

Digital camera
Computer with printer
Sticky-backed computer paper
Cardboard
Exacto knife
Straightedge

Instructions

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  Create a digital image of a frame by taking a photograph of a frame with a digital camera, then download the image to your computer. Or perform an image search on Google to find a frame image. Click on the image to save to your computer.
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  Open a blank document in a word processor, such as Microsoft Word. Add the frame image to your document. In Word you can do this by clicking "Insert," "Picture" and then "From File." Then locate the digital image on your computer and click it to add to the document.
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  Size the frame by clicking on the image and dragging the corners in or out. Continue to add frames to the document until the page is full. Although you can add just one frame to the document, conserve paper by adding more frames, which can be used later or as extras if you damage the first frame.
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  Print the document on sticky-backed or crack-and-peel photo paper. Peel off the backing and attach the page to a piece of cardboard the same size as the paper.
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  Use an Exacto knife and a straightedge to cut out the individual frames. Cut out the center of each frame. Later you can add a small picture.

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