Magnet Photos

Magnet photos on
your refrigerator are
a great way to
display your photographs
without taking up
valuable wall and
table top space.
They're also functional
and make great gifts.

Making magnets out of your photographs can be as simple as purchasing magnetic frames that you slide your photos inside. There are also elaborate craft projects to display photos on magnets more artfully. One simple technique is to purchase photo-quality magnet sheets at an office supply or computer store, print several photos on a sheet, cut them out, and stick them up.

Since we love crafts that recycle items which would otherwise be thrown away, we like to turn all of the marketing magnets we get in the mail into magnet photos. They come in a variety of interesting shapes and sizes and generally stick a little better than the purchased magnet sheets (since those must be thin enough to go through an inkjet printer.) To make these, simply find a photograph a little larger than the magnet, lay the magnet on top, and cut around it. Then, glue it on and let it dry.

One magnet photos craft we found several years ago made a very popular Christmas gift with our families: We purchased the larger size glass stones generally used for floral arrangements, you can find at craft stores, and glued small photos to the back to show through the glass. Remember to put the glue on the picture side - not the back - of the photo. Then, you simply glue smaller magnets to the back of the photo. You can also find very small, round, and very powerful magnets at craft stores. To complete the effect, wrap these magnets inside a small tin that the magnets will stick to.

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