DIY Alphabet Photography Art & Cards
Grab your cell phone and take alphabet photos of nature, architecture, or objects. Make DIY Alphabet Photography Art & Cards from these photography letters. SO FUN!
Servings: 1 alphabet photography project
Cost: $3
Equipment
- Scissors
Instructions
- First, decide what word you want to spell. It is important to mention that shorter words work better than longer ones. The projects I show are 3-6 letters long.
- Make a list of the letters needed to spell those words. Then tally up how many of each letter you will need.
- Take your list of letters and go around your house and yard to find objects that have that letter shape, or objects you can make into that letter shape. It works best to take vertical pictures. This will allow for more letters to fit on your project.
- If you want, you can go ahead and shoot pictures of all the letters in the alphabet. Then you will have them to make more DIY Alphabet Photography Art and Cards in the future!
- When you are done shooting your pictures, they need to be uploaded from your device to a service business that prints photos. I chose to use Walgreens, but other businesses have this service as well. What I love about Walgreens is that there is almost always a coupon online to make the order 50% off. Gotta love a bargain!Choose to make 4x6 Wallet Prints which have 4 pictures per 4x6 inch photograph. You will automatically have 4 smaller pictures for each print you make.
- So when you get your prints home, cut them apart into the 4 wallet prints and start forming your words out of the letters.This will let you see how much space you will need on your paper to hold all the letters.
- Next, cut cardstock paper in the size needed for your art project or card.Remember, the project needs to be large enough to fit the size of the letters you are putting into your word.
- With your cardstock paper cut to size, take a moment to line up the letters of your word on top of the paper to see how to arrange them to fit well. The letters can be kept straight or tilt them different directions and let them overlap a bit. When you have an arrangement you like, use glue to glue each letter down on the project.
- If you made an art project, you could put it into a purchased 8x10 inch or 9x13 inch frame if you want. Or you could make your own frame from cardboard. To make a frame: Cut the frame opening to fit your project size and then cut the outside dimension a couple inches wider. Cover the frame with craft paper, wrapping paper or paint before gluing it over the DIY Alphabet Photography art project.
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Notes
It works well to take pictures of two of some letters so they can be used in a word that has double letters (like A, S, L, T, E, D). That way you have two different “L”s to use in the word HELLO for instance.
When done, it is a good idea to put a book on top of the project to let it dry. This keeps the photos from curling up as the glue dries.