How to Make a Scrabble Board Photo Display

If you enjoy showing off your family pictures you've probably got plenty of picture frames, full of photos, sitting around the house. This time, do something fun and different with your next set of photos. Make a Scrabble board photo display that's unique and easy to accomplish. Although it will only take minutes to make the photo display your family will enjoy it for years to come.

Often, when letters from a Scrabble game become lost or misplaced, the game is shoved in a closet and never used again. Although you can purchase replacement letters for Scrabble games, you can also create some beautiful and unique things for your house, using Scrabble boards and pieces.

Start by securing the fold in the board. Use flat pieces of wood, and glue or tape, to secure the wood to the fold of the board, on the backside. The wood doesn't necessarily have to cover the entire fold but must cover most of it to prevent it from bending while hanging. The wood pieces must be very thin. Something like a ruler works great. Even plastic rulers work fine.

Choose three or four pictures for your Scrabble board photo display. Place the pictures in small picture frames. If you can match all the frames, even better. Glue two, three or all four of the letter trays onto the board. You choose the way you lay out the trays, placing them all down one side, or randomly placing them here and there on the board. Use hot glue, or another adhesive, to attach the trays to the board.

The trays will become narrow shelves to hold the small photos. Depending upon the size of the pictures and frames, you could put one, two or three pictures on each "shelf". After you've attached the shelves, and decided on the pictures and frames that go on the shelves, you can then add other embellishments.