Manda's (Amachan) Cheap & Cheerful Dice Tray

To start of this project I picked up this cheap picture frame and some felt, I think in overall that cost me less than €3,-

After unwrapping it and getting the back board out which is quite simple, I removed the inserts. Now to the glass. I did notice the glass was not glued in and just fits in grooves on the side. So now I have to get that out.

Note that I smash in the glass on a towel on a sturdy table. Glass needs quite a bit of force to break, especially when it’s a small plate that isn’t fixed in place. I placed the towel there to easily clean up the glass once I shattered it and I don’t have to go hunting for every small bit of glass that is still laying around. The sides of the picture frame also keep the glass quite confined to a very limited space.

After I cleaned up the glass I put the felt in the frame and pressed in the back board. I got it nice and smooth by pulling it. With the back board still in the frame I rand a line of super glue around the edges to make sure the felt sticks to the board like that. I’m not sure super glue was such a good idea for this though. I did get the board out, but the edges of the frame did get a little damaged. Now I’m planning on painting the frame anyway and you won’t see it when the back board is in, so not much of a problem I guess.

Having learned a bit of a lesson with super glue and still having bits of felt stuck to my fingers, don’t use super glue it soaks through the felt, I decided to glue the excess of the felt onto the back of the back board. This time I used PVA and I’m just giving that time to dry.