Face Box
A face box is a neat box that holds a digital photo frame.
It’s a fun way to Artzooka your friends’ pictures!
Check list:
1. a digital photo
frame with a picture
of your friend
2. large pieces of
cardboard
3.scissors
4. wooden skewers
(double the width
of your photo frame)
5. white paper
6.pencil
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7. sheets of clear acetate or
any see-through plastic
8. black marker
9.straws
10. clear packing tape
11.pushpin
To begin, measure the width of your
12.ruler
digital photo frame. This measurement
is important because the outside of the
13.glue
face box (shown in the photo) must be
14. colourful bottle caps
and construction paper a little more than double the width of
your digital photo frame, in order for the
acetate funny faces to easily slide into,
then back out of, view.
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Use a pencil to trace
the outline of the
digital photo frame
screen on a white
piece of paper.
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Turn on the photo
frame and trace a
picture of your friend’s
face. Press lightly! You
don’t need much detail,
just where the eyes,
nose, and mouth are.
Add more faces to the inside of your
face box by repeating Steps 5 to 7.
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Remove your drawing off of
the digital photo frame. Place
a sheet of acetate (about the
same width as your digital
photo frame) on top of your
drawing. Use a black marker
to draw a funny face.
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Tip: Add tabs to the top of each acetate sheet
so you know which face is which. Label the
tabs with small pictures or words.
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To make the inside of the face box, cut a piece of
cardboard about 10 cm longer than the height of your
digital photo frame. Fold the ends of the cardboard up,
then stick wooden skewers into each end, just like in the
photo. Cut a second piece of cardboard the same size as
the first. Set aside both pieces of cardboard for now.
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Note: the wooden skewers should be approximately
double the width of your photo frame.
Cut two straws the same
width as the acetate sheet.
Wrap clear packing tape
around the straws and
tape them to the top and
bottom of the acetate.
To make the outside of the face box, find (or
cut) a piece of cardboard a little wider and taller
than the inside of your face box (from Step
8). Place the picture you drew of your friend
on top of the cardboard, near the side. Use a
pushpin to poke a hole in each corner of the
digital photo frame outline.
Glue the cardboard (with the rectangle cut)
to the front of the inside of the face box.
Glue another piece of cardboard the same
size (but without a rectangle cut!) on the back.
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Artzooka your box with colourful
decorations like bottle caps and stars.
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Here is an example
of what the inside
of your face box
should look like.
Remove the paper and connect the
dots with a pencil and ruler. You just
drew a rectangle. Now cut it out.
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Place your digital photo
frame inside the box (at the Slide the funny acetate faces in
back and behind the row of front of your friend’s picture!
acetate funny faces).
A face box lets you have a lot of fun with your friends even if
they’re not there. Have fun Artzooka-ing your besties!
Upload pictures of what YOU make at cbc.ca/kids/games/artzooka
Take the cardboard
and wooden
skewers from
Step 2. Slide the
wooden skewers
through the straws,
then stick the
other ends of the
skewers into the
second piece of
cardboard.