Clipboard Photo Display

This rustic Clipboard Photo Display is made with a scrap piece of wood and 4 mini clipboards - it is easy to make and a great way to display family photos, memorabilia and more!
Happy Summer, friends!  It’s Keri from Shaken Together and I am back to share an easy project that is the perfect way to display your favorite family photos, memorabilia and more … a Clipboard Photo Display!

You can ask my husband and he will confirm that I am the worst about displaying our boys’ school pictures and family photos.  My scrapbooks are started but pitifully undone and there are hundreds of digital pictures just sitting in the folders of my laptop.  So, when I was browsing the Dollar Spot in Target and spied mini chalkboard clipboards for $1 … I decided that I would create a display that made it easy for me to finally display some of our family photos in our home!

This rustic clipboard photo display is made with a scrap piece of wood and 4 mini clipboards - it is easy to make and a great way to display family photos, memorabilia and more!
This project started with two simple supplies – a scrap piece of wood (leftover from my Polka Dot Wood Sign) and some mini clipboards.

This rustic clipboard photo display is made with a scrap piece of wood and 4 mini clipboards - it is easy to make and a great way to display family photos, memorabilia and more!
If you are ready to get started and make your own clipboard photo display, here is the full list of…

What you’ll need:

  • Wood Board – mine is 18 x 11
  • Sand paper
  • Paint & paintbrush
  • 4 mini chalkboard clipboards {I scored these in the Target dollar spot for $1 each!}
  • Pencil
  • 4 silver thumbtacks or small nails
  • Various trim, ribbon, twine, ric rac, etc.
  • Hand Stapler (not a desk/office stapler)

The how-to:

  1. Sand the board to remove any rough edges.
  2. Paint the board with your favorite color of paint.  I used chalk paint but acrylic paint or spray paint would also work.
  3. Once the paint is dry, use the sand paper to distress the edges and face of the board.  This step is completely optional but I love rustic décor, so I tend to distress everything!
  4. Secure lengths of pom pom trim, twine, ribbon, etc. around the top of the display using the hand stapler.  You can also use craft glue – just allow for drying time before handling the board.  Again, this is decorative and optional, but I think it adds a little whimsy to the display.
  5. Lightly distress the edges of the clipboards.
  6. Tie a piece of trim, ribbon or twine through the clip of each clipboard.
  7. Arrange the clipboards and use the pencil to mark where the thumbtacks or nails will be placed.
  8. Place thumbtacks/nails and secure or hang the clipboards.
  9. Clip in your favorite family photos, memorabilia, scrapbook embellishments and anything else you want to display!

And let’s pretend that I remembered to write on the mini chalkboard clipboards … they are the perfect place to add notes about where the  photos were taken, the event or the date!  I also attached various scrapbook embellishments like a chipboard ‘b’ for our last name, a brother tag behind the picture of our two boys, a fun vintage bingo card that says lucky and the number 4 for our little family!

This rustic clipboard photo display is made with a scrap piece of wood and 4 mini clipboards - it is easy to make and a great way to display family photos, memorabilia and more!
I can’t wait to add the photos from our Summer vacation, the first day of school (if I can convince my 12 and 15 year olds to let me take their photo) and my best friend’s upcoming wedding!  What would you clip on this photo display?

Before I go, how about a few more of my favorite projects from Shaken Together?!

Polka Dot Wood Sign from Shaken Together

Polka Dot Wood Sign

Rustic Wooden Chalkboard Sign from Shaken Together

Rustic Wooden Chalkboard Sign

Chalkboard & Washi Tape Bird from Shaken Together

Chalkboard & Washi Tape Bird

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5 Comments

  1. I absolutely love this! Super a unique way to display the photos and you can personalise it so easily. Such a good idea 😀

    Holly X || agrlcalledholly.blogspot.co.uk

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