DIY Wooden Toy Camera

My daughter is always asking to play with my camera whenever I have it out to take pictures for my blog.  As much as I would love for her to play with my expensive camera (not), I thought I would make her her own DIY Wooden Toy Camera.  Now she has a pretend camera to play with while I use my camera.  She just loves it!  It’s cuter than mine anyway.

MATERIALS:

• 2 1/2″ x 4″ piece of scrap wooden, sanded
• 2″ flat wooden circle
• 1 1/2″ x 1 1/2″ wooden wheel
• 1/2″ dowel rod
• Chalky paint
• Scrapbook paper
• Mod Podge
• Foam brushes
• Wood glue

*This toy camera is recommend for ages 3 and up.  

I had my husband cut the wood scrap piece for me.  After sanding the wood scrap, I painted all the wooden pieces using a chalky paint.  I just am obsessed with chalky paint now.  It’s easy to use and I love the chalky matte finish.  Of course you can use whatever kind of paint you like and if you are concerned about paint, you can always use a non-toxic paint which is what I did.

I left one side of the scrap wood unpainted because I wanted to apply a piece of scrapbook paper to the front.  I found this really cute and colorful camera scrapbook paper in my stash and just had to use it.  I cut the piece of paper 2 1/2″ x 4″ which is the same measurement as the scrap wood.  I applied a thin layer of Mod Podge to the wood the gently laid the paper on top.  After letting it dry, I applied another thin coat of Mod Podge on top of the paper and let that dry.

After the Mod Podge dried, I applied wood glue to the 2″ flat wooden circle and placed it in the center of the camera body.  I placed a heavy object on top of it to let dry.  Then I used the same process for the wooden wheel.  Finally, I glued the small dowel rod on top of the camera and let it dry.

How stinking cute is that?!  I LOVE how this toy camera turned out.

You can make this camera for kids birthdays and/or Christmas is coming up soon.  I think this camera is so much more special then the ones at the store.

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