Selecting Pictures for Diorama Background

Video Transcript

"Now I'm going to show you how to do the back of the box with found art. Here I'm using pictures from magazines. You can just find National Geographic, or even photos that you've taken and printed out on the computer. Here's the one that I'm going to use. Now I ripped this out of a magazine, so I need to tape this back together and I'm going to tape it back together on the wrong side. I'm going to overlap it just a little bit. Just going to use regular cellophane tape so it's easier to work with. You need something that's at least as big as the bottom of the box. Now I'm going to look at my picture and say, "Oh, I want those clouds, I want just the top of the tree lines in." So, I'm going to place my box on top of the picture. I'm going to take a pen and go around the bottom of the box, very carefully, because this is where I'm going to be cutting. Now, I'm going to cut out the picture. You can see the square that I've made, or the rectangle that I made. That's exactly what's going to be in the back of my box. Now, I want you to take your Exacto. Always leave your ruler on the inside of the picture that way, if you make a mistake, your picture is protected. I'm going to cut, make my four cuts. You also can go just on the inside of your pen or pencil line and that way it will fit exactly on the inside of your box. There. Now, I'm going to glue my picture into my box. Now take your glue, I'm using a glue stick today, and just make sure you cover all the back. Just get it all over. Also make sure you really get into the corners and the edges because that's the part that always lifts up. So, really get into those. You don't have to cover every little bit, but most of it. You can also use double sticky tape for this but I like glue because I can sort of lift it up again, with a double sticky tape once it's down it really sticks. So, I'm placing it up at the top first, up against that edge, and then smoothing it down. There, you have your background."