If you love to take photos of your Halloween fun, you'll want some place great to display them!

Making a Halloween photo frame is easy and takes no time at all. We picked up a couple of multi-photo frames at a department store that were inexpensive. Black frames are best as they act as your base color. If you want to reverse the crackle colors, buy a plain wood frame and paint it orange first. We chose two different styles to do, a crackle frame and a solid black frame with orange matte.

For the Simple Photo Frame we used a High Gloss black spray paint to paint the frame. One even coat was all we needed to use but it will depend on the originating color of the frame.

You could also go with orange on this one or alternate colors using orange on the top and bottom and black on the sides. Be sure to use masking tape to cover the sides not to be painted to keep them from being accidentally sprayed with paint.

We decided to use traditional, Halloween orange, the predominant color during this season, as the color to be sprayed on our matte. Even coats of glossy orange enamel spray paint look great and didn't warp the paper. A couple coats were needed to cover thoroughly.

Another idea would be to add some art work to the matte itself. Try your hand at painting a vine and leaves connecting pumpkins together for a pumpkin patch effect. Or go with pre-made stamps and add ghosts, bats, spider webs, etc.

For our Crackle Photo Frame we choose a black frame to save us a step, but you can do this with a natural wood frame as well. Just paint it black first.

We painted on the crackle paint (available at most art supply or craft stores) as directed on the bottle. The time varies for the crackle to become semi-dry and tacky depending on humidity levels. Ours took about 5 minutes before it was tacky dry. We then added the contrasting (acrylic) paint, in this case orange. We did one side of the frame at a time so that the crackle paint wouldn't  dry too fast.

Set the frame to the side to dry and move on to the next step. Spray paint the matte board with a flat black spray paint. Glossy will work equally as well but we liked the flat look. Two good coats were needed. Make each coat light so the matte won't curl up.

While all this is drying, you can pick your favorite Halloween photos to stick in your frame. Use a polyurethane spray to seal it and give it a glossy look. The orange paint will dry dull so you'll want to seal it when it's dry. Three coats will give it a good shine and some durability. Once everything has thoroughly dried, put the pieces back together and add your favorite photographs.

We found this great keepsake box that had a photo spot on the top and decided to try the crackle on it as well. We gave it three coats of flat black acrylic paint using a paint sponge for even coats. After it was completely dry, we did one side at a time with the crackle substance, waiting about 5 minutes before we added our contrasting coat of orange. When it was completely done outside, it was time for the inside.

We used orange felt on the sides and black on the bottom, also putting felt on the outside bottom of the box so it won't scratch anything. Now it's ready for the keepsakes from last Halloween!