Do you ever just feel so proud of your family that you want to spotlight their achievements and show them off to the world? Well now you can, in the comfort of your own home too. We have an idea for your family photos which will cast a shadow over even the most expensive photo frame.

Why not turn a photography light box into a photo frame and your newest piece of wall art? First of all, choose the collection of photos you want to display. You will need electronic copies of the photos so create a contact sheet in your computer’s photography program and put this on a memory stick, or attach already printed photos onto and A4 piece of paper.

Then take your memory stick or your sheet of photos to get them copied onto acetate. Depending on the type of printer you have, you may be able to do this at home as the acetate sheets are around 40c each.

You can get a light box from photo or framing stores, or just check out eBay for a bargain. Depending on where you get your light box, it may already have mounts to hold your acetate sheet, and if not, you can just stick the sheet on with sticky dots or blu-tak. Now all that’s left to do is hang your light box on the wall from a strong picture hook and let your memories shine out.

Also, because the light box images are so easily interchangeable you can update your photos as the kids and grandkids grow, or even use it to display those old slides which you never have a chance to set up anymore.