Here is an inexpensive way to replace the broken glass from a frame or clock, and reuse left over materials from another project.  These easy money saving tips for glass replacement are a great way to recycle and reuse what you already have.

So you have a picture frame where the glass broke and you haven't had the time or money to replace it.  Use your leftover plastic from the kit you used to seal up your windows or doors from the winter cold.   Use it for any of the following projects.

Frame a favorite drawing your child or grandchild created.

Here a friend of mine used the plastic on an outdoor clock where the glass had broken.  It is covered above by the overhang from their garage, and has stayed intact through two Minnesota winter seasons and is still ticking.

Here are the tools I used for the picture frame I installed plastic in.  I measured the frame and cut a piece of plastic a few inches larger on all sides.  The double sided tape that came with my kit was too wide for the frame lip, so I placed it on a cutting mat and used my rotary cutter to cut in half lengthwise (a scissors would also work, if you don't have the mat).

I stuck one side of the tape to the lip of the frame and then removed the exposed side of the tape and stretched the plastic as tight as I could around all 4 sides.

Using a blow dryer, I followed the directions on the film package to secure the plastic.  When ripples and gaps were gone, I trimmed the plastic and inserted a drawing for display.

I also used a leftover piece to cover my mother-in-law's wall air conditioner in her apartment this past winter.  Her cover didn't fit securely and was letting in cold air.  This kept the cold air out and she was warm all winter season.

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