How to Craft Item Frame in Minecraft

Item Frame in Minecraft, drawn from the game's own item texture. Displaying items on walls. Minecraft has used the name Item Frame since 1.4.2.

Making an Item Frame takes 8 Sticks and 1 Leather at a Crafting Table. The top row is three Sticks, the middle row two Sticks down either side and Leather in the middle column, and the bottom row three Sticks. Each attempt hands back 1 Item Frame.

Item Frame Item ID and Give Command

The item ID for Item Frame is minecraft:item_frame. In commands the namespace may be left off, so item_frame works too. Checked against Minecraft Java 26.2.

Give yourself one: /give @p item_frame
Give a full stack of 64: /give @p item_frame 64
Give it to a named player: /give Steve item_frame 1

Cheats have to be on for Item Frame to appear this way, and the same command works on Bedrock Edition, where the name is written the same.

Overview

Item Frames display items on walls. They can rotate items through 8 positions and output a redstone signal via comparator. Item Frame uses a shaped recipe: the ingredients only work in the pattern shown.

Minecraft has used the name Item Frame since 1.4.2, the oldest release whose language file lists it.

The materials come together from a few sources: you will be working with stick (craft from planks) and leather (kill cows).

What A Stack Yields

Work a stack down, 64 sticks, and you land on 8 item frames. The recipe wants 8 leather beside it. Craft 8 clears the box of sticks.

Materials Needed

Item	Amount	Where to Find
StickStick	8x	Craft from planks
LeatherLeather	1x	Kill cows

To make Item Frame you will gather 8x Stick (craft from planks) and Leather (kill cows), and craft them at a Crafting Table.

The Full Chain

4 Planks makes 8 Stick, the one part of this you craft rather than gather. All in: 1 Leather and 4 Planks.

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4Stick8Stickrepeat 2x
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Gather this first

Leather4Planks

Step-by-Step Instructions

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Stick8x Stick
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LeatherLeather
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Item Frame

Minecraft crafting recipe for Item Frame: 8 x Stick, 1 x Leather in a crafting table, making 1 Item Frame.

Tips & Notes

Shopping list: 8x Stick and 1x Leather. Plan the Stick first: craft from planks.

Uses for Item Frame

Displaying items on walls
Map display
Redstone signal with comparator

What Item Frame Goes Into

One other recipe on this site lists Item Frame as an ingredient.

Glow Item FrameCrafting Table

View detailed item stats, durability and properties for Item Frame on the Astroworld Items Database.

Frequently Asked Questions

What do I need to craft an Item Frame in Minecraft?

The list for an Item Frame is short: 8 Sticks and 1 Leather, worked at a Crafting Table. Arrange them in the exact grid pattern shown above, and one craft produces one Item Frame.

What do you need to make an Item Frame from scratch?

Gather 1 Leather and 4 Planks and you have everything an Item Frame needs. The in-between items are all crafted, 2 crafts from start to finish.

What can you make with Item Frame?

Item Frame is an ingredient in 1 other recipe on this site, including Glow Item Frame. The section above links to each of them.

Can you craft an Item Frame without a crafting table?

The inventory grid is too small for an Item Frame, so you need a table. It is laid out as eight Sticks and a single Leather in the centre cell, and that takes 3 rows, more than the 2x2 grid in your inventory can hold.

Where do you find the materials for an Item Frame?

Here is where each part of an Item Frame comes from. Stick: craft from planks. Leather: kill cows.

How many Item Frames do you get from one craft?

The Item Frame recipe makes one Item Frame per craft.

What is the item ID for Item Frame in Minecraft?

Item Frame is registered as minecraft:item_frame. Commands accept the short form item_frame as well, and Bedrock spells it the same. Checked against Java 26.2.

What is the give command for Item Frame?

/give @p item_frame gives you an Item Frame. Swap @p for a player name to hand it to someone else, and put 64 on the end for a whole stack.

Is the Item Frame recipe the same in Java and Bedrock Edition?

Yes, the Item Frame recipe is the same in both editions. Java and Bedrock both build an Item Frame from 8 Sticks and 1 Leather at a Crafting Table, in the same layout, one at a time.

What version of Minecraft added the Item Frame?

Minecraft 1.4.2 is the earliest release that spells out item frame. The recipe file cannot narrow that down, because recipes only became separate files in 1.12. The current release still makes an Item Frame exactly that way.

Sources

Grid, ingredients and yield: 8 Sticks and 1 Leather in, 1 Item Frame out, Crafting Table. Java 26.2, 17 August 2026.
That Bedrock agrees: Bedrock 1.26.40.05, same 2 ingredients.
How far back it goes: The name appears in Minecraft Java 1.4.2 and in nothing older. From all 163 released Java clients, rd-132211 to 26.2.
That the ingredients come back: What drops, what villagers trade and what farms regrow in Minecraft Java, followed through the recipes to see what those ingredients can be turned into.
Stack size: The Astroworld Items Database, built from the same jar.
The recipe book unlock: What unlocks it in the recipe book. Java 26.2.
The stack sum: Counted, not played: 1 Item Frame per craft against the stack size.

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