Party Tray

Intermediate - Half a day - Complete

Keywords :

Paper towel - Napkin art - Table objects - Christmas crafts

How do take a simple wooden tray and transform it into party tray? Well using some paper, a bit of varnish and some pearls, your modest tray can become as dressed up for any occasion, especially Christmas and New Year's parties.

Supplies

Tools

Iron
Paintbrush

Materials

Wooden tray
Napkins
White ribbon (the length of the perimeter of the bottom of the tray)
Small golden brown crimps
Cultured pearls
Iron thread the length of the tray
Varnish
Glues:
- Super glue to stick the pearls together
- Varnish glue to stick the paper to the bottom of the tray
- Fabric glue for the white ribbon
- Glue gun to stick the pearls to the tray

Directions

Decorate the base of the party tray

Varnish the tray and let it dry.
Iron the napking to get rid of creases.

Stick the napkin to the bottom of the tray with the varnish glue.
Leave to dry.

Decorate the edge of the party tray

Slide the first goup of pearls onto the iron thread in the following order:
- 1 crimp,
- 1 cultured pearl,
- 1 crimp.
Stick the pearls together and to the iron thread.
Continue this, spacing out the groups of pearls, until you reach the end of the iron thread
Stick the pearls on the edge of the handles, using a glue gun. Make sure your keep the thread tight between the groups of pearls.
Do the same thing for the other handle of the tray.