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A DIY tray is a perfect handmade gift idea for Father’s Day. Surprise Dad with breakfast in bed on a personalized Wooden Breakfast Tray. Handmade gifts for dad are the best and he will love this cute DIY serving tray.
Thank you to Testors.com for sponsoring this post. All opinions are my own.
This is Tonya here to show you how to make a wooden breakfast tray. This DIY serving tray does require grown-up help, but is a great way to spend time with the kids creating something that everyone can use for a long time to come. Whether someone is in bed sick, or it’s a special birthday, Mother’s Day, or Father’s Day, this special breakfast tray can be used by the whole family.
Supplies for a DIY Wooden Breakfast Tray
- Unfinished wood panels (available at most craft stores)
- Testors Craft 3oz Aerosol Paint – beige (or whatever color you want)
- Testors Craft Acrylic 2oz Paint – white (or whatever color you want)
- Paint aerosol sealer
- Drawer pulls with screws
- Power drill
- Stencils
How To Make A Wooden Breakfast Tray
The first thing you need to do for this DIY serving tray (the grown-up will need to do this), is measure the distance of where the screws need to be placed for the tray handles, mark those on the wood panels, and using a power drill, drill the holes for the screws.
Next, in a well ventilated area have the kids apply four coats of Testors Craft 3oz Aerosol in whichever color they chose to the unfinished wood, both sides, allowing each coat to dry completely before applying the next one.
Once completely dry, place stencils where you would like to paint a message on the tray (this is another great part of the project kids can do). We chose to paint ‘made with love’ so that whoever receives the tray knows that the breakfast was made with love just for them.
Then carefully paint over each stencil letter using the Testors Craft Acrylic Paint in the color you chose.
Once dry, apply a sealer over the top to protect the paint and wood from spills. Allow to dry overnight.
Now, pull out that power drill once more, and use it to drill the screws through the hole and into the drawer handles. I found these beautiful drawer handles at my local architectural salvage shop, it’s one of my favorite places to find old bits and pieces to re-purpose.
Then, help the kids cook dad’s favorite breakfast and place it on your new DIY serving tray with a plant, and napkin, and any condiments he may want.
Dad is going to absolutely love this special breakfast in bed on Father’s Day. Your kids will be so excited to present him with this handmade wooden breakfast tray and serve him breakfast.
About Testors Paints:
Testors Craft 3 oz. Aerosols are available in a wide variety of colors and specialty finishes (including metallic, glitter, and glitter sealer) and adhere to a variety of surfaces including wood, metal, glass, terra cotta, ceramic bisque, and more.
Testors Craft Acrylic Paints are water-based paints available in a wide variety of colors as well and can be used for general craft and decorative painting. They can also be used on surfaces such as wood, metal, fabric, canvas, ceramic, glass, and more!
What will you create with Testors Paints?
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Disclosure: This post is sponsored, so extra thanks for reading and sharing.
We first published this handmade gift idea on June 7, 2017.
Written by Tonya Staab, contributor at 5 Minutes for Mom
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Delicious. I will do it today. Thank you!
Karla says
My dad will love this gift. Starting to do today. Thanks
Kate says
I loved the idea! Surely a beautiful way to gift to those we love! Thank you!
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I am trying to get into this rock painting craze but lack the funds for paint! We live right on the railroad tracks so have great access to rocks, but no paint. So if I won, my daughter and I would invite over my friend and her daughter and have rock painting days and then other days where we go to the park and leave them for people to find or collect.
Sally Gearhart says
Me and the kids actually have quite a few projects that we need to finish. I bought some metal plant stands, flower pots and items for a fairy garden. My kiddos love getting in the garden with me and they have their own veggie plants to take care of.
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Kerrie Mayans says
My kids have really gotten into a new trend of painting rocks and then leaving them for other people to find in our small town. There is a facebook page dedicated to posting photos of the rocks you find or leave and my kids love to look for rocks and post or make rocks and hide them and wait for people to post that they have found their rocks.
Angela Williams says
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we love to make garden stake-signs for us and our neighbors.
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I think we would make the one here. Left over supplies make one for mom too!
eva andrew says
Going to make a table out of an old suitcase and use the paints to paint the suitcase and the legs.
Leela says
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Elizabeth Brooks says
We love painting and doing crafts
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Peggy Rydzewski says
My grandkids were showing interest of a bird house
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My daughter loves crafts and loves to paint, this would make a great present for her
Philip Lawrence says
We would make some greeting cards for family members.
sarah conaway says
We’d paint clay animals
Holly Kennedy says
We would like to paint the mailbox.
Erin M says
We would probably decorate our plant pots.
Jessica Sage says
I would probably use it to make signs for our walls
Mia J says
We would have fun making a painted pallet sign.
Breanne says
We could paint bird houses.
DanV says
This would be great for school projects
Kelly thompson says
The kiddos have been wanting to paint a birdhouse for all the birds in our backyard. The paint would be awesome for that.
Lorena Keech says
I’d love to make a flag sign for our patio for the 4th of July.
Jessica Rickman says
Wall art, Ive been wanting to make more personally made decorations for our home!
Alison King says
We would use the paints on the doll house we are crafting.
Veronica Bohan says
Painted rocks
Brenda Haines says
We are big into painting rocks and leaving them for others to find. It so much fun to do as a family!! I didn’t even know they made spray paints!! I may be in heaven right now 🙂
Jeanie Garcia says
We are constantly creating at home and at church since we are so involved in Children’s Ministry… we use all kind at materials and recycled items too!
Stephanie Liske says
My kids are both very artistic, so I’m sure they can think of all sorts of murals and decorative recycling that you can think of. I’m not as good with arts n crafts so they’d have to lead the way.
Janine Hwang says
We would make some crafts for grandma!
Gabrielle Kinman says
I would love to make furniture and things. Thank you very much.
Michele says
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Brandy Jones says
I need to repaint some old garden statues
Shelton says
I don’t have any children. However, my niece and I would paint label the pots with the diferent plants and seeds I’m growing.
Marianna says
We would make some wooden crafts to make a jewelry hanger
Aaron says
I would like us to paint a birdhouse.
Lana simanovicki says
We would. Do a bookshelf
Tina reynolds says
We do all kinds of projects especially during the summer right now were working on a fairy house.
Michelle H. says
We usually use this type of paint for a pine wood car race that my kids compete in at church each year. But, it can be used for so many other things.
Belinda Shaw says
My grandkids and I would repaint an extra large St. Bernard ceramic dog in memory of our previous St. Bernard.
angela eagle says
we recycle old chairs we find in the garbage
Jenn Hen says
We’re moving and want to repaint our furniture to work in the new space. my kids would LOVE to stencil their shelves!
Marty Crosson says
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Vickie says
So fun!
We have a few summer fun craft ideas in progress..one is making terra cotta plant planters..painted and decorated with the seaglass and seashells we collected from the beach.
Another is painted plant, vegetables and fruit gardens picks and rocks…maybe painting seashells too.
And, we are going to paint summer throw pillows..canvas
susan smoaks says
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Edye says
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My daughter is the one who is good at crafts. She paints models and is always making something.
Jan Hammersmith says
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.Christine L says
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Melissa C says
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Geena O'Banion says
I am a senior female and I spend my time creatively. Oftentimes, the ideas I get spring from finding an odd piece of plastic, etc. while I take a walk to the store. Making things work for what you want and need is not easy……..but sometimes it just happens correctly.
I use paper cups almost everyday so I made an item……using a creamer plastic container in which I cut it in half and glued plastic lining in it…..whoola, its done. The creamer container is very stable and I put my unstable top heavy liquid filled paper cup into it and thus I can carry the paper cup around without spilling a drop. My invention stabilizes the cup.
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Rhonda Fuller says
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Jessica M says
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WE WILL BUILD BIRD HOUSES AND PAINT AND DECCORATE THEM.
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Laura says
I have kid’s table that needs some TLC
Kim Naumann says
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Shelly Stumpf says
I would love to paint my bookshelf!
Anne Lehnick says
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Kim Avery says
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Robin M says
I’d repaint my son’s bed
Wendy R. says
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Denise B. says
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Valerie Mabrey says
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mary loveland says
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Linda Torres says
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Lisa says
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I have some things to put in the garden that could us some paint to spruce them up.
Dawn Ballo says
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Trish F says
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Ashley Horner says
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jeremy mclaughlin says
Would use to decorate a shelf in the house.
latanya says
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Cindy Peterson says
We want to make a new bed board with old wood and paint. it is fun to have one-of-a kind furnishings that you have designed.
Jill Hanson says
Would like to do some repurposed furniture paint and decorate.
GENA VIGGIANI says
WE LOVE OUTDOOR EVERYTHING FOR THE GARDEN! SO GARDEN STATUES, BIRD HOUSES, DECK CHAIRS, TABLES AND FLOORS WOULD BE OUR GOALS! MAKE EM LOOK PRETTY!
BusyWorkingMama says
I’d love to use these to refinish an old rocking chair.
meghan says
Would make a birdhouse!
Denise Sachs says
My kids would paint some wooden letters to make their names.
Christine Labelle says
We have a pallet frame that I want to paint and mod podge with pictures. This would be great for it!
Kristie says
We’d paint some pots for flowers.
Jen D. says
I love the tray – nice job on it! I never know what all my son and I will use paint supplies for, but they all get used up. The other day I took a leftover slate tile from a home DIY project and painted a tic tac toe board on it for outdoor fun (not my idea, saw it on YouTube). I do have a nice sign, just don’t like the message. I would love to repaint it with something about gardening and hang it by my raised beds. These paints would be perfect for it.
Michelle Hill says
We would make some holiday decorations.
Richard Hicks says
We might use the paints to refinish some old furniture
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We have some furniture that could use repainting!
Annette says
I have an old children’s table with chairs that we could repaint.
ColleenMarie says
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Anne says
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Peggy Nunn says
We make blocks that hold pictures, signs for the girls doors, and we have made crates for doll toys.
Stephanie Nicole Keylon says
Would use the paint to paint an antique chair that I have.