DIY Tray for A Little Girl’s Room

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My little baby girl is growing up so quickly. She will be four next month, I can’t believe it! As she gets older, the items she needs in her room are evolving. When she was a baby, I was able to stow everything in small boxes and bins. As she gets bigger, I see that that won’t work because she insists on having everything out in the open. I put it in a bin, she dumps it back out. I thought that maybe a tray for her dresser would be more effective. She can throw stuff in it and easily access it when she needs it. I am happy because it is corralled in one spot and she is happy because she can see it!

I started with an unfinished wood tray from Joann’s and then painted it with sparkly purple paint. Not my first choice, but I let my daughter pick and she loves it! I then picked up adhesive printable paper. This was actually Silhouette brand but can be used in a regular printer as well.

I used this beautiful paint splatter border from GraphicStock.com and added one of our favorite song lyrics. My Mom sang me this song when I was little and now we all sing it to my daughter. Both my Mom and I have this song on a pillow on our beds so now my daughter has a little piece of it too!

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I printed it on my adhesive card stock and then stuck it down in the tray. I plan to add a thick coat of a couple coats of hard coat Mod Podge to this but just didn’t get a chance to yet. It will seal the paper from any drips or spills and add a nice glossy finish. You can see that the paper went down slightly bubbly, but I was in a hurry and had two little hands helping me. It certainly isn’t perfect, but she loves it, and that’s all that matters! I would share the finished and staged version with you hopefully next week! The paper was still sopping wet here! Like I said…I somehow got myself into a major time crunch and was hustlin’!

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