Mother’s Day Serving Tray

by Chelsea @ Making Manzanita

9 Materials

$25

1 Hour

Easy

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As a child, I was always so giddy on Mother’s Day. I loved waking up before my mom got up and making her breakfast in bed. I was so proud when we walked into her room holding the serving tray with her breakfast. Mother’s Day was all about spoiling mom. It definitely always started with breakfast in bed. This Mother’s Day serving tray is a really fun project you can make with little ones for your Mom, Grandmas, or Aunts to make lasting Mother’s Day memories with your children.

Step 1: Lightly sand and paint tray.

The Scalloped Trivet comes with unfinished rustic pine that is a little rough to the touch. I decided to give it a quick sanding with a fine grit (220) sand paper. I then used a foam brush to paint the serving tray with white acrylic paint. The unfinished wood really soaks up the paint, so I did two thick coats.

Step 2: Add grass and the stems of the flowers.

Once paint is dry (approximately 1 hour), add in some painted grass to the bottom of the tray and finish with the stem and leaves of the flowers.

I made a slightly lighter shade of green by adding in a drop of white acrylic paint and mixing together. This gave the grass, stems and leaves a little texture.

Step 3. Grab your kiddo and add the hand prints for flowers.

The painted hand prints turned out to be a pretty messy (but really fun) experience with my 11 month old. Luckily, my hubby was nearby to help – otherwise I know paint would have ended up in his mouth!

We brushed the acrylic craft paint right on to his hand (which totally tickled and he was rolling in laughter). Next, we put the hand print at the top of the painted stem right away and pressed down on all of the fingers before moving the hand or pulling away.

Keep the wipes nearby for easy cleanup when you’re done with the hand prints.

Step 4. Add a couple of yellow thumbprint bees in the sky.

I thought this was a fun little touch to add. My little guy’s thumbs were a too small – and he was already cleaned up, so I used mine. Once the yellow paint is dry, you can use the paint pen to add the stripes, smile, wings and dotted trails to make the little bee really come alive!

There's still a few more steps for this adorable Mother's Day serving tray. Hop on over to this blog post to see how it all comes together!

I hope that my little guy has fun memories of making breakfast in bed for mom every Mother’s Day too (hint, hint hubby!). Do you have any fun Mother’s Day traditions in your family or memories from Mother’s Day when you were a kid? Let us know in the comments!