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Grab a Dollar Store plastic tray and a large holiday gift bag to make your own Christmas Serving Tray Picture Frame – a unique way to decorate for this holiday season.

Supplies for DIY Christmas Wall Decor

How to make a Christmas serving tray picture frame.

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Why I love this craft

Back in the summer, I made a plastic serving tray picture frame, much like the one for this particular Christmas craft project. I loved how it turned out and it provided a nice learning curve.

Oval Plastic Tray Picture Frame

I knew I had to make one for the holiday season, and will most likely give it a few more tries for spring and Easter.

What is the best tray to use?

For the summer-themed one, I used a solid plastic serving tray from Dollar Tree. This time around, I used a silver tray that had a pattern on it. This provided an extra touch without me having to use another method of my own. You can use whatever you like; however, to get the exact look as mine, you’ll want to go with the silver tray from Dollar Tree.

lets craft with a dollar store serving platter

The inspiration for this craft:

My biggest inspiration for this craft was the gift bag. If you’ve followed me for any amount of time, then you know I enjoy making different craft projects using serving trays (or making my own).

Using a gift bag was a big unique and took the guesswork out of what to use as the picture.

Video Tutorial: Christmas Serving Tray Picture Frame

Watch this quick video to see how this craft came together:

Christmas Serving Tray Picture Frame with Snowman Picture

Christmas Serving Tray Picture Frame

Yield: 1 oval frame

All you need are just a few Dollar Store materials to make your own Christmas Serving Tray Picture Frame - a unique way to decorate for this holiday season.

Materials

  • silver tray (Dollar Tree)
  • gift bag
  • Folk Art matte paint (color: cardinal red)
  • scrap brown paper
  • Rustoleum spray primer (color: black)
  • gold jute cord

Tools

  • scissors
  • ink pen
  • double-sided tape
  • hot glue gun

Instructions

  1. Watch tutorial video. Follow along with the step-by-step video to help with making your own serving tray picture frame.
  2. Create template. Press a piece of craft paper onto the serving tray and trace around the crease. Cut out the template.
  3. Cut out the photo. Use the same craft paper cutout to trace and cut out the picture on the gift bag. (set aside)
  4. Secure paper. Use small pieces of double sided tape to secure the craft paper cutout. Smooth the paper directly over the tape.
  5. Spray paint the tray. Cover the entire tray with black spray primer.
  6. Paint the serving tray. Apply a generous coat of red paint onto the spray painted area. Let dry, and apply a second coat.
  7. Apply photo. Tape the gift bag directly onto the tray.
  8. Embellish. Attach just cord around the gift bag edge of the photo using hot glue.

The Finished Craft

Christmas Serving Tray Picture Frame with Snowman Picture

Don’t forget to PIN this craft for later:

Dollar Store Christmas Tray Craft
Dollar Store DIY Christmas Wall Art

2 Comments

  1. Love it! What an inexpensive way to make a decor piece for Christmas and through winter (with the snowman pic). Thanks for sharing your ideas.

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