Great tutorial for this DIY Chalkboard Serving Tray and YouTube Video! Easy to follow instructions! Perfect for gifts and entertaining!
How fun is our chalkboard serving tray guys!? These are great for entertaining, centerpieces and they also make great gifts! Check out our video on how to make your own here!
We purchased a 2×12 framing board from Home Depot. It was about $13 and we are able to make 3 trays! We used a 10″ sliding compound miter saw to cut these. If you don’t have a saw, you can have your hardware store make these cuts for you!
Table of Contents
Step 1 – Make Cuts
We cut our board 24″ long. You can make yours as long as you want!
Step 2 – Stain
Next, stain your board! We used Provincial by Varathane for ours.
Because we are staining such a small piece, we just used wiping cloths to apply our stain and wipe off the excess.
Step 3 – Tape the Edges
After your stain dries, tape off the edges and sides using painter’s tape.
Step 4 – Spray Paint
Now for chalkboard spray paint… We love this stuff!
Just give the exposed wood a coat of it.
Step 5 – Attach Hardware
Now for the hardware!
You can have so much fun with this part! We used simple rustic pulls, but you can change yours up to fit your taste or give it a different look!
We are lovin’ it!! You can easily make these for around $15 a piece which makes them perfect as gifts!
Thanks for stopping by!
DIY Chalkboard Serving Tray
Supply List
- 1 2x12x8 Pine or Framing Lumber
- Stain
- Painter’s Tape
- Chalkboard Spray Paint
- 2 Pulls
Instructions
- Cut a 2×12 board to 24″ long.
- Apply one coat of stain to the entire board. Because we are staining such a small piece, we just used wiping cloths to apply our stain and wipe off the excess.
- After the stain dries, tape off the edges and sides using painter’s tape.
- Apply one coat of chalkboard spray paint to the board.
- Attach the pulls. We used simple rustic pulls but you can change yours to fit your taste or give it a different look! Make sure to share your builds with us on social media and use #shanty2chic so we can share them too! Happy Building!
My husband and I are making these for Christmas. I’m taping them now for the Chalkboard paint next.
I’ll send a picture when we finish.
Beautiful and incredibly easy project. Thank you!!!
Hey ladies,
What about sealing and cleaning this? It cant be sanitary to put food on top of stain and spray paint without a barrier in between right?
would love to know the answer to this question i would imagine uou need to seal this question is what to use…
Oh now that you mention it, I am equally curious.
I am wondering this too…
There is a barrier – the bowls. The food is not directly on the chalkboard paint.
Where did you purchase the pulls? I am having a difficult time finding pulls that screw in from the top.
Look for pulls in the window hardware area. I bought sash pulls
Did you sand the boards first?? I am not getting the spray paint not to leak under the tape?? Any help/ideas?
Love it!!! Could you create a rotating dvd stand. We have probably 700 DVDs and I would like to put them on a rotating stand. The ones that I had before broke down on my last move
Love Love this tray! Would be a fun and easy project! thank you!