H’s Room Update: Upcycled Paper Tray
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Surgery put the brakes on changing H’s room to a bigger girl room but we are slowly moving forward. While I was resting comfortably with my pain meds and my knee propped up, painters came and changed her room from pink to a gorgeous citron green {selected by H herself}. Then, once I could move around a little bit, I took on a smaller project and upcycled a paper tray.
H is always drawing, coloring and collecting notes so I wanted to make sure she had a place to keep all of those things in her new room. I started with a plain tray from Target.
Using the sample pot of paint I had gotten when picking out the colors for her room, I painted the outside.
Then, I spent a billion hours painstakingly taping off the chevron pattern inside the tray with painter’s tape.
I painted in the inside with orange color and let it sit to dry. Then, disaster struck…
No matter how gently I pulled or how much I scored prior to pulling the tape, it just kept pulling the paint off. Insert super sad face right here.
H has some scrapbook paper that she has been begging to use in her room and, since this project was already a major failure, we decided to try it in the bottom of the paper tray.
Mod Podge to the rescue. We use the mod podge to keep the paper secure and finished painting the sides the orange color we chose.
The orange doesn’t completely cover the chevron on the side but H loves it.
Have you had any major craft failures recently? How did you turn them around?
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