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. ย 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}. ย 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. ย 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. ย 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. ย 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. ย 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? ย How did you turn them around?
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