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Summer Fruit Trays

Posted on Jul 12, 2014

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Summer Fruit Trays
Make these summer trays to add color to your next outdoor meal or to brighten up a dull kitchen. They're made from standard table rounds that can be found at any hardware store.

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YOU'LL NEED Two 1" x 18" table rounds Thin metal spoons *make sure you can bend them Rit Liquid Dye in Sunshine Orange and Scarlet Americana Multi Surface Paints Drill 1" screws Paintbrushes Pencil

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Stain one table round with the RIT liquid dye in Sunshine Orange to create the orange tray Draw a line 1 1/2" from the edge of the tray Fill in the line with Cotton Ball Multi Surface Paint to create the rhine With a ruler, draw your orange sections

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Paint over the lines Fill in the center and paint on the seeds Paint the edge with Orange Sherbert Let dry for an hour

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Paint the second table round with Scarlet to create the watermelon tray Draw a line 1" from the edge and fill in with Cotton Ball Paint the edges with Turf Green Add some Cotton Ball to the Turf Green for a lighter shade to create the stripes on the edge

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Coat both trays with Minwax Polycrylic Mark each end of the spoon Drill holes in each end of the spoons Bend into a handle shape and screw into the sides of the trays

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