This was by far my favorite project! You can use this for serving, display in the home for decor purposes or use for parties! Lemons have always been a summer go to decor option! Now I want to craft a watermelon, orange and lime!!

Difficulty level: Beginner
Time to complete: 60 minutes
Age range: 8 and up

Things you’ll need:
1 of Unfinished Half Circle Wooden Plaque
Acrylic paint (Lemon Yellow,Canary,and white)
Unfinished Wood Cabinet Door Handles
Scrap Cardboard
Q-tips
Scissors
Paint Brushes
Drill
4 screws
Pencil
Eraser

Link to materials used:

https://factorydirectcraft.pro/catalog/advanced_search_result.php?keywords=FBlmnsrvngtrycrft

Let’s grab your supplies, channel your inner artist, and let’s get crafting!

Step 1:

To start, we need to determine where you’d like to drill the handles onto the plaque. Since this is intended to be a serving tray, I’ll place them on the sides.

Instead of measuring, I wanted to find a quick and easy way to mark the holes. I cut the ends off some Q-tips, placed them into the handle holes, dipped the Q-tips in paint, and then used them to mark the drilling spots. This method worked PERFECTLY! icon

Drill your holes and paint the whole thing white!

Step 2:

Once the paint has dried, use a pencil to outline the “rind,” which is the outer layer of the lemon. Begin at the middle of the drilled holes, starting from the bottom left-hand side, and draw a curved line all the way around to the other side.

Step 3:

Take a scrap piece of cardboard and cut out a rounded pizza slice shape. This will serve as your stencil for tracing the lemon slices.

Draw lightly, as you’ll need to come back and slightly erase the pencil markings later to ensure they don’t show through the yellow paint.

Step 5:

You will then take your lemon paint from Apple Barrel Paint and this will be the ‘rind’ color- The curved line you drew around the plaque.

Come in with your lighter color yellow. In this case, i used canary by Apple Barrel Paint. This will be the color of your lemon slices inside.

Step 6:

Once the paint is completely dry, take a piece of napkin or paper towel, crumple it slightly, and dip it into a mixture of light yellow and white paint (using more white than yellow). Dab off the excess paint, then gently dab the ‘gloss’ lines onto the lemon slices. This will add contrast and make the lemon slices stand out.

I left the handles the unfinished look. I felt if i painted them any other color, it would take away from the tray itself.

I am in awe of how this turned out! This is definitely one of my favorite projects!