Hot glue is great if your making a tiered tray for a party and you would want to disassemble afterwards. Hot glue will also work, but it will not hold like E6000 will. I highly recommend using E6000 glued if you want a permanent bond. The pizza pan is on the bottom, followed by the pie pan and last, the cake pan. Once you’re finished with that step, it’s time to clue your pieces together, as shown above. I gave this dollar tree tiered tray to my daughter and she loved it! The white enamel ware look fits into her decor, perfectly as the farmhouse look is more her style! As you can see, you just drag the paint brush around the edges with no pattern. Here’s a close up of what the edges look like on the pans. My Dollar Tree tiered tray is beginning to take shape, as you can see! You really can’t mess this up, so don’t be afraid of doing this.Ĭhalk paint is very forgiving, so if you’re not happy with the way it looks, it’s easy to cover up with the white and try again. Then, lightly brush the edges of the piece (like above) until you get the desired look. If you’ve never tried the dry brushing technique, all you do is light dip your brush in the desired color and wipe most of the paint off with a paper towel. Once the white paint has dried, I use a black acrylic paint to lightly dry brush the edges (corners) of each piece. To make it look very farmhouse, I’m going to duplicate an enamelware look. I’m painting this one with Waverly white. Paint your five pieces with 1-2 coats of chalk paint. I prefer to use a chalk paint because it has wonderful coverage (usually one coat will do), it adheres to just about any surface and it dries quickly. E6000 glue (or hot glue) (Dollar Tree does sell Super Glue if you don’t want to buy E6000).Head over to your local Dollar Tree and pick up: For more information, see my disclosure page. This is such a versatile decor piece and the best part is…you don’t have to spend hardly any money to get a huge bang for your decorating buck! I’m talking $5 to make!! That’s it!! It just doesn’t get any better than that and anyone can do this! No artistic ability needed! They make beautiful centerpieces for your dining room or kitchen tables and can you imagine how adorable it would be with cookies and/or cupcakes on them? For you coffee lovers, this would make a great piece to add to a coffee bar, as well! I have mine in my kitchen, in a corner on my counter, but you can also put one in your bathroom to hold makeup, jewelry, hand towels, soaps, etc. Having a tiered tray in your home is one of the easiest ways to add seasonal cheer to your home and it can be used so many different ways. I’m going to show you how to make an adorable Dollar Tree tiered tray for literally just a few dollars! Once you’ve put it together, painted it with your choice of colors and decorated it, it’ll be as cute as the expensive ones if not better! If you enjoy decorating your home for the seasons, then a tiered tray is a must, but if you’ve looked at the prices of the ones at the department stores, you might be thinking that you don’t want to spend that kind of money…especially if you have a tight budget.
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