DIY Mother's Gift Idea- Decorative Tray

Mother's day is approaching soon and since I usually leave things to the last minute, I wanted to make sure I completed this ahead of time. This week I will post a couple more ideas for Mother's Day gifts and diy projects. I usually find it quite hard to shop for mom. Therefore, my gift this year will be a DIY tray where she can set and store things. I already made this DIY faux crocodile tray, but that is not my mother's style, so I needed to do something else. How about this tray?
                                    
Over on Isabella & Max rooms, Janell made lovely trays, like this DIY tray with her kids as a Christmas present. Isn't it lovely? And who doesn't love a DIY gift? Especially for Mother's Day.

Here is my decorated version of a simple wooden tray. What I used:

-unfinished wooden tray, acrylic paint, paint brushes, decorative paper, glue

I painted the outer walls of the tray black and the inner walls gold.

I measured the inside of the tray and cut the decorative paper to those dimensions.
You could leave it as is or you could use a varnish to cover the paper with a protective layer.

Last week I wrote a post about cheap wall art ideas, and showed you this paper. 

I decided I wanted a back up plan in case my mother doesn't like the first one. Personally, I love it. I think the second one is more my style. 

Remember, you can completely personalize it, add pictures, hand drawn pictures, scrapbook paper etc. I hope you try to make your own decorative tray. Have a beautiful day!