Magnetic Travelers’ Tray

WHAT YOU NEED

• Caps from Juicy Juice® plastic bottles
• Wooden breakfast tray (available at house ware section of home store)
• 1 quart of magnetic paint
• 1 inch flat paint brush
• Blue painter’s tape (available in paint section of home stores)
• Acrylic paints
• 1 can of clear glaze (available at craft stores)
• 1 package of business size magnets (available at craft stores)
• Safety scissors

HOW TO DO IT

For the Tray:

• Paint a wooden breakfast tray with two coats of magnetic paint. Let the paint dry completely between coats.
• Apply acrylic paint over the tray.
• You can create a design by placing strips of painter’s tape in a pattern on the tray. Paint the tray again (paint over the tape) with a contrasting color.
• When the paint is dry, gently remove the tape and the pattern will be revealed.
• To seal the tray, spray on a coat of clear glaze and let it dry.

For the Magnets:

• Wash and dry several Juicy Juice caps.
• Draw circles on the magnet sheets using a juice cap as a pattern.
• Glue a magnet to the top of each cap. Let dry.
• These magnets secure drawing paper or activity sheets to the tray.
• The magnets also make great checkers or tic-tac-toe game pieces.

TIPS

• Paint one side of your child’s marker or crayon box with magnetic paint. The box will now stay in place on the tray, even when the car is moving.