Holiday Bow Serving Tray & Christmas Plate
Leave Santa a fresh plate of cookies and milk with this hand painted Christmas plate and tray. He is sure to be impressed with your painting skills, maybe he'll leave you something special!

Other Things You'll Need

  • Wooden serving tray 
  • Painters tape
  • Plate
  • Pencil 

Instructions

Serving Tray:
  1. Using painters tape, lay out a straight, inch wide “ribbon” across the tray
  2. Referring to photo, use a pencil to lightly sketch a bow shape onto tray.
  3. Paint ribbon and bow with Liptstick Red. Use Berry Wine to outline and add shadows. 
  4. Add a little Titanium White to the Lipstick Red to create hightlights, and Charcoal Black to the Berry Wine for additional shadows.
  5. Optional: Top coat with a wood safe varnish
Christmas Tree Plate:
  1. Using short strokes paint small christmas trees evenly spaced out around the rim of the plate using green paint.
  2. Add small dots of red on the trees and between the trees as decoration.