Hi guys!
I have a really fun tutorial for you today.
We’re going to make a miniature foldable tray table out of just a few simple supplies.
These super cute tables fold up for easy storage so you could make a dozen of these if you
wanted to.
Let’s get started!
The first thing we’ll need for this project is a handful of coffee stirrers.
Grab 4 of them and split them in half.
We’re going to glue these 8 pieces together to create the top of the table.
I’m just using some woodglue for this.
Once all those pieces are glued together, draw a line straight down at the 2 inch mark.
Cut off the excess wood.
This rectangle will be the tray.
Grab another coffee stirrer and line it up against the shorter side of the rectangle.
Mark the length you need and cut out 2 of these lengths.
Glue it on to act as the tray’s ledge.
Do the same for the longer sides.
Once that’s all dry, turn the tray over and cut off a 1.75 inch length of coffee stirrer
and glue it onto the back.
Make sure it’s close to but not touching the edge of the tray.
Then cut 2 1-inch pieces to glue onto the shorter sides.
We’re leaving one side open.
Okay, this part of the table is done.
Let’s get to the more interesting part.
The foldable legs!
We’ll need 4 legs so I take 2 coffee stirrers and break them in half.
Mark them at the 2.25 inch mark and cut off the excess wood.
Round off one side for all 4 legs.
I’m just using a file to sand down the edges.
Once that’s done, take 2 of those legs and stack them other.
Lower the top piece just a tiny bit.
Using a mini hand drill, drill a hole 1 inch from the top of the legs.
Make sure hole goes through both pieces.
Then I take some 20 gauge wire and stick it through the holes.
Cut off the excess wire.
My shears don’t allow me to get a really flush cut so I’m using a file to sand
down as much of the excess wire off as possible.
That looks better.
Now to make sure the wire doesn’t come out, I cut off a tiny end from another coffee stirrer.
Cut off all the corners so it’s becomes a super tiny circle.
I use some wood glue to glue this little button on top of the wire hole.
See how the folding legs can open and close easily?
Then I file down the edges so it has a more rounded appearance.
Do this to the other side too.
We need 2 sets of these.
Alright, we’re almost ready to attach the legs to the tabletop.
But first, grab a thin wooden skewer and cut out a 1.5 inch piece.
Glue one end to the round top of one pair of the legs.
Take the other pair of legs and glue it onto the other side of the skewer.
Now cut off a 1.75 inch piece from the skewer.
Open up the folding contraption and glue that piece to the other set of legs.
Alright, we can finally put everything together.
Flip the tray table and the legs upside down the legs onto the back of the tray.
Make sure 1.5 inch skewer side is facing the part of the tray that has a ledge.
On the side without the ledge, mark 2 dots where the legs meet the tray.
Use a hand drill to poke some holes there.
As we did before, stick some 20 gauge wire into holes and cut off the excess.
For some stability to the legs, I cut out two 1.25 inch sections from
yet another coffee stirrer and glue them to the legs.
Now let’s cut the bottom of the table legs at an angle to it’s flush to the ground.
Okay, we're almost done!
Add some buttons to cover up the wire holes and slap on some paint.
I’m going to paint mine a pretty turquoise color so I mix some blue, white, and yellow paint.
A lot of white, medium amount of blue and a drop of yellow.
Paint that on.
1-2 coats should do the job.
And that’s it!
The folding tray table is all done.
Look how nicely the tray table folds up so you can stack them away.
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