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DIY Home Decor Rope Trays

Learn how to turn cheap plastic dishes into coastal inspired home decor rope trays. 
Prep Time2 hours

Ingredients

  • Plastic Dishes plate, cup, and two bowls
  • 100 ft 8mm Jute Rope
  • Hot Glue Gun and Glue

Instructions

  • Use hot glue to glue dishes together. Be sure to center the dishes.
    Gluing the cup and bowl together.
  • Cut the end of the jute rope at an angle, then begin gluing it along the bottom edge of your piece.
    Cutting rope at an angle, gluing to bottom of cup.
  • Continue gluing and wrapping the rope around and around, working your way up the piece.
    Gluing rope to completely cover cup.
  • Keep covering the piece with rope.
    Gluing rope onto bowl.
  • When you get to the top, cover the top edge with rope. Then start working inward to completely cover the inside as well.
    Gluing rope along the top edge of the bowl.
  • Stop gluing when there is a circle about the size of a quarter left. Coil in some rope and mark how much you will need, then trim the rope at that point. Then place hot glue inside the circle and coil in the rope to fill it.
    Gluing rope into center of circle.
  • Attach new rope by cutting the edges cleanly and butting new rope right up against the old rope.
    Attaching new length of rope.
  • Once your pieces are finished, decorate and display as desired.
    Rope tray with books on it.

Notes

I used dishes from Walmart: