Craft The Cutest Kitchen Countertop Holder Using An Affordable Dollar Tree DIY
When you're cooking up a storm with messy hands and ingredients everywhere, it helps to have a safe spot for your cookbook. Laying the book (or worse, your tablet) on the counter leaves it susceptible to spills, but a gorgeous cookbook holder is easy to craft on a budget. Repurposing a Dollar Tree cutting board makes for a charming, wooden countertop decor piece that's also functional. By attaching a miniature easel from the budget store onto the back of the cutting board, you'll craft a stand for your kitchen counter. To complete this DIY, you'll also need a small wooden piece, a drawer handle, hot or wood glue, and wood stain. Though a plain wooden cookbook stand has a rustic, cottagecore vibe, decorating the cutting board with decals or paints will make an adorable decoration.
To hold your book, notebook, tablet, or papers in place, you'll need to craft a ledge for the cutting board. The narrower Crafter's Square craft wood planks from Dollar Tree can be cut to fit the width of the cutting board. Other wooden blocks or several popsicle sticks will work as nifty and cost effective alternatives. Dollar Tree's Crafter's Square wooden wipe-off board has a leg that props it up similarly to an easel, making it perfect to set your cookbook holder at an angle for easy reading. No matter how you style it, a Dollar Tree cutting board DIY creates gorgeous home decor that upgrades your kitchen counter.
Steps for making a DIY cookbook holder
First, create the ledge piece of your countertop holder. With a simple plank, measure and cut the wood to fit the cutting board. Smaller wooden blocks may not need to be cut. If you opt for popsicle sticks, stack the sticks on top of each other and glue them together to make the ledge thick and sturdy. To give the Dollar Tree wood a deeper, richer color, stain your cutting board and ledge piece. Now, glue your smaller plank along the bottom of your cutting board. Flip the project over and glue the flat face of the miniature easel to the back.
To prevent the cookbook from falling forward, Dollar Tree's metal drawer pull is the perfect shape and has a sleek look. Glue this to the front edge of the shelf piece, creating a sort of railing for your book. Leave your countertop holder as it is for a simple, wood decor, or decorate the front of the cutting board to display a cute design when the holder is empty.
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Painting your cutting board is an easy way to make it look lovely, and a stencil could help you add a cute image onto your decor. For a more elaborate look, TikTok creator juju.cares stuck a Dollar Tree wall decal of lemons onto the center of the board and glued a Crafter's Square wood frame around it. By setting your homemade decor in the kitchen, you'll style your countertops in an instant.