River Rock Boot Tray

Julien K., Hometalk Team
by Julien K., Hometalk Team
3 Materials
$10-15
1 Hour
Easy
Spring showers are coming on strong and the wet, sloppy mess from everyone's boots was starting to drive me a little crazy. So, I thought about what I had on-hand that would solve the problem. And, a baking sheet was the answer! Topped off with some river rocks, I create a functional and fancy looking boot tray. When it becomes filled with water or dirt, simply run it under hot water and dry it off. As good as new!
Step 1) Clean out your baking tray. Be sure to use one with higher edges and one that is large enough to fit multiple pairs of rain boots.
Step 2) Apply a drop of heavy duty glue, (like E600) to each river rock.






Step 3) Place your rock, glue side down onto the pan. Hold in place to adhere.
Step 4) Continue gluing and places your rocks along the bottom of your pan.
Be sure to experiment with different sizes and colors of river rocks!
Step 5) Place your boots and umbrella on your new boot tray. No more soggy puddles to clean-up!
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  • Dorothy Sittler Dorothy Sittler on Jul 02, 2018

    I am inspired. How do you clean the pan after residuals have drained into it?

  • Jillian Jillian on Jul 02, 2018

    I love this but dont like the silver pan maybe i could painf it first?

  • Dawn Dawson Dawn Dawson on Jul 02, 2018

    This is an incredible idea, and I would love to re-work this idea for a bath mat for outside the shower.......just not quite sure on how you actually handle the drainage and possible mold build-up issue......anyone have any ideas!!???

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  • Lynda Lynda on Aug 19, 2024

    I Love the idea. Thank you for sharing it. I love the baking tray you showed us. I personally like the SILVER tray for this reason. I am a True American and do lots of things and decorations that are Red/White/Blue. I will paint the rocks R/W/B. I like the idea of the SILVER. So I will have a Patriotic Boot Tray for me to see each day as I go into my garage.


    I think it will be beautiful. I may just try putting the rocks in first and not glue them to see how it works. I will be sure to wash them as suggested to get off any dirt or mud or grass and then just let the rocks dry and then put them back in the tray for a time or two and see which I might like better (i.e. Glue or not to Glue). Many thanks.


  • Lynda Lynda on Aug 20, 2024

    I have another idea. The baking pan you speak of could also be a Walmart item. I think maybe the tray (multicolors) that the store has to cover up your stove burners might also be a good size to use for this project idea. I have seen them on occasion in the Walmart stores in the housewares section. You may have to look around to find them. But I think it might work. Depends on how many pairs of boots you have to fit intto the tray. Good luck. I LOVE it.

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