DIY Skull Serving Tray

2 min read September 13, 2026 Mariah Leeson
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We are serving up some spooky Halloween fun with a creepy DIY skull serving tray. This eerie serving piece can add lots of bone chilling fun to your Halloween parties. This is a super easy DIY project that can be made in less than 30 minutes and is the perfect addition to your Halloween entertaining collection.

Project Time
15 to 25 min
Difficulty
Beginner
Step
1

Drill a hole with a 1/4" drill bit in the center of the gold charger and black scallop serving tray.

DIY Skull Serving Tray step 1
Step
2

Slide the gold charger onto the 1/4" all-thread. Place a washer and nut on the bottom of the charger to hold the pipe in place. Next, place one of the black scallop trays on top of the gold charger.

DIY Skull Serving Tray step 2
Step
3

Select a large bone piece, hands, neck bone and skull from the bag of bones and spray paint them gold. Once the spray paint has dried drill a hole in both the top and bottom of each piece, excluding the hands.

DIY Skull Serving Tray step 3
Step
4

Take the large bone piece and tread it onto the all-thread so it sits on top of the black scalloped tray.

DIY Skull Serving Tray step 4
Step
5

Add another black scallop tray on top of the bone piece. Thread the neck bone and skull onto the all-thread. Secure the bone pieces in place with the remaining washer and nut.

DIY Skull Serving Tray step 5
Step
6

Place the serving tray on the table then add the hands beneath the tray to help keep it stable. Fill your DIY skull serving tray with spine-tingling goodies and enjoy! Be sure to see the entire Dead and Breakfast Inn Halloween Dinner Party, a recipe for Chilled Corpse Colada, a DIY Skull Centerpiece and hotel themed Drink Charms.

DIY Skull Serving Tray step 6

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