Fence Picket Lemonade Stand

Many years ago, I made my now teenage daughter a lemonade stand.

We used it for a couple of years, but then she lost interest and the lemonade stand was put in the firewood lean to.  

Fast forward to a hot summer day half a decade later, my five year old son asked if we could do a lemonade stand.  So we dug through the firewood pile, and all the way in the back, covered in cobwebs and even hosting a beehive inside, we found that lemonade stand.

I dusted it off and it was just as sturdy as ever.  It just needed a little refinishing.  

So we painted the lemonade stand white, added some caster wheels, and now it looks like this -

I love a project that can be passed down, can be updated, can be loved all over again.

Free Printable Custom Lemonade Stand Signage

The signage I created using Google Drawings.  Here's what it looks like - it's a 24" x 36" poster size banner that I cut to get the top and base signs on one print.

Just click here to access my Google drawing of this Lemonade Stand Banner, edit it to add your child's name (and your charity of choice if using), and download your file (I downloaded as a JPG) and send to a printer to have printed - I recommend printing on vinyl for longer lasting as opposed to a poster print.

Building the Lemonade Stand

Well, it doesn't get much quicker and cheaper and easier than this lemonade stand!  I spent $25 on all new materials (if you have any scrap boards or pallet boards, you could make this for pretty much nothing), and it took me about 20 minutes to build.  I choose to use fence pickets because they are so cheap and designed for exterior use.

Cut the 1x12 in half, and the fence pickets into thirds.  

This reduces scrap waste.  

Then staple or screw 2 of the cut fence pickets to the ends of each of the 1x12s.  This was actually the hardest step working by myself (hubs was taking care of the baby) - if you can get an extra hand to hold the board (no near the stapler) while you staple (or nail) it will really help.  You can also use small screws here, just be careful not to split your wood out.  

Once the ends were done, I just layed the remaining fence picket boards out on top - I liked the uneven gaps so I didn't even measure or evenly space the boards.  

Then I just stapled all those boards down.  You can also use screws.

I basically just made a big crate.  This is the base of the lemonade stand.

Now for the sign above. I attached 1x3s to the sides, and cut the remaining fence picket to the sign size, and screwed it to the 1x3s.  

For the signs, we used scrap boards (this is a 1x6).  Grace wanted to work on part of the project, so I tasked her with the "Pink" sign.  It's pretty cute!