Desk Organiser Tray | Stationery & Maker Station

Kids Desk Organiser Tray | Homework, Stationery & Maker Station

A practical all-in-one desk organiser tray designed for kids’ homework, drawing, stationery, and small project parts — with a large open workspace and multiple built-in storage compartments to keep everything tidy and easy to reach.

This model combines:

• a large main tray area for paper, notes, worksheets, or drawing
• multiple upper compartments for pens, pencils, markers, erasers, sharpeners, and small accessories
• slim front slots that work well for pencils, colouring pens, or smaller tools
• a low-profile footprint that keeps it practical for everyday desk use without taking up too much space

The layout keeps all storage sections grouped along the top edge, leaving the main area clear and usable as a mini work surface. It works equally well as a stationery organiser, homework tray, or even a small maker/tinkering station for kids who like to build, fix, or take things apart.

This project includes two plate versions:

• No text version for a clean universal print
• Text-ready version with an integrated placeholder area for easy personalisation

Designed to print cleanly and easily with:

• No supports required
• Large flat base
• 0.4mm nozzle compatible
• Optimised and tested on Bambu Lab X1C
• Printed in Bambu PLA Basic on a Textured PEI Plate

For my own print, I used a quality-focused profile to get the cleanest possible finish on the large visible tray surface:

• 0.08mm layer height
• 3 walls
• 5 top / 4 bottom layers
• 15% gyroid infill
• Top ironing enabled
• 5mm outer brim

It’s a simple, practical design made to help keep desks organised while still feeling useful, clean, and easy to live with.

Why I Made It

I designed this for my son after one of those moments that starts with parenting frustration and somehow ends with pride.

He got grounded for being on Roblox at 10pm on a school night, so with gaming off the table he got bored and started taking apart an old broken RC car to see if he could fix it. He didn’t manage to repair that one, but he learned a lot just by exploring it.

Then, to my absolute horror, he took apart one of the PS4 controllers.

Instead of just breaking it, he found a YouTube video, worked out what was wrong, showed me the £6 replacement board he needed, and once it arrived he fitted it completely by himself with no help from me at all. He fixed that controller… then went on to repair the other three controllers in the house too.

That whole chain of events made me realise he needed his own proper space — somewhere for stationery, little bits, small tools, random parts, homework, and whatever he decides to figure out next.

So this became more than just a desk organiser.
It’s his homework station, tinkering tray, and future engineer launch pad.