Introduction: One Pallet Lemonade Stand

By Keith Pieper
About: I am an explorer and hacker, using my scientific curiosity to understand the "how" of customer and business challenges. I apply 20 years of business strategy, entrepreneurship, digital media and pate…

I had a single, spare shipping pallet I wanted to transform into a lemonade stand of sorts for my kids. I couldn't find any good plans for a stand using only one pallet. So I configured my own.

This is a super basic design. I simply cut across the pallet at about 1/3 and used the smaller piece as the base. Using some scrap wood, I attached the base at a 90 degree angle to the larger pallet piece. And that's it! You could stop there, but I went on using additional scrap around the house.

I had some leftover plywood painted with chalkboard coating. I cut this up into multiple piece to server as the counter top, signs on the sides (extra support too) and the big sign, which I mounted with some other scrap. For ease of transport I added some caster wheels on both ends so the entire unit could be tipped and rolled into place.