My brother recently told me about a fun project he had seen using Sharpie markers. Basically, you can write on porcelain using a Sharpie marker and then put it in the oven at 350 degrees for 30 minutes. Of course I was intrigued and just had to give it a whirl!
I bought 3 plain white plates at the Dollar Store.
Plain white plates from the Dollar Store
We had a basket full of Sharpies already but if you don’t have a basket full you need to buy some of these too! (You do not need a basket full…I have no idea why we have this many!)
That’s it!!
My kids and I sat down and drew away on our blank plates to personalize them and make them beautiful!
Iris drew herself and a unicorn on her plate, Bency drew himself and a zebra and I made a plate for my youngest son!
Afterwards we put them in the oven and fired them and we were done!
A few notes on this project:
- Sharpies say they are non-toxic but I’m not sure you can actually eat off of them. I am only going to use these plates to serve cookies on or something like that.
- I put these in the dishwasher to see how they held up. Everything was fine except for the red. It turned orange. Also the silver Sharpie came off on some places. The green, blue and black were perfect.
- My kids absolutely LOVED this project!
The kids are proud of the plates they made all by themselves!
Motherhood Is An Art 
What a fun idea! Those would make great gifts too!
Thanks!! I was thinking the SAME thing!
very cool!
Thank you!
This is so cute! I remember my daughter made a design on a plate, cup and saucer set when she was five years old, and it all washed off!!
Thank you! We’ve washed ours a few times and nothing so far except for that original silver sharpie but I kind of have my suspicions it will all wash off eventually! But I figure since it’s a cheap project we can do it again when that happens!!
Wow. You are quite the artist! Your kids are so lucky!
Thank you very much!
Love this simple, easy idea. We always have sharpies lying around. We’ll have to try this.
Thank you!!! I love simple things like this that don’t cost a lot of money and don’t need a lot of supplies but still allow you to be creative!!! Thanks for reading!!
This would be a nice idea for a Christmas present to grandparents. 🙂 Thanks for sharing the idea and the pros and cons. I too have a basketful of Sharpies. Many colors, actually (I used to be a preschool teacher, I think that might be why!)
haha!! You’re welcome!!! Thanks for always reading my blog!! I really appreciate it!
It’s very enjoyable! What’s not to like? 😉