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!
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