Sunday, October 14, 2012

Color your own plates

This is another Pinterest find, something I figured the kids would enjoy doing. All it takes is plates from the Dollar Tree and a pack of colorful Sharpies. So for 3 plates it cost about $12, and I still have all the pens to use in the future. The kids colored to their own abandon. J's bottom right is of characters from Mortal Kombat, T's on the bottom left is fireworks, and Molly's at the top is her name (and if you look to the top right of her name, it does look like a good hearted attempt, even if it is up-side down.) The directions were simply to bake in the over for 30 minutes at 300 degrees. I did put it in the over while heating, and I left them in the oven to cool down. I was thinking they might be more likely to break with sudden changes in temp (that would be my luck) but also afterwards it kept anxious and excited little hands from touching them while still hot. I think we will do some mugs for Christmas presents and "stuff" with special tea of coffee!

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