Santa Claus is coming to town, so help him feel welcome with this easy DIY Santa Cookie Plate using sharpie pens! Perfect for kids!
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Cookie Plates for Santa
Our family loves pajamas.
Obviously, right before we go to bed on Christmas, we put out a plate of cookies for Santa…and since Jack’s pajamas had to do with cookies, I thought it would be fun to make a special cookie plate for Santa.
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I had one of these growing up, and I always loved picking out the best treats for Santa before bedtime. So I thought it would be fun to make one with Jack.
What Markers for Cookie Plate?
I decided to use Sharpies to make it, but, as you can see, the colors faded a little bit. However, I did some research and more testing, and I’ve found that if you follow a few specific steps, this won’t happen.
First off, make sure you use oil-based Sharpies. These will work better and resist water.
How to Keep Plate from Fading
Then, use a clear glaze gloss finish. I did this with my first attempt, and it does help prevent fading with washing.
Finally, the key to keeping vibrant colors is baking the plates long and slow – 250 degrees for 2 hours.
So, if you are like us and want a fun and easy Christmas cookie plate, I hope this tutorial will be fun for you and your family! Just make sure your kiddos don’t eat all the cookies first!
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Sharpie Decorated Plate Tutorial
Materials:
- White Plate and Matching Mug (I used some from The Dollar Tree)
- Oil Based Sharpies or other oil based paint pens
- Clear Glaze Gloss Finish
Instructions:
- Make sure the plate is clean and free of dust – use rubbing alcohol if necessary.
- Draw out your design on the plate using a pencil.
- Draw over the pencil with your sharpies.
- After sharpie has dried, add the clear glaze gloss finish
- Bake at 350 for about 30 minutes. Colors may change in brightness.
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Lorrayne says
Can you use a melamine plate? Worried about putting it in oven.
Katie says
From what I understand, melamine should not be put in the oven.
Reba or says
When do you use the clear glaze?
Katie says
At the very end ๐
Pat says
AFTER baking, right?
Katie says
Yep!
Robin says
Where is the rest of the tutorial? It only got to step 3
Chelsea @ Life With My Littles says
What a fun, cute idea! We never had a specific cookie plate for Santa, but that sounds like a fun activity to do for one of our advent calendar nights! And those outfits! So cute! Great choices, Jack ๐
Katie says
Haha, Jack loves picking out his own clothes! And I think this would be fun for your advent calendar. I think it would be cute to have a plate made by your kiddos from when they were small ๐