This is a family tradition (started last year!) and I love it. When little G was 2 1/2 he made his first plate for Santa’s cookies, so there are lots of scribbles and cute little things to remember him by. We set the plate out with homemade Christmas cookies and in the morning, little G was impressed to see Santa came and ate his cookies!
Then the plates from previous years can be used as Christmas decorations, ours go on display on top of the cupboards. Adorable & extremely personalized decorations. Just my style!
(never mind the dead plant!!)
Also pictured-->family silhouette cut-out
{HOW TO}
First you need a plate (or more if you like to be prepared!). I bought our plates at the dollar store!
You’ll also need some ceramic paint pens &/or sharpies (the ones I used are actually just paint pens, “ideal for wood, glass, plastic, & metal”). I tried the “sharpie technique” but it wasn’t working…at all. Maybe I didn’t wait long enough for it to dry, or bake, or cool. Whatever it was, the sharpies washed off pretty easy. But, since we are just using them for decoration after the one night of cookies for Santa, I decided it didn’t really matter if they wash off easy or not!
Let the kiddos have at it! With our first plate (2012), my boys were too little to write, but now that little G is learning how to write, he can write ‘Santa’ and ‘Thanks’ along with some crazy, creative drawings by him and his brother.
Bake it if you want to try that. I haven’t had success with it, so I just leave it as is. Again, they are only used one night and then become decorations year after year. Pretty fun tradition!
