Comments on: Make Food Face Plates

By: Debbie

Debbie — Sat, 24 Nov 2012 14:56:18 +0000

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By: Kelley

Kelley — Fri, 17 Aug 2012 15:40:22 +0000

Well that stinks as I was hoping to avoid to wash them by hand each time. lol Well a fun craft anyways. lol But I like the idea of making them on my own. The markers you are referring to can I buy them at Walmart? I was thinking great Christmas gifts!!

By: heather

heather — Fri, 17 Aug 2012 15:26:58 +0000

@Kelley, Sorry, I don’t know what you should do with your plates because I’ve never used them before. I’m guessing that unless the instructions say to bake them, avoid baking them.

By: Kelley

Kelley — Fri, 17 Aug 2012 14:52:08 +0000

Been googling on-line here. My sister bought my kids those plate sets that come with markers. It just says to polish it with tissue paper, write with the markers and polish with tissue paper again. I’m assuming that the reason it is to handwash is because they have not been baked. Can I bake them, so that the markers don’t come off? Would that work? If so, what would I bake them on?

By: heather

heather — Thu, 26 Jul 2012 20:07:57 +0000

@Angela, follow the instructions on the marker.

By: Angela

Angela — Thu, 26 Jul 2012 19:52:23 +0000

What do you bake them on and for how long?

By: Jessica

Jessica — Fri, 24 Sep 2010 03:22:50 +0000

I just did a variation of this for my daughter’s preschool snack. I got small clear plates from the wedding section of the dollar store and using a permanent marker, drew faces on the BACKS of the plates (that way I didn’t have to worry about the marker not being food safe). The day’s lesson is on being healthy, so I gave the kids several piles of fruit (strawberries, peaches, apples, bananas, oranges, etc.) as well as vanilla yogurt and let them go to town making their healthy fruit faces. They had a blast and certainly got in their daily requirements of fruit in the process. I hand washed the plates to reuse them the next time my daughter requests them.

By: heather

heather — Tue, 24 Aug 2010 04:21:59 +0000

@TrixieB

I checked the guidelines, and they’re not recommended for surfaces that come in contact with food (probably because the finish can be affected by food and/or use of utensils), but they are food safe.

“Food safe, and dishwasher resistant.” See this page: http://www.delphiglass.com/oven-fire-paints/kits-and-assortments/porcelaine-150-marker-set-9-markers

The Pebeo page for the Porcelaine 150 marker is here: http://www.pebeo.com/asp/prod/fiche.asp?lang=us&id=42

It says “conforms to toy safety standard 71.3.” Which is the European Standard EN 71.3. which verifies that products are lead-free and complies with a toy product safety standard.

I hope that helps!

By: TrixieB

TrixieB — Tue, 24 Aug 2010 03:57:53 +0000

Are you sure you are supposed to eat off plates colored with these markers? I recall buying one and then reading it said “not for food consumption” or something to that effect.

By: Early Childcare Resources

Early Childcare Resources — Mon, 19 Jul 2010 18:38:01 +0000

Just love it!
Imagine a dad saying to a kid … “Go on, I’m allowing you… Eat my eyes!”
LOL