Check out this fun crafty activity! It's totally simple, all you need is:
-a plate (I got mine from the thrift store for 0.50 to 0.75 cents each)
-sticky mailing labels (I used an 8.5 x 11 full sheet transparent label from staples)
-pen or pencil
-scissors
-spray paint
-drop cloth or something to paint on
1) Clean the plate
2) Draw your design on the label. Make sure you draw on the front side so your design doesn't get flipped backwards when you stick it on the plate.
3) Cut out the design
4) Peel the adhesive and stick it on the plate in the way you like it
5) Set up your drop cloth and spray paint the plate with the color you like. Be sure to do a couple light coats so the paint doesn't pool. You don't need to cover the plate perfectly on the first coat.
6) Wait for the paint to dry. I used Rust-oleum Painters Touch from Home Depot because you only have to wait a couple minutes to re-coat and one hour until you can touch it.
7) When you feel like the paint is dry enough (2 hours to 24 hours later depending how patient you are) CAREFULLY peel stickers off the plate.
TIPS: use a safety pin to get right under the edge of the sticker then slowly move the pin along the edge. I had better luck peeling the stickers off when I waited a couple hours. On one plate I waited overnight and the paint was more brittle so it peeled off in places it wasn't supposed to. That could have been because I wasn't being as careful too so just be REALLY careful!
8) If you want extra protection add a coat of lacquer.
HAVE FUN!
p.s. we did this for an enrichment activity and all the girls had SUCH cute designs on their plates! i want to see everyone's, so post pictures on your blogs :)
7 comments:
Turns out the color I painted my plate didn't work in my apt, but I still thought it was pretty cute, so we had a yard sale today and I set it out. It was gone with the second customer! She said it was going to look great hanging up in her kitchen! Ha, thanks, Kara, the activity was so fun!
That's so cute! You are so crafty!
how cute! ugh, we do such boring enrichment activities. all we ever do is eat dinner and have a speaker talk for an hour. BOR-ING. i love the bird plate. and the "e" plate.
Thanks Kara for putting the step by step instructions and for the tips! I seriously can't wait to do this little project.
just curious...where did you get your crib?! so cute!
I tried this on a vase that I found at Savers. Will be posting on my blog soon, but it is SO not as cute as your plates!!
jamie! i wanted to answer your question on your blog but i couldn't get access to it. maybe you will check back here and see this :) anyway, I got the crib online from this website called cymax stores. It's sold at a lot of different online stores I just chose that one because it had no tax and free shipping. It's called the baby miro mercer crib. I hope everything is going well for you. If you happen to see this my email is karalarsen13@gmail.com (I'd love to see your blog).
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