How to Paint
Child's Handprints on Ceramics
To get started making handprint art on a ceramic dish, you will
first need to gather all the necessary supplies and decide what kind of dish
you are going to paint. Be sure the dish has been thoroughly washed and dried.
You also need to wipe it down with alcohol and a paper towel to remove any
hidden residue.
Before attempting to make the handprints, make sure to wash your
child's hand. Dirt and oil from his or her hand could potentially affect the
quality of the paint. Below are the supplies you will need and step-by-step
directions for painting your ceramic platter.
Supplies:
** Ceramic serving platter** Ceramic paint - green, blue, yellow, red, and purple
** Ceramic paint markers - black and white
** Letter stencils (optional)
** Paintbrushes
** Alcohol
** Paper towels
Directions:
** Wash and dry ceramic dish. Wipe down dish with alcohol and a
paper towel to remove any residue.
** After washing your child's hand, use paintbrush to cover the
hand completely with desired color of ceramic paint.
** Press child's hand firmly down on the platter. The gloss on the
ceramic platter makes it slippery but try to keep the hand from moving.
** Carefully lift up your child's hand. If satisfied with the
print, move on to the next color of handprint flower. If you wish to start
over, quickly wash platter with warm water or use alcohol to help remove paint.
** Once you have completed the handprint flowers, paint stems and
leaves to bottom of the prints. Add grass to bottom of platter.
** Use a black ceramic paint marker to write "(insert name
here)'s Garden" up above the flowers. You can also use letter stencils
to help with this if you do not wish to free hand the title.
** To make the butterflies, cover your child's index finger with
black ceramic paint and press firmly to platter. Once dry, add colorful wings,
antennas to head, and cute faces to the butterflies.
** To make either the ladybug or bumblebee, use red or yellow
ceramic paint to cover the tip of your child's thumb and press firmly to
platter. Once dry, add black dots or stripes, antennas, legs or stinger, and
cute bug faces. I used the black ceramic marker to decorate these bugs.
** Once satisfied with the design, set platter on baking pan. Place
in oven and bake for 30 minutes on 300 degrees. Do NOT preheat the oven. Let
the platter gradually warm with the oven to prevent cracking or shattering.
** Carefully take the pan out of the oven and set aside in a safe
area to allow the platter to completely cool.
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