Product Description

Make your own special 10" break-resistant, dishwasher-safe melamine plate that will last a lifetime! Special drawing pages and a set of washable markers are included in the kit to make your creations. Or simply send in a favorite photograph (optional). You can have your name or a special message typeset around the rim for no extra charge, or choose to have your artwork or photo cover the entire plate. Then send in your design pages in the pre-paid envelope provided and in a just five weeks, you'll receive back your unique, one-of-a kind creation. The images, whether photographs, drawings or a combination, are molded right into the plate and can be used everyday without fear of fading or chipping.

Plate Works now offers an Internet production option that includes online drawing tools, backgrounds and stickers, photograph downloading capability and a choice of font styles and colors at no extra cost.

Extra plates, melamine bowls and plastic and ceramic mugs are optional and all make terrific gifts for any occasion.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #1969 in Toys & Games
• Brand: Creations by You
• Model: PLT
• Released on: 2006-06-12
• Number of items: 1
• Dimensions: 12.70" h x 10.20" w x 1.20" l, .50 pounds

Features

• Kit for creating personalized plate or mug
• Includes drawing paper, washable markers, and postage-paid envelope for sending in drawings or photos
• Finished items are made of durable, break-resistant melamine
• Plate is 10" and mug holds 12 ounces
• Extra plates make the perfect personalized gift for parents and grandparents

Editorial Review
Make a gift Grandma won't forget! With this activity kit, you create your own artwork, then you send it to Chimeric, which transfers the art onto a 10-inch plate, an 8-inch bowl, or a 12-ounce mug. The set includes five sheets of special drawing paper and markers. You can create your work of art with the materials provided or you can use other art materials. You can also use a photograph and decorate it. When your artwork is completed, send it to the manufacturer in the provided postpaid envelope. Your project will be returned to you in five to seven weeks as a decorated plate, bowl, or mug (you get to choose). Extra matching items (all durable and dishwasher safe) are available from the manufacturer in any combination. Shipping and handling costs are not included. --S.J. Kurtz

From the Manufacturer
Make your own personalized plate that will last a lifetime! PlateWorks includes everything you need to make melamine plates, or plastic mugs that are break resistant and dishwasher safe. Special drawing pages and washable markers are included in the kit to make your creation, or simply send in a favorite photo in the postage-paid envelope provided. We can even typeset your name, date or special message around the rim for no extra charge, or choose to have your artwork cover the entire plate. Extra plates and mugs are available. Our personalized plates are superior to others because unlike ceramic, they are break resistant and can actually be used every day without the artwork coming off or fading. Unlike with ceramic or other plastic plates, photos can be used instead of a drawing. Extra plates make the perfect personalized gift for parents and grandparents, and the special typeset wording makes them especially useful as gifts for fundraising, teams and classes. Our 12 ounce plates are over twice the weight of similar products and include an attractive raised rim style. Ages 3 and up.

Customer Reviews

Repeated Mistakes in Plate Creation
I bought this product as the activity at my daughter's birthday party. The kids created their artwork and I filled out the forms, including the text to print on the plates' rims, and sent them all in myself. The company made mistakes on at least 1/2 of the plates, including my daugther's. When I returned hers, the company repeated the mistake. Then I gave up.

DURABLE !!!!!
I bought my 3 year old a kit as a preschool project 8 years ago and he still uses the same plate everyday. The colors are still as bright and the plate is exactly the same. Just go for it and get one for your kid you'll be glad you did.

Great for Gifts
Plate Works is a great idea if you are looking for a personalized and lasting gift. In the package, you get special sheets to do your art work on and an envelope to send it in to. In no time, you receive it back on a great melamine plate.

My kids made a couple of these over the summer. My oldest took great care in deciding what he would want to see on his plate every day (race cars, of course), while the youngest just went straight to doodling. We packed their artwork into the envelope with great care and took a trip to the post office to say "goodbye for now" to their creations. Of course, they immediately started waiting for the mail man to arrive - uckily the plates were returned in a super fast two and a half weeks (much less time than expected!).

They like that their plates are truely their own. I like that their art is preserved and that the plates are durable enough to last a very long time. These are definitely things that I will pack away and save forever.

In fact, my kids had so much fun doing their own plates, that we have ordered more for them to decorate for special Christmas presents.