Painting crockery with children
IKEA hack for children: painting porcelain. With a free template to download
Do you remember this? We used to paint so many mugs and plates with porcelain paint and be absolutely delighted with our own artwork. If you’d like to pass on this wonderful experience to your children, we’ve got some great templates you can use to paint your own crockery. Want to know how easy it is? We’ll walk you through the process step by step for loads of painting fun! Just download the template for free, and off you go!
Painting mugs with
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free
template – don’t you think children much prefer to eat or drink from crockery decorated with colourful designs? How about painting your own crockery together with some brilliant designs? We think it’s a brilliant idea, which is why we’ve created some great templates for tracing. Here, we’ll show you in 5 simple steps how to trace your own crockery using our template.
What you’ll need to paint on crockery:
- the printed template
- black carbon paper
- porcelain pen
- pencil
- scissors
- some adhesive tape
- crockery of your choice
Download the template
To make painting the crockery easier, we’ve created a template for you so you can easily trace the designs. Simply download it and print it out on ordinary paper.
Step-by-step guide
Step 1
Cut out your favourite design and a strip of printer paper. Now place both on your mug and secure the strips with a bit of tape so that they don’t slip whilst you’re tracing them.
Step 2
Now you can pick up a pencil and simply trace along the lines of the design. This will cause the black ink from the carbon paper to transfer onto the mug.
Step 3
Once you’ve finished tracing the design, you can remove the adhesive strips and peel the paper off the mug. We find this step particularly relaxing. Now you can use the porcelain pen in your favourite colour to trace along the lines you’ve pressed into the mug.
To ensure that your painted crockery is ready for your next meal, you should now let it dry. To do this, place the porcelain in the oven for 25 minutes at 160 degrees Celsius. Once it has been fired, it’s ready for your next meal!
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