Today is Stella's last day of Summer School. It is her last day of being in the 3-year old Moonbeam class. Craziness!
We wanted to make a little something for her teachers to show them how much we appreciated them this last year. I saw this post over on Ez's Creature Comforts blog which inspired me to decorate mugs as teacher gifts.
Since I'm a total slacker and sat on this project until yesterday afternoon, I didn't end up getting the Porcelaine markers that Ez suggested. Those need 24 hours of air-dry time before they can be baked and set. So I went with the Sharpie Oil Based paint pens that supposedly work on metal, pottery, wood, rubber, glass, plastic and stone. I was a little nervous about the toxicity of them, but they are AP certified and Xylene-free, so they should be okay.
I gave Stella the task of drawing on them first. The paint actually dries really quick, so there wasn't a whole lot of smearing happening. Once the mug met her satisfaction, I took over and supplemented her artwork with mine.
I thought they turned out pretty nice! The colors were nice and bright and popped well on the white ceramic mugs. Stella had a lot of fun drawing on something besides paper. All-in-all, I'd say they were a success! Hopefully her teachers like them.
Have a great weekend!
I think this is such an awesome idea and gift! I love the look of the collaborative drawings on the mug too. If I were Stella's teacher, I'd be pretty stoked to get one of these!
ReplyDeleteThanks, Anika! That means a lot. This was my first collaboration with Stella, and I'd say our styles complemented each other quite well! ;-)
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