Creations by You Plateworks Design Your Own Plate

by Creations by You

Product 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

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 1.2 x 10.2 x 12.7 inches ; 8 ounces
• Shipping Weight: 8 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B00000JGR3
• California residents: Click here for Proposition 65 warning.
• Item model number: PLT
• Manufacturer recommended age: 36 months - 8 years
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #15,884 in Toys & Games (See Top 100 in Toys & Games)
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (26 customer reviews)

Product Description

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

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.

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Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

44 of 45 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Fabulous Keepsakes - Preferred over the Makit brand, October 19, 2006

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N. Holthuis (Danville, CA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Creations by You Plateworks Design Your Own Plate (Toy)

I've been having my kids create annual Christmas plates for quite a few years now. I've tried both Plateworks and Makit and Plateworks is the hands-down winner. Plateworks makes the process very easy. You can make extra copies of the "special" paper in case kids make a mistake or don't like what they've drawn (I make extra copies of the blank sheets before the kids even get started...just in case) and there is no 1/2 invisible border that they have to watch out for (making it MUCH better than the Makit Make-a-Plates). The outcome is beautiful and cleaner looking thatn the Makit plates. We've never had any mistakes or problems. Each of my children now have a number of plates, from early scribbles to today's more elaborate holiday scenes. Love it!

48 of 51 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Repeated Mistakes in Plate Creation, November 27, 2004

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NYC Reader (New York, NY USA) - See all my reviews

= Durability:5.0 out of 5 stars  = Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars  = Educational:3.0 out of 5 stars 

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This review is from: Creations by You Plateworks Design Your Own Plate (Toy)

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.

29 of 31 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars DURABLE !!!!!, October 9, 2004

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Thomas Harris Jr. - See all my reviews
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= Durability:5.0 out of 5 stars  = Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars  = Educational:5.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Creations by You Plateworks Design Your Own Plate (Toy)

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.