Two Reverse Glass Painted Plates

by Creativity for Kids

Product Details

• Shipping Weight: 2 pounds
• ASIN: B00004TFGH
• Manufacturer recommended age: 7 years and up
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #278,901 in Toys & Games (See Top 100 in Toys & Games)
  • #65 in Toys & Games > Arts & Crafts > Craft Kits > Glass Arts & Sun Catchers
• Average Customer Review: 3.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)

Product Description

Editorial Review

Create your own decorative plates with this simple and easy-to-use craft kit. The kit consists of two glass plates, measuring 8 inches and 6 inches, a set of nontoxic acrylic glaze paints in eight different colors, a fine-point paintbrush, and a brief, illustrated instruction booklet. The booklet shows how to mix paints to create new colors and offers suggestions for creating a design. Once you've come up with a design, you simply paint it on the back of the plate using the reverse glass painting technique explained in the booklet, and then allow the paint to cure for six days (or for 30 minutes in the oven) to make it permanent. Your one-of-a-kind decorative plate is great for display, and you can eat off it too, though you'll need to wash it by hand since it isn't dishwasher-safe. --Elisabeth Fredrickson

Product Description

Express your personal style. Learn the unique technique of reverse glass painting using 2 plates as your canvas. You can paint your designs on the back in reverse - foreground first, then background last. Then voila - turn them over to enjoy your masterpieces from the front. You can paint a plate of food, a self-portrait, an abstract design or anything you like. These plates make distinguished decorative items, plus you can eat off them!

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

58 of 60 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Fun to Paint...but does not last, November 14, 2002

By A Customer

= Durability:1.0 out of 5 stars  = Fun:3.0 out of 5 stars  = Educational:2.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Two Reverse Glass Painted Plates (Toy)

This was so much fun to paint...BUT, once we let the finished product dry...the paint came right off. Did not stick to the plate. My daughter (7) was so upset, she worked so hard on it. I won't tell you NOT to buy it...but just wish you more luck then we had. Sorry paint a plate company...had to be honest.

30 of 30 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Waste of $ and time, December 5, 2003

By A Customer

= Durability:1.0 out of 5 stars  = Fun:1.0 out of 5 stars  = Educational:2.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Two Reverse Glass Painted Plates (Toy)

My 2 daughters spent a long time painting the plates and did some beautiful designs, only for them to start coming off as soon as the paint dried. The painted plates are useless, if even a drop of water hits the paint it comes off --Since the product is using glass plates which only older children can handle I think they would be responsible to handle proper glass paint as well. WHat a waste of our money and our daughters' time. The initial "fun" factor was higher but quickly dropped to zero (but I had to select at least one star!) after the girls realized the artwork wouldn't last

0 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Good but not perfect, February 18, 2006

A Kid's Review

This review is from: Two Reverse Glass Painted Plates (Toy)

I thought this kit was fun because I like to do crafts and it's nice to be able to eat off of the plates you've painted. This is a fun activity. But if you buy it, don't expect your plates to look like the pictures on the box: all perfect and smudge- free, because in reality, the paint is actually quite smudgy. That was the problem with this kit. The plates still look nice, just not perfect and proffessional.