Easy Homemade Santa’s Cookie Plate
Nothing is quite as fun as building up excitement for Christmas morning with your children! I always love seeing my little boys faces light up as we gear up for the holidays by putting up a Christmas tree, counting down the days, and carrying out our annual traditions like making homemade sugar cookies!
I’ve been wanting to make a Santa’s Cookie Plate for a few years now, but finally got the gumption to sit down and create a cookie plate with my kids this year. It took us no more than 20 minutes and I absolutely love the result! We went thrifty, so the whole project was really inexpensive, too, and we’ll use our homemade Santa’s Cookie Plate year after year!
You’ll need:
- White plate (or red or green plate if you prefer)
- Paint Markers
Start by picking up a plate at a thrift store or rummaging through your older dishes to find a perfect plate. A thrift store is the perfect place to look as you just need one mismatched plate, not a full set of dishes. I like using a white plate, but you could also use red, green or even a blue plate could look nice. Using a colorful plate as your base, you’ll want to use white and black Paint Markers to have your designs show up.
The plate I picked out had lines around the edge which gave me an easy guide for creating a pattern without much effort. You could also look for a plate with a smooth raised edge so you can add snowflakes, swirls, polka dots, or whatever you come up with. It all depends on the look you want!
Next, plan out a design for your plate. I knew I wanted my plate to read like a letter to Santa with my kids signing their names on the plate, so it was personalized for my family. Because of this, I wanted to have more design around the outer edge and leave the center empty for text.
Now, it was time to get my Paint Markers ready. You just shake the paint pen up and down to get the paint inside ready. Then, you press down on the tip of the pen until the paint starts to flow for the first use. Once it’s flowing, you’re ready to paint! I drew designs around each of the rings on the outer edge of my plate using my red and green markers.
When I finished my outer edge design, I started writing my letter to Santa. Then, it was time to personalize our plate, including letting my 4 year old sign his own name on our plate. It will be so precious to look back on this plate year after year as my boys grow up and see his cute handwriting from this year as we look back.
Paint Markers are incredibly easy to use! I used the Elmer’s Painters Bright Colors Paint Markers pack, which includes red, green, blue, white, and black – a perfect set for designing a Santa’s Cookies Plate! Using them is just like writing with a medium soft tipped marker, but it goes on smooth and easily and dries quickly without smudging like a pen might do. I also appreciated that I could wet a cloth and wipe off mistakes if I wiped them up quickly if I started to change my mind or when I went out of the lines of my plate.
When you are done with your design, allow it to dry completely and then set out your plate on display until Christmas! When Christmas Eve rolls around, be sure to dish out some cookies for Santa to remind him that your family has been good this year and would love to see presents under the tree on Christmas morning!
This is adorable! I’m wondering how it will hold up during washing?
LOVE this simple idea. It’s pretty and a great keepsake. Inexpensive, custom…. It’s wonderful!
LOVE THIS! Just pinned so I can make with my girls! Thank you for sharing and stopping by from #SayGdayParty!
Great idea! And, adorable. Have you tried washing it, yet? Just wondering if the paint holds up through washing?
So cute and simple and something we can use every year!
saw this on Wonderful Wednesdays.
Adorable!!!!!!! Pinned
OMG, how cute is this? We totally have to make this!
This is such a cute cookie plate. It makes a great cookie plate.
adorable idea for the holidays. Definitely trying this.
This is too cute. Those sweet names will be so perfect to have years down the road!
that is such a cute idea. I would never have thought of this at all. will have to try this out.
That’s so smart to find one with ridges like that to help make a pattern. Really cute idea!
This is absolutely adorable. I love how easy it is to use the Painters Markers!
This is a cute plate! I love the tradition of leaving milk and cookies for Santa, and a custom plate makes it even better.
Could this be any cuter?! I am going to get us some Elmer’s Paint Markers tomorrow!
I am totally doing this with my kids. What a fun craft and something we would use for years to come. Thanks for sharing.
That is a neat project! I think my daughter would love to make it.
What an awesome project to do with your kids this time of year!! I love it–pinning for sure!
~Cathy~
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Awww, are you kidding? This is absolutely adorable. I really love those Painters Markers, they’re awesome!
That is awesome, I love the idea. Now, what do you put on it to seal it in?
Oh, isn’t that just the cutest! I totally want to do this with my kids! 🙂
This is the cutest. I’ve got to do this with the kids. They’ll love it.
Aww. That’s so adorable! I love the border you made. It’s simple but super festive.
This is a great idea! My daughter is very creative and would love this project. Thanks for sharing the idea!
I really love this idea! I’m definitely going to do this with my son! 🙂
I am so glad I saw this post. I am going to look for these markers so my grandsons and I can make these plates. How adorable. These would be keepsakes forever. Thank you so much. Love this idea.
A great DIY project. Will the paints stand up to a dishwasher/
i will try this at home
This is a great idea for a keepsake.