DIY Glass Birthday Plates

At our last crafty meeting we made glass birthday plates! This was a fun and pretty easy project. We got our idea from a couple of other blogs:

• http://www.whimsy-love.com/2008/02/tutorialor-not-tutorial-that-is.html
• http://www.alwaysexpectmoore.com/2012/09/happy-birthday-cupcake-plate.html 

You can really make any sort of plate really. Great thing about these plates, since the paint is on the back, it's completely food safe!

A few things that we found helpful:

1. Print out images on paper for inspiration or tracing (a ton can be found on pinterest)
2. Using a dry-erase marker, trace or draw what you want to paint on to the front of the plate
3. When you start painting on the back, make sure to paint the top layers first (like lines, or candles) as you will be painting the image in layers.

Glass plates can be easily found at the dollar store and with coupons you can get the paints for a pretty reasonable price! Would be great for Cookies for Santa plates, Family plates, etc. Even get your kids involved!

St Mark's MOPS moms who missed the meeting but still would like to make a plate, contact Kathleen or Amy for the supplies. We have plenty extra!

Child Development

In October, we were blessed to have Cathy Hardage (Head of School) and Stephanie Kowald (Early Learning Program & ELP Extended Day Division Head,  Pre-Kindergarten I Teacher) from St. Mark's Episcopal Day School. They shared a lot of information with us about child development. They were even so kind as to put the presentation online for us to view! If you missed it or would like a refresher, check out the presentation here: http://www.slideshare.net/skowald/mops-presentation-15053409

Many thanks to Mrs. Hardage & Mrs. Kowald for taking time from your busy days to come and speak with us!