In keeping with the key ring theme, we are making
key/change “dishes” as a gift that you can give dad for Father’s Day. They come
in quite handy. You can also use these dishes to hold jewelry or little knick
knacks.
You can make these dishes from lots of different
things. We are going with ceramic dishes and we are using a very cool technique
to decorate them.
You don’t need very many things to create this cool
little gift. All you need is some nail polish (your choice what colours you’d
like to use; we went with blues), a big plastic tub filled with warm water so you
can dunk your dish, and a ceramic dish of some sort (we found a couple at the
dollar store).
First of all prepare your work area and put some
newspapers down. You might want to have some paper towels and some nail polish
remover with cotton pads on stand by. You may also want to wear some latex gloves to
protect your hands.
Fill a tub, big enough to dunk the dishes that you
have selected, with warmer water.
First we drizzled the nail polish on the surface of the
water, swirling it around to make a cool pattern.
Then we dipped the ceramic plate (we also made a little bowl) in slowly and the
nail polish will stick to the plate. Don't wait too long after drizzling the nail
polish to dip. It may start drying.
Once you have the plate etc. looking as you want it,
find a good place to let it dry for a couple of days.
You don’t have to do this last step, but we used a protectant
spray to keep our polish sealed on the plate.
