Wooden Name Plate
Supplies:
Wooden Plates: found at craft stores and discount stores in a variety of sizes
2 feet of Ribbon
Tacky Glue
Markers, Alphabet Stencils or Alphabet Stickers
Acrylic Paint (optional)
Embellishments: buttons, fake flowers (small enough to decorate the plate), glitter, pom poms, scrapbook paper cut outs or stickers.
Instructions:
You may paint your wooden plate or leave it plain. Then with markers, paint or alphabet stickers place your child’s name on the plate. If using paint use stencils unless you can paint free hand.
Once the name is dry or secure then you can decorate the plate. Using small fake flowers, buttons or your choice of embellishment glue onto the plate and allow to dry.
This step can be done before you apply embellishments if you find it easier. Using your tacky glue, glue a piece of ribbon like a handle to your name plate. This is where it will hang on the wall. Be advised that if your wooden plate is heavy a glued ribbon may not hold your name plate. Make sure to allow the ribbon to dry completely before hanging. You may not need all the ribbon for this step. With any leftover ribbon you can tie a bow and place it in the center where it would hang or make two bows on either side of where the ribbon attaches to the name plate. You can also just glue a bow or flat ribbon directly to the name plate.
When completely dry you can hang this in your child’s room or on her door. If your name plate is large enough you can have your child place her hand print on the name plate beside her name or write her name on top of the hand print. You may want to look for wooden items at the craft store that already have a handle. You can still use your ribbon to decorate that handle.