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Amazing Glaze with an almost 2 year old?

MediaBrideMediaBride
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There is a place near our house that you can pick your pottery and paint it there, and then go back in a few days after they've fired it to pick it up.  We are thinking about taking DS when he wakes up from his nap to make something for MIL's bday next weekend.

We were just thinking of doing his hand prints and letting him "paint" on something - just as something cute. 

Have you ever done this?  We did it for our parents for our wedding, but I'm not sure how DS will do.  Hopefully he will be patient long enough to get SOMETHING on whatever we pick!! :)

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Re: Amazing Glaze with an almost 2 year old?

  • bls27bls27
    My friend did it recently with her DD and loved it.  Her DD will be 2 in April.  They made her DH a cookie jar with her handprints on it that he can bring to work.  She loved it so much, they also made a monkey (or something like that) for herself.
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  • tammiRNtammiRN
    My sister took DS to put his prints on a plate at our local place (and I've seen it on a mug too, like the hands are holding it).  The staff helped her paint his hands and put them on the plate.  I bet they'd do the same if you asked.  It's really cute, they did his in the shape of a shamrock.
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  • mags2041mags2041
    Luc went to a place like that when he was about 2.5 and absolutely loved it.  There were other younger kids there who had a great time painting.
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  • brightningbrightning member

    I took DD over Christmas, when she was about 18 mos. It was really fun. I took a friend with me to help, but we painted several items as Christmas presents.

    I'd recommend that you paint the base coats (at the place we went to, they said to paint 2-3 coats, plus you have to blow dry in between). So one of us kept DD busy while the other painted and dried the base coats. When that was done, we gave DD the brush and let her embellish in contrasting colors. Her attention span wasn't long enough to paint everything with several layers.

    We waited until the very end to do the handprints b/c we wanted to wash her up and leave right after that. It was really fun and I hope the place is still in business next Christmas!

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