Party Planning Ideas Ways to Decorate Cheap Paper Plates

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You may be astounded by the price they charge for decorative party paper plates. You can save a lot of money by going for the cheap ones, yet you want to have something attractive. There are many ways to decorate such plates.
Paint the paper plates
You can make your own beautiful design on the paper plates. You can buy some paints and turn each into an piece of art. You can also have your children decorate them. Make sure that you give them time to dry sufficiently.
As an alternative to painting, you can also use markers, crayons, colored pencils or other art supplies to decorate the paper plates. You can make them all the same or you can place on a bunch of different decorations to give a varied look. You or your children can draw actual pictures or it can just be abstract designs.
Place stickers on the back
Stickers can make paper plates very beautiful very quickly. Of course you need to make sure that the stickers are on the back because you do not want someone to accidentally ingest them. Make sure that they are on tight and will not get off where someone will eat them.
Add a photograph
Some professional companies will make paper plates that actually have the birthday child’s picture on it. You can do this yourself. Attach an image to the plate. Of course this may not work if the food that will be on the plate is liquid and will smudge or ruin it. It may be great for dry food such as chips so long as the ink is safe.
Add ribbon to the edge
One pretty method that will stand out is to simply glue a little piece of ribbon along the outside ring of the plate. Most paper plates, even expensive ones, do not have anything stand out so these might look even better than the ones you can buy at the store.
No matter what method you choose the first thing to remember is that you want something that is safe. Remember that people will be eating off of these plates. You do not want them to get sick if they ingest a little paint or ink that is toxic, for instance. Part of this will depend on what is going on the plate and whether it will absorb what is on the plate. Once you have a fun and safe idea, get to work to create beautiful paper plates.