January 24, 2012

Create Valentine dishes with edible paint

For a party or special dinner, try decorating plain dishes with icing. Designs will be perfectly edible, and if you make a mistake while painting, just lick it off and start over. (Don't tell anyone your tongue made contact with their plate.)

To make this "paint," I mixed 3 tablespoons of powdered sugar, 1 teaspoon of water, and 2 drops of liquid food coloring. Apply with a paintbrush. If needed, run your fingernail around any wiggly edges to smooth them out before they dry.


53 comments:

  1. Love this Jessica! I totally want to do this!

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  2. I bet kids would like it. Or big kids like us. :)

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  3. That is awesome... I love this... and not only for Valentine... Great Idea... Thanks for sharing
    Greetings from Germany
    Catrin

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  4. great idea! Thank you for sharing!

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  5. :P laughing about the licking. Very cool.

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  6. This is such a great idea !!! This could be so cute for a surprise ! I'm really thinking of doing a special dinner using this idea !
    Thanks so much !

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  7. Great idea! Now white dishes are in right now too. The only thing is if you had to put salty food on top, I would think it would get a little sweet. Too bad you can't make the icing more savory.

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  8. this is a great idea....A+J, already personalized for me and my husband! :D

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  9. cute idea. great job -- works for any occasion.

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  10. so, so simple, lovely + clever! thank you for sharing your great ideas! :)

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  11. Aww... so SWEET!

    (How many time did you lick Alex's? I won't tell him!)

    Mum

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  12. This is so clever! I can't justify buying lots of plates for different different holidays, but I could do this!

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  13. Speechless. This will solve everything, forever.

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  14. What a great (and simple) idea! I think I might do this for my girls' Valentine's Day breakfast plates!

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  15. I read your blog all the time, but I just had to comment on these plates. They are SO CUTE!!! I love this idea. Thank you for sharing it!

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  16. Brilliant! I just love simple but WOWEE ideas like this. Can't wait to plan my V-Day party with some of these accents.

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  17. You have such amazing ideas! Thanks for sharing them :-)

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  18. Oh how fun! I think this would be sweet at any point in the year. Maybe draw up some colorful balloons to accompany a piece of birthday cake?

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  19. You could, maybe, substitute the powdered sugar with corn starch. It will go with the savory dishes as well.
    Thanks for the cute idea.

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  20. A wonderful idea. My daughter would love this while drinking her milk!

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  21. "Don't tell anyone your tongue made contact with their plate." - Hilarious!!! Thanks for the early morning laugh!

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  22. Brilliant! It's made even cleverer by being so simple :) Thanks!

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  23. Brilliant Jessica. So great to meet you as well!

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  24. Love this idea! In the past, I have used kids washable markers to write names or draw doodles along the outside border of dishes as place markers (not where food would touch), to rave reviews. This is a fun, safe and unexpected way to add some pizzazz to any meal :)

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  25. What a cool idea! Looks so cute!

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  26. Absolutely delicious! The greatest idea for Valentine's Day.

    A kiss from Portugal and Congratulations for the fantastic blog!

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  27. I was just thinking the other day I wanted to paint dishes but have them edible. Does this wash off once you clean them?

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  28. What a fun and fantastic idea! Thanks for sharing.

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  29. Love the hearts on the cups. Super cute idea!

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  30. http://www.designsponge.com/2012/01/orange-you-glad-this-pen-exists.html

    You'll love this one! An orange pen!

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  31. Oh how fun!! Might have to try this!

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  32. The greatest idea for Valentine's Day

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  33. did you use a stencil for the letters?

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  34. That's just great ... thanks for sharing the idea!

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  35. This is wonderful! Mainly because you've found a way to paint with SUGAR. Bless you.

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  36. I love sugar. :)

    Anonymous, nope, I freehanded.

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  37. What a fun idea. This would be great to personalize dishes for a party. Love this!

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  38. So brilliant! Just shared on my blog, many thanks! :)

    http://mijbilcreatures.blogspot.com/

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  39. I love the idea, but the suggestion of LICKING someone else's plate is unbelievable. I hope none of you actually do this.

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  40. I love this!!! I did it this morning with the kids and it was so much fun. I can't wait to show off my decorated plate tomorrow at a valentines party!!

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  41. I love the idea! shame I found it today! will be perfect for the Valentine's Day 2013 ;)

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  42. Genius idea, Jessica! Absolutely love it to bits.

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  43. This is so fun!! I shared it on my blog too: http://www.vixenmade.com/2014/02/15-valentines-day-party-diys.html

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