Sharpie Mugs

I know it isn't wood working but I had a fun project I wanted to do for a while now. I have seen the doodle art mugs with a sharpie.  So I gave it a try. Here was the before mug 4 and before baking it:

 Then I followed a few other blogs via interest and found what worked for me. I baked them on a cake pan because that is what was clean. All the blogs I looked at said to use a cookie sheet. They turned out great for me. I do see there was some blessing of the color. I am not sure if it was because of the pan. It was on the inside too. But you don't have to worry about it being toxic or anything. Baking it sets it to the porcelain.

Okay, back to the instructions. Do your art as you want. I messed up on my second, sorry didn't think to take a picture of it, so I just washed it and the ink came right off. Clean canvas to start over on. This didn't take me more than an hour on all four mugs. It actually is fun. I wanted to keep going with other dishes but thought I should cool my jets a bit and wait for another day. All the blogs I looked at said use oil-based sharpies. I didn't have that so I just used what I had on hand. They say it will fade over time. I will do an update later on and tell you what comes of it.

After I was done decorating them I put them in the pan, placed them in a COLD, important to remember they need to go into a cold oven. They need to warm with it. Set the oven at 400 degrees Fahrenheit for 40 minutes. All the blogs varied on temperature and duration to bake. I stuck with a 425 degree oven and 35 minutes. Because I have kids, and who know when I can get to it they were in an extra 8 minutes. Didn't hurt a thing. Turn the oven off and let them cool down with the oven. This will prevent the mugs from cracking from cooling too quickly.

Here is the finished line:

 I had fun with this and decided to put shapes inside. It will be fun to see what the kids say when they finish their milk in the morning.

Yep, I can see me doing this on more stuff. What a great gift idea! Hope your projects are turning out as you want them to...better in fact. Have a wonderful day!