Family Fun Fridays – Tea Set Painting

By Tami On May 14, 2010 · 6 Comments

Tea sets are a quintessential toy for young children. Not only does it encourage make believe play it is also a great way to teach what my mother called “table” manners.

Although tea is said to have been discovered in China during the San Huang period (3000-2700 BC), the very thought of tea makes me think of 4 pm and Royal Albert tea sets. How is that for branding!

As a busy Mom I’m always looking for fun projects that my daughter can play with on her own; so I was thrilled when I came across a paint-your-own tea set at The World Market. I’ve since learned that you can find them at various times throughout the year at Hobby Lobby and Kids R Us. You can also find them online. Amazon usually yields a few choices ranging between $8 and $15 plus shipping.

However, this was so fun it became a Family Fun activity. The World Market kit came with paint and a paint brush so Peyton and I took turns painting our designs. The paint was a little different than the water color paint Peyton usually uses so we layered it on and generally got it everywhere. Once everything is painted, wait 24 hours to let the paint fully dry and then bake the set to cure the paint.

My daughter loves that she has an art project she can actually use and is always serving up diet coke tea! Yummy! On side note diet coke tea goes extremely well with pink feather boas.

6 Responses to Family Fun Fridays – Tea Set Painting

leann says:

August 25, 2010 at 6:16 am

We have the same set and have lost the instructions. How long to do you bake and at what temp?? Thanks
Tami says:

September 13, 2010 at 4:18 pm

Hi Leann,

I’ve looked for the instructions and couldn’t find them…but I think it was 325 or 350 for about 30 minutes. Then we left them overnight before using them.

Good luck!
Tami
Sarah says:

April 27, 2011 at 6:50 pm

Hi Tami,

Thinking that I had lost the directions to the World Market Paint My Own Tea Set I set out to look for an answer online. I came across your website. Later that day I found the directions under a stack of papers. I just thought you might like to know that the baking instructions are 25 min at 300. I’m not really sure that baking them at a slightly higher temp would really mater but I thought I’d be nice and pass on my info.

Thanks,
Sarah
Tami says:

April 27, 2011 at 7:50 pm

Thanks so much Sarah! Peyton is still using and loving them!
Beth says:

July 19, 2011 at 1:16 pm

I’m so glad I found this website. We too have this tea set and when we opened the box there were no instructions inside. I am assuming the paint needs to dry before baking. Thanks again for having the answer.
Tami says:

July 19, 2011 at 5:09 pm

Hi Beth,

Yes we let the set dry overnight before baking them which may have been pure laziness on my part.

So much fun!
Tami