Handmade birthday plate ideas: make birthdays extra special!
You want to do something special for your friends’, partners’, or children’s birthdays, right?
In this article, we’ll introduce handmade birthday plate ideas.
We’ve gathered a variety of ideas: plates made with small cakes or fruit, character-themed plates, and chocolate plates sturdy enough to hold a cake.
Writing letters with a chocolate pen can be tricky for beginners, but we also share a method that uses a guide drawing, so feel free to use it as a reference.
Let’s make that special someone’s birthday truly wonderful!
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Handmade birthday plate ideas: Make birthdays special! (1–10)
The Very Hungry Caterpillar plate
This is a plate inspired by the beloved picture book The Very Hungry Caterpillar.
In addition to its fun appearance, the easy-to-grab, easy-to-eat combination of small components is another highlight.
The basic elements of the caterpillar are small rice balls and mashed potatoes: spinach is mixed into the rice balls and edamame into the mashed potatoes to give them a green color.
Roll them up and arrange them alternately to form the body, then add the face made from cherry tomatoes and cucumber and the cucumber legs to complete the look.
Besides the caterpillar, it’s also recommended to add touches like heart-shaped hamburger patties and flower-shaped carrots to make the whole plate more vibrant.
Birthday plaque made with icing cookies
This is a platter lined with cookies decorated colorfully with icing.
Decide in advance what you want to create with the cookies, make cookies in shapes that match that theme, and then decorate them with icing.
How you apply the icing is also key—by paying attention to the boundaries between sections and adding color accordingly, you can create a sense of depth.
Being mindful of details such as the order in which you layer the icing, the balance of colors, and finishing outlines with fine lines is important.
By arranging the fully decorated cookies neatly, you can enhance the lively, cheerful atmosphere even more.
Anpanman plate
It’s a plate made with Anpanman characters and decorative parts.
Not only is it adorable to look at, but there’s also the fun of seeing which character has which flavor.
Onigiri, hamburger steak, and mashed potatoes serve as the base for the characters, and then you make the faces with cheese, nori, and so on.
Let’s keep refining our color choices to better match the characters, while also finding ways to make everything taste delicious.
Handmade birthday plate ideas: Make birthdays extra special! (11–20)
Easy at home! Character chocolate plate
A character plate made with chocolate is perfect for decorating cakes.
First, print the character you want to make and place a sheet of parchment paper over it so the design shows through.
Then, using chocolate pens colored with icing color, trace the outlines and fill in the colors to match the character.
Once the coloring is done, add an additional border and coat the entire piece with white chocolate to add thickness, then let it set to finish.
Since you’ll flip it over to reveal the design and it will be mirrored left to right, it’s best to reverse the design before printing.
[100-yen shop] Chocolate plate drawn using a template
![[100-yen shop] Chocolate plate drawn using a template](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/0BeqwXJzrEI/sddefault.jpg)
This is a method for making handmade, original chocolate plaques that you can use to decorate cakes and more using a guide sketch.
Prepare a draft with reversed letters or illustrations, place it under a silicone mat or parchment paper, and simply trace it with a chocolate pen to create a chocolate plaque that only you can make.
Chocolate pens in various colors are sold at 100-yen shops and similar stores, so a colorful design would be adorable.
A unique, personalized message—not something ordered from a store—will definitely liven up any celebration.
Write with cream! Message plate
This focuses on what you use to write the message on a birthday plate.
Instead of the typical chocolate pen, using cream makes it easy to create a bright, decorative message.
Whip the cream, put it in a plastic bag, cut off a corner, and pipe your lines from there.
A major difference from a chocolate pen is that the base is white, so when you want to color the lines, it’s easy to see how the hues change as you add food coloring.
It’s also fun to prepare several colors and make a colorful message.
Shina Pushi Plate
You want to have celebratory items for a young child’s birthday, too.
However, since it’s generally not recommended to give very young children fresh cream or chocolate, cakes and the chocolate name plates that often come with them can be difficult to use for celebrations.
In that case, how about celebrating with dishes shaped like characters from “Synapusyu,” a children’s program that has been loved for many years? If it’s something recognizable at a glance, it’s sure to delight your child.