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 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.
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.
Half-birthday plate

This is a plate made with baby food to celebrate a half-birthday.
Basically, you’ll use pureed baby food and pipe it out from a plastic bag to draw motifs and messages.
While it’s important to make the plate look nice, be sure to focus on making it tasty and nutritious as well.
If you show the finished plate and get your little one excited, it may help foster a positive attitude toward future meals.
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.
In conclusion
We’ve shared some birthday plate ideas.
Did you find any that your special someone would enjoy? Some may have seemed a bit challenging, but it’s the thought of “they prepared this just for me” that truly makes people happy.
Don’t worry too much about making it perfect—just put your heart into it and give it a try.


