We divvy out chores in my household, and honestly, the kids have loved to help from a young age. When Greta was 2 or 3, she started unloading the dishwasher, just because that’s what she saw us doing. Now it’s Polly’s chore to set the table for dinner because our older two girls walk the dog and feed the dog. When she started this at five years old, I wanted to find kid-friendly plates that felt manageable for her but still fit our modern traditional aesthetic. That’s when we fell in love with melamine plates.
The Benefits of Melamine for Kids and Outdoor Entertaining
And honestly, now we use melamine dinnerware most of the time! If someone else sets the table, we may use our stoneware, but unbreakable melamine holds up surprisingly well and is easy for little hands to handle.
It’s also the perfect solution for:
- Outdoor Place Settings: No more worrying about broken glass on the patio!
- Dishwasher Safe Cleanup: It’s lightweight and easy for kids to load and unload.
- Heirloom Style: It now comes in an incredible array of colors and patterns that look exactly like high-end ceramic.
Our Picks for Stylish Modern Traditional Melamine Plates:
As a family with three young children, melamine is our “fancy” dish ware, an upgrade for the paper plates. We have a stone looking set that even fools our guests. We also have a set of the dorm room plastic plates for microwaving since melamine doesn’t belong in the microwave. Keeping glass and porcelain out of our house has been a safer upgrade knowing that our kids can handle the dishes and they won’t break!
Wow, am surprised you use this for everyday dinners. I think it is pretty well known that if you use knives to cut food on melamine you are releasing micro plastic particles which you then inject. We use melamine judiciously for sandwiches or other things where we feel confident that we won’t be injecting microplastic. I would think that with alll of Julias man health issues, the family would use regular dishes for everyday meals!!!