Real stories from real peopleMark's Story
"It was the early 1970's. Little league was big, summer was spent on the lake fishing with my dad and I was a Boy Scout. I remember making this plate as part of a craft project with the Boy Scouts. I was so proud to bring it home and show it off.
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Mary's Story
I began teaching in the fall of 1971. In the fall of 1972 I got married and placed my first order to the Makit Plate Company. I was teaching special needs children and there was really no way the plates could have turned out "bad". I used the Makit Plates for a number of years as my students' family Christmas presents. I would get small pizza boxes from our local pizza place and we would wrap up the plates with Christmas paper that the students had stenciled and tie it up with very gaudy ribbons. The gifts were a great hit!....read more
Dr. Joyce Scott's Story
Dr. Joyce Scott of Celina, Tennessee has written a book dealing with nutrition and overall health. Dr. Scott’s book has an interesting companion – a Make-A-Plate! The book is titled “The Fork Lift” and the purpose of the book is to create a useful and common sense method to incorporate a well balanced food intake with proper nutrition. “The Fork Lift” Companion Plate is designed with standard portion sizes imprinted on its surface and one plate is included in the purchase price of each book..... read more Jann's Story
In about 1987, I met an artist from Cedar Rapids, Iowa named Sharon Burns-Knutson. She would drawn on plates and sell them in a gallery. We became friends and she made me a plate with an image of the two of us talking on the phone. Sharon was the person who told me about Nasco and the plate picture kits. That summer, we vacationed in northern Michigan and on the trip we were reading Bill Bryson’s latest book The Lost Continent. read more
Billy's Story
I created this plate in 1972 or 1973? as a gift for my Mom - I can't remember exactly when . I know it was one of my mom's most prized possessions. She used it for years like a normal plate and even when I was in my Thirty's she called me to tell me how much she loved it. I am so glad I made her happy.
I am William Cipriano and this is my plate read more
Gillian's Story
In 1983 I made a Makit plate in Kindergarten, as a Christmas gift for my parents. My mom still proudly displays it every year with her other Christmas decorations. And every Christmas I take it from the mantle to admire my fine work, in hopes that I’ll be able to recall what the funny looking pink object is that I drew next to my very oddly drawn Christmas tree. Twenty-four Christmases later and I still have not figured it out!
I am now a Kindergarten teacher and so excited to give my class the opportunity to make such a wonderful keepsake, that they will hopefully admire year after year as I have. The thought has crossed my mind to label their “funny looking object” so they will not spend their whole lives wondering…but then that would take all the fun out of it, now wouldn’t it?! My name is Gillian Stroud-Morrison and that is my plate story!
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