Ten by fourteen inches is a true placemat: it sits under a plate and a glass with a margin, and it does not need the table to be cleared to be laid. Twenty-four of them handles a Christmas that has two sittings, or one long day with a table that gets reset between lunch and supper.
The activity print is the reason to buy this rather than a decorative mat. Christmas dinner runs ninety minutes at a table where children are the least patient people in the room; a printed game and a crayon buys most of that time back. It is also the piece that survives being handed to a child who is bored in the kitchen at four in the afternoon.
At $15.90 for twenty-four this is about 66 cents a mat, the cheapest per-piece Christmas item on the shelf. It carries a 4.0 rating from four people — a small sample, printed with its count so you can judge it as one.
On the table
- 10" x 14" — plate and glass with a margin, no need to cover the whole table.
- Twenty-four covers two sittings or one long reset day.
- Games and puzzles printed on — crayons, not markers.
- About 66 cents per mat, the lowest per-piece cost on this shelf.
Specifics from the listing
- Disposable placemats measure 10" x 14"
- Paper placemats for table setting
