The invention relates to dinner ware or packaging elements for foodstuff and articles made from plant fiber and a method for making them. The products are made from a number of raw materials including plant fiber and adhesive. The raw materials are made up by 60-95 % of plant stalk or straw and 5-40 % of the adhesive comprising starch type of raw materials and the drawing agent. The formed products are coated with waterproof agent. The method includes successively steps of breaking the plant fiber, mixing the broken plant fiber with the adhesive, pouring the mixture into a mould, pressing the mixture in the mould and keeping at a given temperature for a given time, taking out the formed product and coating it with the hydrophobing agent, drying, sterilizing and preserving the same.
