If any one can help in this forum I would appreciate it.

I have an oak kitchen table that is looking pretty bad. I have small children that do everything there from eating to painting. I would like to place a nice pattern fabric on top and a clear top. My ? is what can I use instead of glass. I love the tables at the rain forest cafe and would like to do something similar. I wants a clear top that is not breakable and can withstand heat. Is there anything that would work.