Food is an integral part of our life. People write poems about her, draw, photograph and even embody with the help of various materials. Mini-products are very interesting and funny. Crafts are made from plasticine and salt dough, felt and yarn, paper and even hot melt glue.
Content
- Plasticine
- Felt
- Yarn
- Hot glue
- Salty dough
- Paper
Plasticine
This pleasant and malleable material develops children's motor skills, creative thinking, acquaints them with color and shape. If you need food for dolls, you can sculpt it out of plasticine.
Older girls and boys work with polymer clay. This material is similar to plasticine, but after firing it no longer crumples. When you look at these works, you understand that there is no limit to perfection. Such realism causes only the desire to bite off a piece or eat everything at once.
Felt
Felt is no less popular material for making doll food. Those who love sewing and handicraft will easily and quickly “feed” the dolls. Unlike previous ones, such culinary crafts will serve more than one generation of little housewives. There are a great many culinary ideas made of felt, it all depends on your imagination.
Look for ready-made patterns on the Internet, think of something yourself, ask your friends and start creating with your child. It's entertaining, interesting and not difficult at all. Felt is soft, warm and pleasant to the touch, easy to sew, has a rich range of colors, so it will only delight you.
Yarn
If you love to crochet or want to learn, then try making a crochet meal. On the portal for connoisseurs of copyright works "Fair of Masters" you can easily find ideas and samples to which you can strive. There are also master classes on making a “tasty” product.
The main knitting is a regular column, that is, the easiest way to crochet. The products are neat and lightweight, they can be washed and squeezed like a soft toy. They are realistic enough and many people like them.
Hot glue
You can fantasize many small table setting items and culinary miniatures from various materials at hand. Hot glue will always help you and will reliably connect completely different things: wood, metal, plastic, glass, any.
To a bead that looks like a glass, attach a wire handle with hot glue - you will get a mug, make plates from large buttons, after glueing the middle with two holes with paper. If you put them on top of each other, you get a candlestick.
Hot melt glue is a silicone that hardens when it cools. This is what you need to take advantage of. Make even, thin strips on paper, let dry, remove and cut them to the same length - noodles are ready! If you apply hot glue to a toothpick, around, and let it dry, remove it, you get a spiral vermicelli. And if you fill in the shapes with different colors - lollipops.
There are many ideas for creating culinary miniatures from this material. It all depends on your imagination.
Salty dough
This is another option for creating delicious crafts. The dough is made from flour, salt and water. You need to knead it thick, similar to plasticine. For different colors, add gouache and knead.
You need to store salted dough in the refrigerator for a maximum of three days in a closed container so that it does not dry out. When sculpting, take it out in small pieces, and feel free to embody your fantasies. Dry the finished products on both sides, cover with varnish.
Paper
The most readily available craft material is paper. Using the printer, you can print the pattern of the product, cut and glue. Fast and easy.
You can easily find the necessary blank on the Internet. There are many of them, for every taste and size. But the paper is not strong, so such products will quickly lose their appearance.
Handmade things always bring joy and good mood, they give a piece of warmth and kindness from their creator.
