Dollhouse miniature cookie baking scene tutorial

Hello fellow miniaturists! If you purchased a kit from me, and lost your instructions, here they are with photos to help you along. If you're visiting from the world wide web, and don't have a kit, don't worry, you can still follow along. Perhaps it will encourage you to try your own miniature baking scene!

You will need:
sandpaper
glue
scissors
glass or rolling pin to roll out oven bake clay

optional:
sharpie, oil based, black
paint brush to apply powder and glaze
acrylic paint
glaze like sculpey glaze or mod podge
needle and thread

Take either the rectangle or square "board" and use as your base for the scene. Don't worry about the hole in the corner, you can cover it with one of the items in your scene.



Use one of the cardstock templates to cut a baking tray from the large piece
of thick aluminum foil. Fold handles up and sides to make the tray. Pictured here is a heart cookie cutter i tried to make with a strip of aluminum from a tea light.


 
Cut out the printables (recipe book, milk, flour, sugar and butter) that you want to
use, fold and glue. In the butter printable, make sure you are generous with the flaps. If you cut right at the yellow, there won't be enough to fold and glue. See picture below.

Cut out the recipe book. Choose your cover. Fold and glue.

In small baggie that has small parts: Sand all 3 dowel pieces, and glue together to make a rolling pin. To make a spatula, cut the small piece of thick foil using paper template, cutting slits where
indicated. Fold in half.
Place pointy end of toothpick between the foil, and bend foil around toothpick.
Use a black sharpie to make lines on foil to make it look like a spatula.
Sand down or cut toothpick to size.
The fancy piece of toothpick will be your  "spoon" in your bowl of dough.

You can use the red gingham cloth as is, or glue or sew a hem. There is a card
stock rectangle template to help you either glue or sew, which is slightly smaller than
the fabric. You can iron it around the template to make a crisp fold.


Sewing is easy, especially since it's got straight lines to follow!

Make 2 eggs from the small amount of white clay.



Mix the translucent clay with the biege clay for your cookie dough. Add some yellow
if you want. (If you want choc chip cookies, add some chips now, reserving some
to add on top when making your cookies.) Divide dough into 2 halves. First half, roll out and
place on the board to see if the size is right. When you have the size and
shape you like, use the cookie cutter and cut a few. Feel free to make your
own cutter with the strip of foil provided! Place a couple of your cookies on
the foil baking tray, leaving one still impressed in the rolled out dough.
Roll out your other half of dough on a separate surface. Using cookie cutter,
cut out more to fill your baking tray. Place them on the tray. Add more
choc chips on top. Texture cookies in baking tray with balled up aluminum foil and toothpick,
and brush on brown powder on the sides to appear baked. The leftover dough from the 2nd half
can be put in the mixing bowl. Texture this as well, and put the wooden stick
in (it will appear to be a wooden spoon when it's stuck in the dough) Remove
"spoon" and clay and bake separately from the silver bowl
(the paint I used on the bowl can't be baked)

Here is the shortbread  cookie version pictures.

Here is the chocolate chip version.

Carefully transfer your clay pieces to a foil lined baking sheet from your kitchen.
Bake your clay items for a maximum of 15 min in a 275 oven.
Let cool completely before handling, as it may crumble easily when warm.
If you like, paint the clay to shade further. You can brush on a little glaze for shine.
Arrange all components on board, and when you're happy, glue it in place. Hint : the board is a bit slippery, and sanding where you plan to glue may help it adhere better.
Hope you enjoyed doing this Quick Kit. Feel free to send me a photo of your creation!