When You Can't Afford the Mini Verse Capsules

My daughter came up to me and says, "Mom, can you buy or make doll foods? Our Barbies need some."

Hmm.... Not like I'm Made of Money (even though that's what my kids think Mom means). So... I need to figure out how to make them. I've watched some My Froggy videos on YouTube. It is where I get all kinds of ideas. And I decided to give it a go. After all, my dolls need a variety of foods too. Here goes! Let's check out some ideas.

Key Lime Pie

I started with a pie. After all, they are usually easier. I cut some thin foam to fill in the pie pan - which was the top of the poster tube.

Originally, I thought the bottom pieces needed to be tan for the crust, but you can't see them, so any color would work. The top is lime green, which is why I thought of the key lime pie. I mixed some white paint with Elmer's glue to make the white around the edges for the meringue.

This also allows me to glue down some 'limes' made from tiny bits of the foam I had leftover. The first one definitely came out messier... I thought I could just use a toothpick to dribble in the white. Turns out, that doesn't work so well when you shake too much. 

I made a couple of things a while back from some art mousse that came with an art kit my daughter had. I made a little ice cream. This was from a piece of plastic from a pen, the mousse, and a dot of hot glue on top. It is a little small, so my daughters use this one for their tiny dolls. 

In the jar, I made cookies from the mousse. You have to work quick and roll it before it starts to dry. Then I painted them. The little jar was found at the Dollar Tree in a pack. 

Taking the easier path...

I am so thankful to my dad for giving me a 3D printer! Us... sending us... a 3D printer. It is amazing how many things you can find the files for. Tiny foods included! So I have been printing things almost nonstop. 

How about turkey for Thanksgiving dinner? Except I printed it a little small. So, Thanksgiving for two! This is where you can find that file. 

I have also printed bottles that can be used as soda, or if your dolls are adults who want something stronger - alcoholic beverages. This file has to be resized to fit the doll, but came out great!

I made a couple Romulan Ale bottles as well as a Quantum Cola bottle from Fallout. My dolls are total nerds. Don't judge.

Donuts were next on my agenda as we have sweet tooth galore in this house. I had to fiddle with the sizing and after about 3 tries, finally reached the appropriate fit. I chose to upsize it to 400% of the original file. Great thing about the sizes that came out too small is that the smaller dolls my daughters have now have donuts too! And they have something to stock their food truck with. Now to find a file for a donut box.... But here is the donut file. I also told my daughter that we would get some acrylic paint and make them look glazed. 

I'm not a huge soda fan, but since I found the file, I figured I might as well. Again, had to resize until I found the right dimensions for the dolls.

I was able to resize and print some labels too. They came out pretty good.

I printed some lemons that came out a little larger than you would think. They are also not as easily identifiable. But I love them nonetheless. HERE is the file. I would suggest trying to resize it to 15% of the original.

While I'm with yellow colored foods, I knew that bananas had to be included. So I found a file for those too! These I resized to 209%. Otherwise you are talking about a super minuscule banana! 

I figured yellow was close enough for waffles. And since I love them, my dolls do too! I found this file and printed them at 20% the original. 

I have been looking for things that could also be useful for the holidays that are coming up. I have a turkey, but what else? I saw this platter of what I decided to make cookies and knew it would be a perfect addition. I painted them to resemble chocolate chip, my favorite kind. These can be used for all kinds of photos later. The one I printed for my daughters, they turned into cinnamon rolls! 

I swapped to red. And began printing red foods. Like apples and tomatoes.

And tomato slices! When my husband saw the slices, he said I was going snowflake... This is an inside joke that essentially means I'm getting a Moms version of cabin fever from being stuck inside with my kids for too long. I had to play with resizing on each one to get the size I wanted. I chose to go larger on the apples and tomatoes.

Don't forget your kitchen accessories!

Some days, you just want to chill in bed. And when that happens, you need a tray to enjoy your food in bed. That is why I printed this nifty little tray. (And yes, I 3D printed those eggs too!)

My goals now are to try my hand at making playdoh foods. Make, dry, paint and play! Not sure how well that will work, but can't hurt to try, right? What suggestions might you have? Leave me a comment below and I'll see what I can do.