After having made a miniature delectable feast, as found in a previous post showing you how to make your own miniature felt food, I decided my gnomes needed some plates and cups. I looked around my craft room for ideas.
Plates and bowls cut from the packaging out of a chocolate box.
I also tried making plates by cutting circles out of a variety of plastic disposable plates, as well as lids. I prefer the chocolate box plates though! But looking at these circles of plastic gave me another idea... I love how ideas generate ideas. Often I start off not knowing where I am going to end up but I really enjoy the process.
I then wanted to make a cake stand. Again, I looked around my craft room to see what I had, and raided my stash of lids. I collect lids from toothpaste, dishwashing liquid, medicine bottles, bottle caps, etc, partly for transient art at school, loose parts, and also for possible crafts.
In my stash of lids, I found a lid. I think it came from a bottle of pills.
I gathered together a selection of plastic beads and buttons, to figure out how I was going to separate the layers for my cake stand.
I cut up a plastic plate into three circles, in graduating sizes. They do not have to be perfect circles.
I glued the large circle to the lid, and then began playing with beads and working out how to separate the layers. I found adding a button to the bead helped to raise it without making the centre post take up too much room, thereby leaving space for food.
When I was happy with it, I glued the middle layer on, and added another bead and button.
Then I glued on the top plate. Voila! One cake stand.
Once I had finished making my stash of crockery, I began placing food on them... the cookies fit perfectly on the plates!
The dollar coin is there to give you an indication of size.
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