Doll Size Tortilla Chips

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This week we are going to make some really adorable tortilla chips for the dolls from polymer clay.

I admit it does take a while to get the right mixture of clay colors to make these look like the real thing. I do like to have some chips on hand but I also keep in the mind that different brands of chips are slightly different colors, so don't be too hard on yourself. Aim to get a believable/recognizable color. Basically you are going to need 3 colors of clay- a white, a yellow and a brown. I used Original Sculpey for the white, Premo Cadmium Yellow, and Fimo Caramel. Use the colors you have on hand. Starting with a piece of white clay add one of your colors (I suggest starting with yellow) and mix them together completely. This will give you a clay that is too yellow, add some brown and mix completely, if you are really lucky you will have a color that is close to the chip in front of you. (or a picture if that is all you have) if the color isn't right yet, decide if you need more brown or more yellow and add just a bit of that color.

Just so you know, I have been making these chips in the dollhouse scale for over a decade and I never get the mix right the first time. I have to go back and forth adding a bit of yellow and a bit of brown and I usually have to repeat that a few times. Remember it doesn't take much of the colored clay to tint the whole batch so add in small amounts.

Now we need to add some brown sand to make the little brown bits that are visible in most real tortilla chips. Again just add some and work it in and add more until you have a good sprinkling of brown bits throughout the mixture.

After you get your clay the way you want it the fun can begin.

To make tortilla chips it is simply a matter of cutting a circle and then wedges of the clay. Then the most important part make sure they have some shape to them. Remember the real chips aren't flat and your doll size ones shouldn't be either.

When you get to the end of the clay be sure to add some little bits of the rolled out clay. After all when was the last time you got a bag of chips that didn't have a bunch of little bits at the bottom? 

just because I can never resist taking a picture of the mini food on top of the real thing.