Today
we are making some dinner rolls to go in those baking pans we made
last week. (Here's that video in case you missed it.) I decided to
use an air dry clay (Model Magic) for this because it works so well
for this type of thing. This clay is usually sold in the “kid's
craft” area near the crayons and such. I love that it stays
somewhat soft forever so it is perfect for things like these rolls
and it makes great marshmallows.
Before
you cut open the bag of clay make sure you have a way to keep it
airtight. I like to put my opened package into a ziplock type freeze
bag. I prefer the quart size since it is close to the size of the
clay package. Just be sure to not leave the opened clay unprotected
for very long. I starts to dry out pretty quickly and we want to get
to use every little bit of this clay we bought.
Really
making dinner rolls is an easy project even for a beginner. Simply
roll the clay into a ball the size you want your roll to be. Being an
air dry clay this product does shrink but not by very much.
If
you want to make un-baked rolls you are done except for waiting a day
or two for the clay to dry.
If
you want to make your rolls look like they have been baked you only
have a couple more steps.
You
will need either some soft chalk pastels, the ones I am using in the
video are from Michael's and I believe they are the store brand. They
are not very expensive and I was able to get mine on sale. Remember
to watch for their coupons too. I like to use an eyeshadow brush
(dollar store purchase) to apply the chalk to my clay but you can use
any brush (or a cotton swab or even you fingertip if you don't have
anything else handy)
The
three colors I used (and are the most used colors in my chalks) were:
a golden yellow, a medium warm brown, and a dark brown.
If
you don't have chalks you can use similar colors of eyeshadow as long
as it is a matte finish (no sparkles here)
One
of the cool things about this clay is if you press your rolls
together when the clay is fresh and allow them to dry you can
carefully pull them apart and you get a texture very similar to the
real thing where they were touching.
I
hope you enjoyed the project and make lots of dinner rolls for your
dolls to enjoy.
Where did you get - or how did you make - the stove?
ReplyDeletewhere did you get or how did you make the pan?
ReplyDeleteI have a tutorial for that. Here's the link
Deletehttp://joannes18dolls.blogspot.com/2015/02/baking-pan.html