Doll Size Egg Rolls

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This week we are going to be using the very same clay combinations that we used last week for the pot-stickers. If you missed that video and blog post you can find the blog post here.

These egg rolls are super easy to make, you just cut the wrapper square, place it so one corner is facing you, add some filling and roll them up. Pretty much the same way you make the real thing.

I know there is a lot of variation in how egg rolls look, what is inside, how big they are, etc I just based these on the ones from my favorite Chinese restaurant.

For the dipping sauce I would normally of used a reddish-orange color of Gallery Glass or another brand of glass paint. The only problem was that when I went to gather my supplies my bottle that would have been the right color had gone solid. So I needed an alternative. Hence the use of the Triple Thick colored with the acrylic paint. I ended up using both the red and an orange (along with the drop of Amber Gallery Glass) to get a color that was pretty close to what I wanted.

This is a super easy project, I hope you enjoyed it. I am hoping to add more to the doll's take-out meal in the next few weeks. I am working the kinks out of a couple of ideas, so be sure to check back next week to see if I came up with more.....

Doll Size Pot-stickers

Watch the video here.

This week we are starting what is probably going to be a short series. I know I have at least one more video to go with it. I am working on details for possibly a couple more after that too. We will have to wait and see what I can come up with.

Anyway, this week we are making the dolls some pot-stickers. I am not making any claims that these even look like the authentic ones that are made in China. They are supposed to be similar to ones you might get at your local Chinese Restaurant.

So we begin with the filling for this we are going to use 2 colors of clay- a tan and a translucent. Both of mine were Sculpey III colors. The secret to this step is to roll the clay into very thin snakes and then chop it really fine. I added some dried parsley from my kitchen, if we get the wrappers thin enough you will see hint of green,

Try to keep the chopped clay as chopped clay, you don't want a wad of clay for the filling. You want teeny tiny separate pieces of clay along with little bits of the green herbs.

Set this aside and mix the tiniest bit of an ochre color clay into some translucent clay. You don't want to see the color you just want to warm it up a bit. This is going to be our pot-sticker wrappers. The main secret here is to roll it as thin as possible. Mine went to the next to thinnest setting on my pasta machine (#5 out of 6 possible settings)

Cut the wrappers using a 1” round cutter, place a little bit of the “filling” onto the rounds and fold like a pot-sticker. Lastly give a tiny bit of texture with sandpaper and brush the bottom with some chalk dust (a reddish brown and yellow ocher mix)

Bake according to the directions on you clay package.

When the pot-stickers are baked and cooled coat in a satin finish if desired. I am using Future floor polish. I know the label is different now but this should be the same thing.

For the dipping sauce I used a lid from a water bottle and put in a layer of a transparent brown glass stain paint. It makes a nice sauce, it just takes a while to dry. If you get a large hollow in the top simply add a bit more once the first layer is dry to even off the top surface.