DIY Dollhouse Food Miniatures from Bread and Glue

Did you know that you can create amazingly lifelike miniature food by using white sandwich bread and regular white school glue? Well, you can! It's super easy and you can even tint the dough right at the beginning so the color goes all the way through, unlike painted items (although you can paint if you prefer!).

Ready for the great secret recipe? Here goes:

2 parts white sandwich bread (crusts removed)

2 parts white school glue

1 part food coloring (optional)

Tear the bread into small bits and add the glue. Mix well with your hands until a dough is formed. You can add a few drops of water if needed. Divide the dough up and color each part as desired.

So, now that you have your bread and glue dough, you are ready to start making some miniature food. I'll give you a few ideas to get started, but you'll come up with plenty of ideas on your own, too. Since bread and glue dough doesn't need to bake, it just air dries, you can add extras such as stems to fruit, etc. right off the bat.

Baked Goods

Pies

Use metal bottle caps as the pie tins, these have the fluted edges that are just perfect for this project. Take a ball of brown or tan dough and press into the cap, leaving a bit of a dome in the center. A toothpick will help create the fluted edges on the pie and also make the little holes on top of the pie (which can be painted red or purple later to show the contents of the pie.

For a lattice topped pie, use a colorful dough such as red for strawberries or purple for blackberry or blueberry. Press into the bottle cap, leaving a small amount of space for the crust. For a truly realistic look, roll itsy bitsy balls of the same color and cover the top of the pie filling with these. Now, roll a small ball of tan dough and flatten it out to be very thin. Cut into strips that are about 1/8" wide. Lay these in a lattice pattern over the pie, leaving plenty of room for the filling to show through. Lay a very thin snake of tan dough around the edge of the pie and use a toothpick to flute.

Cakes