Last week, I showed you the chicken coop.
Today, I want to share apples, potatoes and the wheelbarrow.
Making clay apples is pretty easy. It's basically a round piece of clay with a brown stick in it :)
SoupIsGreen on deviantart has a basic tutorial if you need some help.
This Charming Stuff has a youtube tutorial for making the crate that is pretty straight forward. I made one the same size as her instructions and it was waay too big for my bendy doll fairies. The second one (shown here) is half the size of hers. For reference, my sides are made from popsicle sticks cut in half (talk about tedious!) - I went out to later buy stir sticks in the wood section of the craft store. It's worth it if you are going to make a few things, but cutting popsicles sticks if that's what you have on hand is totally do-able.
There are a dozen or so apples in there....
I also made a sack of potatoes. Zooplies Miniature Haven has a wonderful printable to make these Prince Edward Island potato bags using real potato bag images :) The above crate tutorial also talks about making potatoes!
Finally, I made a wheel barrow from a walnut shell half. I had The.Hardest.Time cleanly cracking a walnut in half, so my suggestion is to rummage through the walnut bin at the grocery store (Christmas time is really good for those nut bins!) to find some that have naturally split. There are also a bunch of "tutorials" that include freezing the nut, using a sharp knife etc - i think I tried them all, and none of them consistantly worked for me. I got them in half (one side with extra bits) and used some pliers to break some pieces off until it was pretty clean. That was the best I could do!
You can find a wheel barrel tutorial here. I ended up filling it with some tiny silk leaves (½ in long!) that I bought ages and ages ago for some craft project I never got around to doing (the bag was still sealed!) I wish I had aged the silver, but I'm sure that will happen pretty quick on its own!
Happy Creating!
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