Scraft-o-Toy: Paper Cup Queen

A little something to amuse oneself after a cup of  sweet treat...

The Paper Cup Queen

Things needed...

Procedure...

Mini Ice Cream Parlor Set

Dollhouse furniture-making can be a very engaging hobby. It dates back to centuries past when rich housewives (and everyone else) didn't have thrilling TV series to consume their time with. It can also be a great bonding activity for mother-daughter tandems~ so it would be wise to save some tricks up your sleeves from time to time.

Two major things this project needs is a trio of champagne cork cages and a rope. But if you have an old, outdated and worn braided rope belt you are ready to discard away with any minute- well hold on a second...always think recycling, it is kind to our environment.

You'll Need:

• 3 or more cork cages
• rope or an old braided rope belt
• a bottle cap
• some wires
• strong undiluted white glue
• a piece of cardboard
• a pair of scissors
• some wire tools
• a glue gun/ glue stick
• a black marker

Procedure:

  ~for the chair

1. First take out the cap and the separate bottom wire off the champagne cork cage.
2. Cut 2 pieces of extra wire with lengths of about 6" each.
3. Bend to form 2 mirror image of the pieces that would resemble the back support of an ice cream parlor chair.
4. Attach the two wires together by twisting, now they are one piece.
5. Attach this to the cork cage.
6. This is optional: replace a new wire at the bottom part of the cork cage; most ice cream parlor chairs have this part. 
7. For a slick finish, cover the completed chair frame with a 'coat' of black marker.

 ~for the table

1. Take out the cap and the separate bottom wire off another champagne cork cage.
2. To elevate the table, hot glue a bottle cap on top of the cork cage.
3. Cut 2 small and 1 large proportionate circles on a piece of cardboard.
4. Coil the end of rope by itself in a small circle then start glue-ing at the center of a cardboard piece winding round and round till it's fully covered.
5. Secure the other end of the rope at the back of the cardboard.

    This is how the set would look after the 'seats' and the table board have been attached:

Scraft-o-Toy: a 2-Seater Paper Cup Dining Set

Hi folks, today is a fine day to present to you Scraft-o-Toys by Craftventure Time.

 For our very first toy set we begin by taking an empty paper cup, 

like this candy colored cup of everybody's favorite iced coffee into

something like that pictured above.

After cleaning the takeout cup thoroughly, cut across just above the 

logo or a little below the middle section. Take the bottom part and cut 

midway through. Viola! a 2 seater dining set toy in as little as 2 mins.

But we can take it a little further by cutting a squarish hole on the 

'front' and 'back' of the table and attaching each with clear tape

on the two 'dining seats'. 

But why stop there, when it can be turned into an outdoor dining set

by including the straw and attaching a makeshift umbrella.

~Here are more product shots, hmmm...~

We believe in the magic of play. 

Let play fill in most of the hours of your favorite child/ children in the whole world.

Micro Moshlings Bread Clay: Rest of the Gang

It was a week long of bread clay and moshlings posts, it was fun creating these cuties but there are lots more other crafts and too little time, heh! Anyhow, sometimes it's nice to create if only to take fun pictures. So here's the rest of the gang in one go~

Scrumpy Moshling

Pip Moshling

Lady Meowford Moshling

Coolio Moshling

I hope you enjoyed this little series spectacle and see you  on next post with something new from Craftventure Time!

For Bread Clay Recipe and tips on making bread clay whatchamacallits click here.

Micro Moshlings Bread Clay: Jeepers

This is Jeepers Moshling, a cutesy tiger-ling. Here he is made entirely out of yellow bread clay, detailed with a black marker and later sealed  with clear nail polish.

Forming models out of bread clay is no more different than shaping fondants. They use the additive technique in sculpture where the material is built up and shaped to create a form. 

Each part of Jeepers was shaped separately; it should be easy to fuse them later by pushing in every part against each other while dough is still smooth and moist with glue. You can simply apply a little more glue on 

parts to be attached when needed or when dough is getting dry.

For Bread Clay Recipe and tips on making bread clay whatchamacallits click here.

Micro Moshlings Bread Clay: Mr. Snoodle

Who would've thought Mr. Snoodle is an elephant? His snout here should have been a bit longer.

He is still cute though, don't you think?

Here he is made entirely out of a mix of bread and white glue, colored with acrylic paint. After putting spots of yellow nail polish all over him, final touches of a fine tipped marker on the eyes and purple gel pen for the eyelids were applied. He was then left to dry completely  and then sealed with clear nail polish. 

For Bread Clay Recipe and tips on making bread clay whatchamacallits click here.

Micro Moshlings Bread Clay: Kissy

Too cute to be scary, Kissy moshling is a baby ghost with a penchant for magicberry lipgloss. And here being made out of bread clay, a deep pink gel pen does a good job coating that pout.

For Bread Clay Recipe and tips on making bread clay whatchamacallits click here.

Micro Moshlings Bread Clay: Fumble

This is Fumble moshling, a tumbling energetic sea star. Here he is made out of bread clay, some nail polish and black marker. Looks simple? Why not try and make one?

For Bread Clay Recipe and tips on making bread clay whatchamacallits click here.

Micro Moshlings Bread Clay: Oddie

Look who just came out of the oven (so to speak), it's Oddie moshling who likes words that begin in 'O'. Of course he looks delicious, who wouldn't want a piece? But beware he's got sprinkles for blasters, anyhow he'd be so cute to hang around as key chain or charm. With some bread clay and a little patience you can diy a little Oddie and then perhaps make a twin of him to give away - an ohddie-liciously sweet friendship gift.

For Bread Clay Recipe and tips on making bread clay whatchamacallits click here.

Micro Moshlings Bread Clay: Scamp

These characters are really cute and adorable. One fine day they sprang out of  bread clay, nail colors, gel pens and a fine tipped black marker.

Out the powdery fog, first came Scamp~ a puppy that's dressed and thinks like a frog?! or could it be that he only wants a kiss from a princess?

Scamp eagerly anticipating a kiss from a fairy princess...

For Bread Clay Recipe and tips on making bread clay whatchamacallits click here.