How to make a nice miniature tray

I like to put my handmade miniature clay food on a mini tray. So I have made many different types of miniature tray using different types of materials, such as wood, plastic, paper, cardboard ...etc .
Below show you how to make a nice and beautiful mini tray by using hard cardboard.

1. cut out the size of try you want by using a sharp cutter .

2. cut the size you want and  paint the tray by using poster colour, acrylic colour or you can using any colour papers. In  this case I am using colourful tape.

3. paste the tape onto the cardboard or colored it.

4. use bamboo stick, wood or clay to form the four sides.

5. Let it dry. and remember to paint it if you use bamboo stick.

the size is about 6cm x 4cm and 4cm x 3cm

Try it yourself, it is fun. If  you do not have time to make it, I do sell this beautiful handmade mini tray at $3.80 for 2 (trays.)

If you are interested in buying  please visit my workshop on Saturday from 11am-330pm.
Before you come ,Please email me or sms me to check whether there is stock.

You can also visit http://rainbowhouseminiature.blogspot.com/ to see some of the miniature craft materials that I have sell.

How to make Kai kou Xiao (开口笑）

Do you know there is a dish named kai kou xiao ((开口笑) ? My friend said it made you happy after eating it, that's why these small little ball name 开口笑 ! I love it!

Here are some of the steps to make 开口笑 :

1. Roll a small light brown ball 

2. apply some clear glue on the surface of the ball

3. Sprinkle white sand (  if you can find light brown sand) onto the ball

4. Cut a cross at the top of the ball (show below)

I made a super mini 开口笑 that's why I used art sand. You can make a bigger one. Try it yourself , it is very simple.

Sunny Fried Egg (2)

I used a different method to make this miniature sunny egg. Do you like eggs? I love so much.

I am not sure whether you can tell the difference between the 1st egg I made and this one?

Sunny Fried Egg

DIY a mini fried egg especially a clay-made  sunny fried egg is very easy. Below are some of the steps to make a miniature sunny fried egg.

1. Take some white clay and flatten it.
2. Made a shallow  hole in the middle of the white clay
3. Take some yellow clay and round it to a small ball
4. Press the yellow small ball into the shallow part of the white clay.

Isn't it easy? Because it is so easy , so I try to make it in a difficult way and it comes out like.......!!!
Look more real ! I will show you in my next blog.

How to make a miniature fish

Here are the steps to make a simple miniature fish. I used to make fish facing left, this time try to make it face right. (it is different, try it yourself, to me, facing right is difficult)



1. Make the shape of a fish. (use orginal colour of Japanese clay)





2. colour the whole fish with light gry when it is completely dried.
 ( i use acrylic col and the coulor a bit dark)





3. Use black and silver to high-light the whole fish. Black
 on the fins and silver on its body. You can add more silver
 to the body too.




4. Put the fish onto a plate add some chilli, anythings
you like. Finish it by putting high gloss.



Miniature handmade tray

It will look nicer if you put all your miniature food on a tray. It is difficult to buy  a mini tray , so       know how to make your own tray is very important.                                                                               

Ok, let's start now. What you need is a piece of basswood (or 飞机木) (you can buy it from artfriend) and some bamboo sticks ( I bought it from daiso long ago) If you cannot get the bamboo stick than use clay to make .                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           

                                                                                                                                                    

First, cut the size of tray you want. 

Then cut the bamboo stick accordingly to the four sides and paste it

 

The four side of the tray on the left is made with clay.

Colour the tray and make use of the materials you have.

paste it on the surface of the tray firmly.

Place your favourite food and have a happy meal!

Making a clay cake

 1. Prepare different sizes of cakes

3. Make a round cake and let it dry in air. When the cake has dried up , colour the cake with poster colour, water colour or acrylic colour.

2. Prepare small items for decoration of the cake. eg, fruits, flowers, etc

 4.Decorate the surface of the cake. I used chocolate line to decorate the surface of the cake. You can design your own cake.

After finishing the surface of the cake , decorate with the prepare fruits, flowers, or others small items.