While waiting, what kinds of food are you looking for specifically? Desserts, Appetizers, Full meals, or ? That can help someone who makes food but doesn’t have a current inventory, they would make it “to order”! Have fun—I think what you’re doing sounds quite fun (almost as much as polymer clay, but not quite. Clay’s the best, of course…LOL!) :~D

Hello to Everyone,

Some new Spotlight project pictures that relate to the topic of this page (Making Miniature Food for Dollhouses), have just been added in another post. They were submitted by Catalina. The link by my name will take you to where you can see them, along with a bit of a write up about her other pics.

BTW: Thanks to everyone above, who took the time to comment. Your feedback, support and fun conversations are always such a wonderful part of my day. Although I don’t get a chance to address each of your comments individually, please know that I do read them all. ~Cindy

Feel free to ask anything you want. If you can’t find something here at the website, just ask. I like to try to help, if I can, as do other members. But Cindy is the really experienced one. She usually answers questions, unless someone else has answered it first (she’s a lot busier these days!) So don’t worry about misunderstandings. Helping each other & learning is what Cindy’s website is here for!

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Thanks! =) -Sarah

If vegetable oil has been mentioned by someone who has tried it here at the website, you can find it by doing a search. Use the box on the upper left side, and type in ‘vegetable oil’ or ‘clay thinners’, etc. and you’ll get a list of articles. Make sure you check the comments under the articles, too, as they sometimes have even more tips than the original post!

Some other clay thinners I’ve read about are glycerin & even vaseline, although I haven’t tried them. Here’s an article on Fimo Mix Quick but it has lots of other “alternate” suggestions for softening clay. Maybe one of them will help you with what you’re looking for.

Here’s another article about miniature food. It has links to some of the other miniature food articles, in case you missed them.

Good luck, Sarah! Sorry I was not more help. Leave another comment if you still need help.

I’ve come across your article which talked about making polymer beads on a budget and loved your tip on using eye shadows as substitute for PearlEx.

I’ve also read in glassatic.com about using vegetable oil as a means of thinning clay and I thought it might be a cheaper alternative to clay softeners and TLS. I’m into making cupcake pendants and I’ve tried both TLS and vegetable oil in liquidizing the frost of my cupcakes. Of course they’re different in texture since those made out of TLS end up with a matte finish while those made using vegetable oil has a glossy finish. My question is whether you think this (vegetable oil) would work and I’m really hoping you could give me some advice or thoughts regarding this matter. Thanks.

Sarah from The Philippines

Thanks for your note. Your Finnish is wonderful better than mine. I am from the Netherlands and have been living in Finland for the last 40 years. Started with the dollshouse business 2 years ago. Prefer to write English, but if you want you can send and practise your Finnish. Understand it very well. Busy with making from polymer clay dollshouse food which is very relaxing for me. Nellie
By the way how did you come in Lapland?

Hello Nellie, I am Michelle and I am an english woman living in Lapland. I read your message on the beadsandbeading.com blog and thought I would say ‘Hi’ from me, because I think there are not many people that are here from Finland. Sorry if my Finnish is not correct, but I need the practice! I hope it is understandable!

Happy New Year! Michelle