After moving into our new home I ended up with a breakfast room that's big enough for a display cabinet that I filled with....my faux breakfast food! I'm going to share pictures of the entire cabinet eventually, but it's looking like it will be September before I get there 😏 In the meantime though, I'm sharing how I put together my fake cereal.
Want to add a faux bowl of cereal to your fake bake displays?
Here is how easy it is to do:
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For this project I used a couple of thrift store glass bowls, a Dollar Tree candle and this mini doughnut mold from Amazon.
Using Crayola Air Dry Clay in the mini doughnut mold, I made a whole bunch of tiny cereal pieces. If you look closely you can see some cracking in my finished product. I didn't mind since it's supposed to look like cereal, but if you wish to avoid this spend more time working your clay. The longer you smush it, the smoother it gets. Also my freezer was a big help with this project. By popping the clay filled mold into the freezer for a few minutes I was able to get the pieces out without distorting their shape. Freezing you clay helps any time, but definitely with smaller or more detailed pieces.
Note: I did make a few actual doughnuts too, you can see those here 😍
When the clay pieces had fully dried (I like to give overnight to a full week depending upon size - these were overnight), I painted them in a khaki color and arranged them in the bowls.
Then it was time to pour in the melted wax and let cool. Try to get as many pieces of the cereal to be touching the wax as you can as this holds them in place. If there are any loose ones you can always use a bit of hot glue after the wax has fully set up.
(You can read a tutorial where I show how I melt down the candles by clicking the 'faux milk' link at the end of this post)
And there you have it, a couple of faux bowls of cereal!
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Want more fake bake fun?
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I hope you enjoyed this how-to post, thanks for stopping by!
-Jennifer
© Studio 27 by Jennifer Adams 2022
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This is just too cute! I would've never thought of using candle wax as milk. I haven't gotten into using resin or molds yet. I'm sure my hubby would just love to move more of my craft stuff to our new house lol. Can't wait to see your finished cabinet! Thanks for sharing on Crafty Creators at LifeasaLEOWife.com!
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Niki
Thank you Niki!
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