As part of redecorating the laundry room in our new house I've added in decorative display storage; wall cabinetry full of faux produce and a standing shelf containing all of my fake canned goods. I have upcoming posts detailing both of those furniture topics, but for today I'm sharing how to make the fake bake canned fruits and veggies.
Using thrifted glass containers I filled each one with a different type of faux food and put a handwritten label on the front. The photos in this post will show you how each kind of food can be made:
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Here is a bit more about the laundry room progress in case you are curious, now on to those canned goods:
For the dried slices of fruit (peaches and oranges) I cut pieces of leftover foam into wedges and painted them with acrylic paint.
I've done a lot with leftover spray foam as you can see
here, but don't limit yourself to using just this type of foam. any packing foam should work as long as you cut it to the right shape.
For the larger berries (blueberries, cherries and cranberries) I used faux cranberries that I already had and painted them to make the additional two berry varieties.
For the canned corn I painted a clump of faux decorative berries in yellow. I want to point out that these are not the correct shape for kernels of corn, but when packaged in the jar and on display with the rest of the canned goods it's barely noticeable.
My spinach leaves are just fabric leaves that I had left over from some fake flower bushes. Again, not the accurate spinach leaf shape when examined individually but enclosed in the jar they look great.
For the rest of my produce items I used air dry clay to make their basic shapes and then painted in acrylic. Here you can see slices of yellow squash, zucchini, baby carrots, strawberries and green beans. I did my faux potatoes this way as well.
Never mind that skeleton hand among the strawberries, I often work on multiple projects at once and somehow he got into the wrong photo! 😆
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Here are up close pics so you can see each can better:
Spinach, potatoes, zucchini, corn, tomatoes and green beans.
(The tomato slices are of foam, just like the fruit wedges)
*The spelling on the potato and tomato labels has been corrected - I'm pretty much awful without spellcheck 😅
Corn, tomatoes, green beans, yellow squash, carrots and strawberries.
Yellow squash, carrots, strawberries, oranges, peaches and cherries.
Strawberries, oranges, peaches, cherries, cranberries and blueberries.
And there you have it - a collection of faux canned goodies, ready for display!
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I hope you enjoyed this fake bake post, thanks for stopping by!
© Studio 27 by Jennifer Adams 2023
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