First of all – I’m BACK!!! We got in at 2:45 am and I am exhausted, but luckily Anna has this wonderful craft for you to work on while I get my Toy Fair reports together.
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If heart boxes and Valentines go hand in hand then we certainly can’t forget the chocolates! Little chocolates all in a row, displayed neatly in a little heart box.
These little chocolate morsels are made of felt. I love felt food. I like the look of it. I like the feel of it. I like how simple it is to make. Best of all, it just seems to invite play!
These little chocolates can be stored neatly, I’ll show you how! Or they can sit on a plate or tray ready to be served up! Make 2 or fill your heart box with 20!
If you would like to give it a try, I’d love to walk you through how I made these yummy, nummy chocolates! As always, my instructions are very detailed so you can read it, and see it, and follow along! Let’s take a look at what you’ll need.
Supplies:
- brown felt
- red tissue paper
- paper
- cardboard (think cereal boxes!)
- black puff paint
- brown thread
- red duct tape (or what ever color your heart box is)
- needle
- hole punch
- sharpie
- pencil
- scissors
- heart box (http://dolldiaries.com/doll-craft-make-a-heart-shaped-box-for-your-dolls/ )
Felt Chocolate
To get started, draw a circle on a piece of paper that is about 1” wide. Cut it out and use it as a pattern to cut circles out of the felt. Cut one circle for each chocolate you want to make.
To make this circle into a chocolate we are going to use the same easy, easy, running stitch and back stitch we used on the ruffle heart pillow here (http://dolldiaries.com/doll-
Now on to the chocolates! Tie a knot and start with a back stitch. Continue around the circle with a running stitch.
Making a Piece of Felt into a Chocolate
1.Now pull the thread and watch it gather up the fabric into a tight circle.
2.Pull it tight and hold it between you fingers, not letting it loosen.
3.While holding it tight, stitch close to where the thread is coming out and pass the needle through the loop of the stitch, tying a knot. Tie 3 of these knots to make sure it is nice and secure.
4.Turn the chocolate upright with the gathered side facing down.
5.Smash it flat with your finger.
6.It is ready to go!
Add a little detail with puffy paint and a toothpick. I added some stripes of “dark chocolate”.
2. The Chocolate Tray
These chocolates stand on their own and will be a fun addition to your doll treats and sweets. If you want to make a display tray for them to sit in your heart shaped valentines box (http://dolldiaries.com/doll-
Take the bottom of the heart box. It is important that you use the bottom, the side that fits inside the lid. Place it upside down on a piece of cardboard and trace the rim. Cut out the heart shape and trim it until it fits inside the bottom of the heart box.
Making a Plan for the Tray
- Draw a grid of dots on the cardboard heart. One dot for each chocolate. Try to make it evenly spaced. My grid has 20 dots for 20 chocolates. Oh boy! That’s a lot of felt chocolates!!!
- After you are satisfied with the placement, go over the dots with a sharpie.
- Place strips of tape on both sides of the tray.
- Cut off the extra tape around the heart.
- Through the tape you will be able to see oh-so-faint dots from the black sharpie.
- With the black sharpie retrace those faint dots .
A Hole for Each Chocolate
- Hole punch right over each black dot.
- This hole is a tiny bit too small to fit the chocolates. Take the hole punch and move it ever so slightly to the side of the hole you already punched, and punch it a tiny bit larger.
- Try a chocolate in the hole. It helps to grab the top and put the gathered side (the bottom) in at an angle. It is a little snug so it will stay put!
- The bottom of the chocolates stick out the back side of the tray a little.
Putting it All Together
1. Take a piece of tissue paper and crumple it into the bottom of the heart box.
2. Clear away the sticking up tissue paper by poking a pencil in each hole.
3. Now fill up your tray with chocolates. You can take the tray out to fill it up or fill it up right in the heart box.
These little felt chocolates look so cute as a “box of chocolates” for Valentines Day! They will also be fun year-round because they come out of the display tray and make a fun doll treat!
Add these yummy little morsels to your dolls sweets and treats!
Share some love this Valentines with these cute little doll sized chocolates!
And just in case you are interested, here are a few more details from today’s post:
- Doll: Kit (AG Historical)
- Outfit: Repurposed from a girl’s shirt. Designed and sewn for dolls by Anna.
- Hairstyle: rope braid
- Scene: heart box, hot chocolate
Make something, use your imagination, and play!
Happy Valentines this week!
Firstie!
Glad you’re back Char! Cool craft! Looks really realistic. 🙂
Secondie! I’m glad you’re back, Char! Can you still post the Sunday Showcase and yesterday’s Doll of the Day? 🙂 🙂
Secondie!
Cute! When are the giveaway contest results going to be up?
Giveaway results will be posted this evening
Wonderful!
Cute! And char did you send my doll diaries shirt yet? Because I still don’t have it.
WOW!
This is sooo cute.I think it is better than MyFroggystuffs tutorial,she made a similar box but in my opinion this is cuter! 😉
Great job Anna!
Oh and Char, thank you for Astor. My Zumba instructor told me to take her to the gym. (personally, I feel silly for promising her that
lol char, “First of all- i’m BACK!!!!!” you made me laugh when you said that!
Very cute and realisitc! It makes sense to put these in the chocolate box from last time! Glad you’re back Char!
I am glad you made it home safe Char!
So clever! I would have never thought of using felt, but that’s a great idea! I love the way they can sit in the little box, too. : )
Ava – yes, your shirt went out last week some time. It should arrive any time now.
Thank you for the doll diaries shirt, Char!!! My dolls really like it
Elly – I am so glad! I hope you take some photos and send them in.
These are too cute!
What a cool craft!I am very glad you were able to make a safe trip home, Char!
so cute!!
Yum!
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Sorry, let me translate. She’s saying, “Hello, Char. Glad to see you here again. I ate a dictionary you had on your shelf while I was covering for you to expand my vocabulary. Sorry about that. 🙁
I forgot to put a quotation mark after finishing what Venusian Llama said. Argh, my jimmies have been rustled. >_<
@Venus, hahaha! Did you see my comment for a name suggestion yet?
cute! happy V-week
Char-
You are the spotlight website on my website!
Also can i send some pictures of Valentine’s day?
Also tell me if you like my website and your link is on blogs and on spotlight website you have to click it to get the link!
And Venus, don’t worry. My jimmies are always rustled after I mispell something while typing a comment on DD.
Thank you
My Zumba instructor told me to bring Astor to Zumba. Should I?
@Pretty Irish AG- Yeah. You should. Astor is super pretty and you should share about that kind of doll with others. Who knows- maybe your Zumba instructor will get a City Girls doll sometime because of you.
FIONA WON MY LLAMA NAMING CONTEST U GUISE!!!
Her name is going to be Alfreda Epicsauce. And she will become Char’s secretary. ^_^
Alfreda: *chomps on Char’s paperwork and Doll Diaries posts*
Omg, I’m losing it today! I almost wrote, “ALFREDA WON MY FIONA NAMING CONTEST YOU GUISE”! XD
Good thing I unscrambled my thoughts before submitting my essay…. I mean, comment! :/
i love this craft
I was about to ask, “I NEED that doll shirt!” and then I read the end… And then I’m like… “Oh,”
Well thanks for a great craft, and Kit you are a wonderful model!
Thanks everyone!!!
Melon- I’m glad you liked the shirt! I wish I could magically clone it for you!
Happy Valentines Day this week!!
Anna
I have been looking for something like this.Thx.