Inspired by some wonderful small containers I found at my local dollar store and the warm weather outside I thought it would be fun to make our dolls lunches to go!
You can make lunches to go for your dolls using items you may already have on hand or items you can get easily and inexpensively from a craft store or dollar store.
To make today’s craft you will need:
- Craft Foam, felt or colored paper, brown, green, red, orange ( A mixture of all is great for adding different texture to your dolls lunch)
- Craft glue or glue gun
- A paint brush
- Scissors
- A ruler
- A kitchen sponge you can cut up
- A pipe cleaner
- A tooth pick
- tiny stickers for the front of your juice box
- Small containers from the dollar or craft store that look just like lunch containers as shown below
Step 1- Cut your sandwich pieces out of either construction paper or fun foam and felt. You will need two 1 – 1/2 inches squares in one color for the bread. I used dark brown for the bread for my sandwiches.
Step 2- Make your sandwich filling. For your sandwich filling you will need at least two 1 – 1/2 inch squares. I used orange to make a cheese sandwich and dark brown for the “Rye bread” You can use yellow for egg, white for cream cheese, green for lettuce or cucumber, and red for tomato or jam. For a peanut butter sandwich use a lighter brown…just like real sandwiches the possibilities are endless!
Step 3 – Assemble your sandwiches, start with bread then a layer of glue and then your filling. Add glue between the layers. Let them dry. (If you use craft glue you need to leave it about 1 hour if you use hot glue you can leave it a few minutes)
Step 4 - Cut your sandwiches in to half either on a diagonal as I have or into 4 triangles for little fancy sandwiches.
Step 5 – Let’s make a salad. Cut up your green paper, fun foam or felt into lettuce shaped leaves. I made mine in leaf shapes, but you can cut ovals for your leaves. I cut small circles or red for tomatoes and added some orange as carrots.
Step 6 – Glue your leaves and “salad toppings” into place and let dry.
Step 7 - Put your sandwich and salad in your to-go containers. I got mine at my local dollar store the white ones 10 in a package for $1.25 the blue in a package of 4 for $1.25
Step 8 – Let’s make a juice box. First cut a kitchen sponge (ask a parent for help) so that you have a rectangle that measures 1 – 1/2 inches by 1 inch.
Step 9 – Insert the toothpick into your sponge (you may need a grown up to help) place it off to the side in your sponge.
Step 10 – Use your paint brush to brush some craft glue on the wood. Cut your pipe cleaner to 1 inch and bend like a candy cane. Lay it on top of the toothpick and press into place.
Step 11 – Decorate your juice box with small stickers or make a paper label and glue it to the juice box. Let dry and let your doll enjoy her lunch!
I hope you enjoyed today’s post as much as I did making it.
My doll Jillian’s outfit was made for me by my friend Carol aka Skippy’s Mom for my birthday. I love it. I hope you do too.
Firstie! This is sooooooooooo cute! i am totally making this!
Aww. I’d make it–if there was a dollar store close to my house
Second! Yeah! So cute!
Well, when I first wrote it I was second.
Pretty Irish AG – you can find those little containers for less than a dollar at Walmart, Target and sometimes your local grocery store or somewhere like Walgreens or CVS. Just keep your eyes open – you may find them in an unexpected place.
awesome!! i am totally making this!!!!!!!
cool craft I might try it sigh it’s snowing were I live hope it will stop
btw, everyone, i know this is off subject, but i saw that Tonner is going to do The Hunger Games dolls!
they will probably be breath taking!!!
Zoe – I KNOW they will be amazing! I will post photos as soon as they are available!
WOW! I adore that T-shirt, it’s way too cute! I neeeeeed that shirt in girl size!
Hey everyone i know this is way off subject but i NEED to name my OG doll cuz i cut her hair off because it was REALLY frizzy! so i named her kit (as in kit kitredge) now i think i that name is weried. so if any of you guys can think of any thing to name her that would be great!
Thanks a lot,
Megan
How about Katie, Lily, Sara or Josie?
I love they craft
Yeah! i LOVE the name lily! and katie is really pretty too! and i like sara cuz thats one of my friends name! but i dont no about josie its pretty but i just dont no! lol
Megan, what about these names: kegan rose Ella Michigan Tara Kelly charlotte or Lilly?
Oh and I love this craft I emailed her about it I didn’t get a reply but it was in an email with something else so she might not have read this parts but yay!! Now I have the travel stuff!!
Chloe- i love charlotte! and i love all the other names to! but charlotte is my fav.!!!!
This is a GREAT craft! I am so making this tonight! Green tissue paper will work for lettuce to give it a crinkle look. I think I have some of these tiny containers in the back of my cabinet! I never knew what to do with them but now I do. THANKS! So much fun!
You are so welcome, I am thrilled that you all enjoyed today’s craft!
ohhh i like the creativity!!
this is PERFECT!!! its sooo cute i just made it ! THANK YOU SO MUCH!
Karen – I wanted to say ur crafts inspired me to create my own crafts like a hand fan for AG dolls or any 18in doll I’m now trying to make a mini fan for my 6in AG dolls
Hey, everyone! i been thinking…….and i finely figyored out wht my OG name is going to be!!!!! ok here we go! her name is……….Kailey! i just thought that ya know that would be cool to have one of the GOTY dolls names so i go on ag.com and i tought that Kailey was PERFECT!!!!!! and thank you chloe and char for thinking of names!!!!!!
Love,
Megz
I love that name I have kailey and shed a personal fav to me!! Infact im going to go downstairs and get her right now and the supplies for the salad I will make more tommorow.
Hayley Thank you so much! How wonderful! I am so happy you like my craft ideas!
sooooo cute love it
Karen – your welcome
So cute. Gotta make this with my BFF Kate tonight!!
Ok I made the salad it’s awesome!!!!!!
oh, and karen, sorry i havent commented on it. i love it, i made it\, i gave it to my dolls, they went to my doll park (i made one with swings, slides, things like that) and they were chillin’ out on the swings, slide and monkey bars. they had a lot of fun, and they went on hikes in the “grown up area” of the park, where they have trees, weeds, flowers, bugs, animals, nature, and most of all, FRIENDS! they had a lot of fun ating there salads, sandwiches, hangin out, and just being kids. i secretly know that the sandwiches and the salads were their fav. i love the craft! i try to do all of ur doll crafts, karen! i love you!
thirtyfirstie
Thank you agisthebest! Thank you all you really make my day with such wonderful comments!