DIY Clay Pecan Pie for American Girl Dolls

Finished individual servings and whole pecan pie for
18" dolls to serve up at feasts.

       Our American Girl Dolls can't resist these doll sized pecan pie pieces! We will be including them in a Christmas banquet for our dolls in the month of December.

Supply List:

• Sculpey (oven bake clay)
• acrylic paints: brown, white and tan
• tin foil
• gold cupcake liners
• muffin tin
• wax paper
• rolling pin or glass
• paper mache pulp
• toothpick
• butter knife
• Mod Podge
• gold glitter glue 
• toothpick 
• tacky white glue

Step-by-Step Instructions:

1. Roll out a 'crust' using Sculpey oven bake clay. When doing this, sandwich the clay between two sheets of wax paper in order to protect all the surfaces from the clay.
2. Prep the muffin tin by crushing tin foil into the bottom of the muffin opening. Even doll sized muffin tins may be a bit deep for an 18" doll pie so adding this foil will ensure that your doll's pie crust is shallow enough.
3. Shape the oven bake clay into both a large pie crust shape and also smaller individual pie servings for doll play. Bake all of these for five minutes in the oven at 275 degrees, or as the manufacturer suggests on the clay packaging. 
4. After your clay has hardened and cooled to the touch, mix the paper mache pulp according to the directions on the package. Fill the pie crusts and let the pulp dry. 
5. Roll small nut size oval clay shapes between your fingers. 
6. Pat the clay down on one side to give it a flat surface with a dome.
7. Push a toothpick across the surface (dome) three times to shape the clay into pecans. see pictures above and below.
8. Bake the faux pecans in a 275 degree oven for 5 minutes.
9. Paint the pecans brown and then high light them with a paler shade of brown with a dry brush. Let the faux nut dry.
10. Use tacky glue to adhere the pecans to the paper mache pulp surfaces. Let dry.
11. Squeeze out the gold glitter glue between the painted pecans to make a gelatin looking filling for your pecan pie and individual pie pieces.
12. Brush the surfaces with Mod Podge to seal the painted parts.
13. Cut gold foil cupcake liners to fit the doll sized pie shell and glue these on with tacky white glue.
14. Now your dolls a ready to eat the perfect Christmas pecan pies!

Left, Roll out a 'crust' using Sculpey oven bake clay. When doing this, sandwich the clay
between two sheets of wax paper in order to protect all the surfaces from the clay.
Right, Prep the muffin tin by crushing tin foil into the bottom of the muffin
opening. Even doll sized muffin tins may be a bit deep for an 18" doll pie so
 adding this foil will ensure that your doll's pie crust is shallow enough.

Left, individual servings of pie crust cut into triangle shapes.
Right, the faux clay pecans are glued onto the paper mache pulp using tacky white glue.

Left the top of the pecan pie has been painted and sealed with Mod Podge.
Right, the gold foil cupcake liners have been cut down to size and glued onto the pie's outer surfaces.