Craft contemporary doll groceries using ads and coupons...

Hostess mini cakes and cookies:
Snowballs, Twinkies, CupCakes etc...

        Many American homes receive all kinds of grocery ads, fliers and coupons through the mail. Usually these get used or tossed back into the recycling bin. Kids can also use these materials to decoupage with without breaking copyright laws. This is because grocery ads/coupons are printed by permission granted to them from the companies that make the product. So, if you can find grocery print as nice as what I've  include in this demonstration below, you will be able to produce some contemporary products for your Barbies or American Girl dolls. You will also need to gather white school glue, cardboard, newsprint/tissue paper, seed beads and masking tape for the following crafted foods.

Step-by-Step Instructions:

1. Collect the grocery fliers, ads, coupons weekly in your mailbox or when you visit the market on the weekend. Most grocers supply these freely at the front door as you walk in.
2. Cut out the pictures of the food products in boxes and bags.
3. Layer thick cardboard between the boxed products pictures to make these three dimensional for dollhouse pantries and shelves. Use white school glue for this process and then give a final coat of Mod Podge for durability's sake.
4. For the frozen foods, cut out the pictures of the bagged items.
5. Make sure you have a front side and a back side to work with. Only the front needs to have a picture. Although, if you can get two pictures, the same size for front and back it is better. 
6. Squeeze a very tiny amount of glue along the side and bottom edges of the bagged veggies. Let this dry. 
7. Stuff these tiny bags with seed beads, not too many!
8. Now glue the top edge of the mini frozen food bags and or cookie bags shut. Let dry. 
9. Store the frozen food in your dolly's freezer and the bagged cookies in her pantry.
   

Left, cut Chips Ahoy cookie coupons out. Right, layer a small
 piece of cardboard between the two pictures to give the
 cookie box dimension for the doll's pantry.

Left, "boxes" of faux crackers. Center, Famous Amos cookie bag stuffed with seed beads and
 Pillsbury Crescent Rolls for our doll's refrigerator. Right, the Birds Eye and Steamers frozen
veggie bags stuffed with seed beads to give these a 3D look.

Fleischmann's yeast packets for pizza crusts and fresh baked
breads! Left the front of the yeast packs and on the right,
see the how the cardboard pieces give slight dimension to the
pouches. I still need to layer yellow paper on the back.

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