Make a Few Trivets for A Doll's Kitchen

Three versions of 18" doll sized trivets.

       A trivet  is an object placed between a serving dish or bowl, and a dining table, usually to protect the table from heat damage. Whilst tri- means three, and -vet comes from -ped, meaning 'foot' / 'feet', trivets often have four 'feet', and some trivets, including many wooden trivets, have no 'feet' at all. 

       Our 18" doll sized trivets will come in handy after their dolly foods have been removed from the oven. 

 Supply List:

• small tiles 1" to 1 1/2"
• black paper 
• four black beads (ft. of tivets)
• markers or watercolors
• puff paints (optional)
• black permanent ink marker
• tiny tumbled looking tiles (chips optional)
• white school glue
• Mod Podge
  

 Step-by-Step Instructions:

1. I glued black paper to the bottom sides of all three tiles using white school glue. 
2. Apply this also to the edges of each tile to give them a finished look.
3. Use the hot glue gun to attach the black beads to each corner of each trivet on the bottom halves.
4. Of the three example doll sized trivets shown, one of these is made with tiny tumbled mosaic tiles. These tiles were glued to the surface of the 1" tile using white school glue. Then I applied a thicker layer of Mod Podge to this mosaic surface and let it dry to finish this particular trivet design.
5. For the second and third trivets, I used a black permanent ink marker to draw my designs and then used colored markers to color these in. 
6. I then applied a Mod Podge coat to each of these trivets, the owl and the patterned designs to give them a glossy, durable finish. Now our dolls may have a place to set their hot casseroles or cookie sheets while working in the kitchen or serving food from their dining table.

Left, these 1" sample tiles are sometime distributed for free by suppliers through paint or hardware
 shops.  Right, here you can see the bottom side of one of the trivets. It was covered with black 
paper and and glue. Then I attached the black bead feet with hot glue.

Left, the tumbled tile version made to look like a colorful mosaic. Right, the edge detail of one 
trivet sits approximately 1/4" off of the surface of the counter. Small features like this make 
miniature doll accessories look realistic.