How to craft a coffee maker, pot and grinder for your doll's kitchen...

        We are designing a Coffee Bar/Station for our 18" doll's kitchen. Every coffee bar needs at least a coffee maker, pot and a grinder so we've included these crafts below to begin with. 
       Our coffee maker is a design that is common for a home use kitchen appliance, not the type you would find in a Diner. However, I will show you how to make one of those later. Gather your supplies and let's get started...

 

Left, Coffee maker is shaped using cardboard, jar lids and masking tape.
Center, coffee maker decoupaged with layer of black paper.
Right, coffee maker painted and silver tape added.

Acorn containers and
 small jars.

Supplies for The Coffee Maker:

• scrap cardboard
• masking tape 
• two identically sized lids  2 3/4 inch wide
• black paper
• Mod Podge
• silver tape 
• buttons or beads
• twine
  
• black acrylic paint

Step-by-Step Instructions:

1. First, make the coffee pot below in order to measure it's size to fit properly into the coffee maker.
2. Now cut the back half of the coffee maker's main housing/water tank from sturdy cardboard. 
3. Hot glue both the top and bottom edges directly into two identical lids. The top lid will hold up the control panel and the lower will be where the pretend warming plate resides.
4. Cut a piece of cardboard to glue around the upper lid. Keep it hollow so that the coffee pot fits snugly inside slightly. This would be where the pretend coffee grounds would reside inside of a basket if this were a real coffee maker. This is also where you will use puff paints to make pretend buttons for the control panel on the outside of the coffee maker.
5. Now cover everything thus far in masking tape. Black paper and then paint it black, in order to give the coffee maker a smooth, finished surface.
6. Add a bit of silver tape for sophisticated trim work to make the coffee maker look like a real one.

18" Doll Coffee Pot Diagram

Supplies for The Coffee Pot: See DIY Coffee Pot Craft by Totally Rudy at YouTube - Her craft video is adorable!

• hot glue gun and hot glue
• scrap cardboard
• soda cap
• soap pump
• acorn capsule
• acrylic paints: dark brown, silver, black or red

Step-by-Step Instructions:

1. Make sure your recycled Acorn novelty container is clean and free of dust before filling it with dark brown paint. Don't make the application too thick or it will tale forever to dry out. It is better to layer the paint in thin coats until the coffee pot looks full.
2. Snap the lid back on and turn the flat side down, this will be the bottom of your coffee pot.
3. Hot glue a recycled lid from a water bottle on top of the inverted Acorn container.
4. Cut a cardboard spout and hot glue this to the top of the water bottle lid.
5. Remove the pump top spout from a empty bottle of hand soap and hot glue this to the side of the water bottle cap.
6. Now paint the coffee pot as you like. I painted all of the parts black, apart from the plastic, faux glass where the coffee resides. Then I cut silver tape to trim the finished example. (see finished photos below) 

Left, see coffee maker, pot and grinder in progress. Center, photo of coffee
 grinder before paint and tape. Right, coffee grinder from bottom.

Left, finished grinder, coffee maker and coffee pot.
Center and right, finished electric coffee grinder up close.

A modern coffee maker for 
home use similar to the one
we made for our dolls.

Supplies for an Electric Coffee Grinder:

• scrap cardboard
• hot glue and hot glue gun
• white school glue
• acrylic paints: black
• silver tape
• coffee grounds
• a short mini glass container (bean hopper)
• masking tape
• puff paints

Step-by-Step Instructions:

1. Fill the tiny jar container with real coffee grounds. Screw the cap back in place.
2. Turn the jar upside down. Cover the lid with masking tape.
3. Roll cardboard cut to size around the cap with white glue between it's layers. Let dry.
4. Trace around the bottom of the play coffee grinder on top of a piece of cardboard.
5. Cut out the round and glue it to the bottom of the pretend grinder.
6. Cut a long narrow piece of cardboard to glue onto the glass jar and down it's side on top of the cardboard. This is the large button used to grind the beans in the jar.
7. Cover this button in black paper.
8. Cover the bottom of the grinding chamber with silver tape or paper.