Showing posts with label Movie Theater. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Movie Theater. Show all posts

Friday, July 4, 2025

Cinema Tickets For Dollplay Only

        Print the movie theater tickets below for pretend play with your favorite dolls! Tickets may then be cut apart in long narrow strips and pasted end to end. When your doll pays to see a film, tear one from a roll of tickets so that she may show the stub before entering the theater. 

Ticket stubs here are not to be redistributed from any alternative web resource.

Thursday, July 3, 2025

Replacement Crafts for The Our Generation Movie Theater

The completed concessions counter with crafted shelves, foods, baskets, candy etc...

       We set up the concession stand counter in our movie theater playset by using a pink bakery counter with transparent shelves found at resale. You can see below among the photos included there, how I altered the shelving to better display all of our doll's movie treats and foods.
       Shown above are three shelves of snacks: the top shelf is for boxed candy, the second shelf for fries, onion rings, sodas, nachos, hot dogs, pizza slices, sandwiches, and hamburgers. On the third and lowest shelf we included a transparent nail art divider from the local dollar store to display ice cream treats and beside this are two wire baskets for carrying food stuffs into the movie theater and then beside these are more boxes of Little Debbie cakes, Chips Ahoy and other treats crafted from printed grocery fliers and coupons included with mail.

       The Our Generation Movie Theater Accessories: working lights on the outside over the ticket booth, inside a place to put a cell phone to show movies, red curtains, enter and exist signs and two red, plastic theater seats with cup holders, and one concession counter.

Totally Rudy reviews the Our Generation Cinema

Left, the recycled transparent bakery counter. I clipped photos of credit cards to glue to the
 inside wall of the counter top where the cash register will be positioned in the future. In the
 U. S. stickers of credit cards are often displayed on counter glass to show what may be
used at the register. Right, are the ice cream treat erasers, doll sized, used inside of nail
 art caddy for the lowest shelf display.

Left, are boxed candies often sold in movie theaters in the U.S. These were glued directly
on the cardboard shelf so that it would appear to be full at all times. Then I made a few
loose candy boxes for the dolls to purchase and carry away as seen in the right hand
photo. All of this printed candy was cut from grocery fliers and glued to tiny pieces of
 cardboard. It is legal to craft items like these if they are for personal collections, otherwise
 not for sale. The logos are owned by private companies and should not be sold or
 redistributed for profit.

Left, are more food erasers included as props in our movie theater display. Right, are the
 hand woven baskets for our dolls to carry snacks and food to their theater seats.
 

Left, I glued together drinking cups with lids and straws using cut cardboard pieces from
 paper egg cartons. Then I covered these with paper, fancy tissue and glue. Right are the
 nacho trays made from the same materials. The nachos themselves are sculpted from
oven back clay, painted with acrylics and the cheese drizzled over the top is puff paint.

Left and center, is a shelf cut from cardboard and build permanently in the shape of an
wedge as is the candy shelf displayed at the top of the page. This wedge shape keeps all
 of the tiny food items stacked neatly inside of the display. Right, are a few boxes I
constructed to display french fries and also soda cups with straws. All of the shelf paper
 and paper condiments are decoupaged with the same star themed tissue paper. 

Left, see the credit card cut-outs I found in a old magazine to tape with transparent packing
 tape to the inside of the display case. This is often done in real life at many places where
 credit cards are sold in the United States and Europe. Right, is a close-up of the food as
seen through the plastic casing.

More Doll's and Kids Play Theater:

Sunday, May 22, 2022

Play money for a doll wallet, purse or backpack...

        Below are miniature printable dollar bills for your dolls to purchase merchandise with. You may download the printable paper money and include it in a wallet, a purse, etc... 
       I made book bucks several years ago for readers to collect and turn in for small prizes. There is a link to the larger bills for these at the bottom of the page.

Printable play money, doll size. Download it even larger here.

Sunday, May 10, 2020

DIY Movie Theater Popcorn for Dolls

Far left, shapes cut from recycled paper egg carton. Center, decoupaged with white paper and stuffed
 with cotton. Far right, finished theater popcorn boxes filled to overflowing with painted Styrofoam beads.
       Our version of theater popcorn is crafted using a paper mache technique. This is primarily because once I make something, I don't like to remake it! 
       I will include links below to those crafters who provide a printable version of the craft for children to fold and assemble.
       The crafted version here will hold up to more wear and tear, although it is possible for little ones to damage solid paper mache if they play with it in a destructive way. But packing these in a box with similar items will not cause them to fold or bend. 
I added red stripes to the outside of my boxes
 with a red permanent ink marker. This little popcorn
craft would make a nice replacement for Molly's
movie popcorn and also be fun to add to Our
Generation's Movie Theater.

Supply List:
  • egg carton (paper not foam)
  • white paper
  • white school glue
  • white cotton balls
  • permanent red marking pens (Sharpie, fine tip)
  • tiny Styrofoam balls
  • pale yellow acrylic paint
  • tacky white glue
  • Xacto knife (optional)
Step-by-Step Directions:
  1. Cut the form for the popcorn box from a recycled paper egg carton. You may need to use an Xacto knife for this if your scissors are too dull. Trim off the edges till these are even on all sides.
  2. Layer white school glue and with paper on the outside, inside and over the edges of the miniature container. Let this dry.
  3. Stuff a wade of cotton down inside the cavity of the popcorn box. 
  4. Squeeze tacky white glue on top of the cotton filler and press the tiny Styrofoam beads into it. Let the first layer dry and the repeat until the inside of the container is generously mounded up into a popcorn heap. 
  5. Use the permanent red marking pens to draw red stripes around the outsides of the containers.
  6. Dab on a bit of pale yellow paint on top of the faux popcorn to look like butter.
  7. Mod Podge the entire surfaces of the theater popcorn boxes if you desire.
  8. Now your dolls can have their very own popcorn treats to eat while watching a movie with you!
Printable Movie Theater Popcorn for Dolls:

Wednesday, April 29, 2020

Soft Braided Pretzel SWAPS

Turn a pretzel upside down to see a monk in prayer.

       These soft braided pretzels are easy to make if you already have a small length of braided twine or yarn. Below you can see how I made my connections with just a bit of sewing, but you could also hot glue the braid into the shapes as well. After you have done this, simply paint the pretzel shapes with a nice warm brown color. Let the paint dry and then apply transparent glitter with tacky glue to mimic salt. 
The twine is shaped into pretzels or brezel as they say in
Germany where these tasty breads were invented!

Monday, September 23, 2019

Printable Candy Bar Wrappers by kathy grimm

Candy bar wrappers by kathy grimm. Free for little ones to print,
 cut and paste for their doll's treats. 
       Now your dolls can have doll sized candy bars in their lunch boxes, at their parties or even to hand out during a trick-or-treating scenario.  Print a nice supply of candy bar wrappers from below. Assemble them using cut cardboard (or brown colored foam sheets) and kitchen foil. You will need a bit of white school glue and scissors too.
      Put a little glue onto the dull side of your tin foil sheets before wrapping these around the cardboard shaped candy bars. Then add a small amount of glue to the back side of the candy bars before folding the candy wrappers around the faux chocolate bars. Then seal the surfaces with Mod Podge to give them some durability for play.

Left, print and cut the wrapper logos out. Center, cut cardboard candy bar shapes.
Right, cut tin foil to wrap around the candy bars before gluing the wrappers around the cardboard.
Kit wants to make sure the candy is good before serving it to her doll friends this
Halloween! Her rainbow fairy costume is an altered Build-A-Bear design.

Pretend Candy Bar Wrappers: Swiss Miss Chocolate from the Alps, Caramel & Orange Cream Old-World Flavors, Heavenly Chocolate with Peanuts, Crunchy Krispy Bar Candy Love At First Bite! and Almond Delight Bar With Fudge and Fruits.
Candy Bar Wrappers by kathy grimm ©2019
For personal use only - Not for sale -
Do not redistribute from alternative websites.

More Doll Sized Candy Bar Wrappers:

A Treat for the Wee Folk

Our woods are very dark at night-
I dare not in them play,
Although I know most every tree
And every flower by day.

But Hallowe'en I go quite near
And scatter candy sweets.
So, when the elves and fairies come
They all will find a treat.