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Make Miniature Cakes for a Doll's House Using Your Printer and Acrylic Paint

From Lesley Shepherd, About.com

Miniatures can use combinations of techniques and materials to mimic real life. For this project, a printer is used to print a cake top in dolls house scale.
Scale Miniature or Dolls House Birthday Cake Created from a Photo, Acrylic Paint and Floral Foam.

Scale Miniature or Dolls House Birthday Cake Created from a Photo, Acrylic Paint and Floral Foam.

Photo ©2007 Lesley Shepherd, Licensed to About.com Inc.

Make Miniature Photographic Cakes in Dolls House and Other Scales Using Your Printer

Miniature cakes are popular and you can make these miniatures from printable designs, creating personalized cakes for birthdays, special events, or to resemble ice cream or gel glazed cakes.

Time Required Less than two hours

Materials Required

  • Heavy computer paper or photograph paper
  • Computer and Printer
  • Pva glue (white or craft glue)
  • 1/4 inch thick piece of dry floral arrangement foam
  • Acrylic Paints
  • Acrylic Medium to change the texture of acrylic paint
  • Glue syringe or glue bottle with a tiny applicator tip
  • Acrylic gloss varnish or clear drying Acrylic Medium

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