Dollhouse 1:12 Beef stew

Beef stew is the perfect meal for a chilly day. You can use these directions to fill a cooking pot or serve up a meal in bowls.  Let’s get started. Keep in mind I am very new to making polymer food so if I can do it I know other first-timers can too!

 Roll out some grayish brown clay for the beef. Use your needle tool to score it all along the sides. Then cut it into cubes.

 I work on wax paper to keep my cutting board clean. Just tape a piece down with blue tape so it doesn’t move around.

 Squeeze a blob of liquid polymer in the amount you will need. Do this first because if you squeeze it next to the shaved pastels there may be air in your bottle and it will blow the pastel shavings everywhere. I learned the hard way! You will need a little left over gravy after baking.


Gather pastels and shave three of them into a small pile as shown.

 Mix with a ball stylus or another metal tool. 
I used some thick scrap wire I had handy.

 Scoop up the liquid and slowly fill your bowl, careful not to make a mess. A clean workspace makes for clean work!

 Place your “beef” into the bowl. You can gently touch each piece with your needle tool to pick it up and then push it off.

 Mix a small amount of flesh toned transparent and some yellow polymer clay. Add a small amount of yellow at time to be sure its not too yellow. This will be your potatoes. Shape the pieces to look like a potato and chill in the fridge for 10 minutes. This will help to slice them without squashing.

 Slice your potatoes like you would a real potato and carefully add them into the bowl.

 Roll out a tube of green to the width of a 1:12 scale pea and slice it in even sections. Roll each one into a ball.

 Roll an orange piece of clay to look like a carrot and cut it into slices. You can cool this in the fridge as well if you like. It makes the cuts more accurate if the clay is harder. Then add your peas and place the carrot slices in as well.

 Bake according to the manufacture’s instructions. No plastic bowls! Use ceramic or glass so your vessel won’t melt.

 Remove from oven it and let cool. Add more sauce over the vegetables. Just a tiny bit here and there. Then bake again.
I did it this way so the food wouldn’t move around as I tried to add more sauce. Otherwise the vegetable may stick to the tool that is applying the sauce.

Now mix some dark yellow pastel shavings with a clear gloss glaze or a gloss varnish that is water soluble.

 Use a brush to gently brush it over the stew. Then let it dry clear.

Now you have a hardy meal for your mini family. Place in your scene and admire your work!