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Miniature Clay Spaghetti for American Girl Doll

This last Christmas, my 7 year old daughter received an American Girl doll. She is obsessed with her and carries her EVERYWHERE! I admit, a little of the AG Doll Craze has rubbed off on me... I've made her doll some cute crochet booties, crochet hat, and now some play food. Here's my first attempt in making Spaghetti for an AG Doll.  I started off by evenly rolling out some polymer clay for the bottom of a plate. I used Sculpey III Polymer Clay . If you're lucky enough to buy some clay cutting tools, I highly recommend them. I don't have any, so I used the rim of a small plastic cup to cut out a perfect circle. Then I rolled about a 1/4" circumference coil long enough to place on top of the outer edge of the circle. To adhere the coil to the circle shape, I used the end of a small brush to push some of the clay together. Then I smoothed it out and flattened the edge of the plate. I also flared the edge of the plate out to make it look a little ...