Brandy's Gumball Machines for Dolls!

Today is all about gumball machines first Madelon Shared with us her Fun Find of doll sized Valentine  Gum Ball Machines and now I am thrilled to share with you Brandy's Gumball Machine as well!

Madelon's Fun Find from a post earlier today!

Brandy's Gumball Machine find!

Brandy has created such a cute Gumball machine like the ones I remember seeing at the grocery store as a child. I love this and I know you will too!

Here is how to make Brandy's  Doll Sized Gumball Machine:

"My daughters had received backpack clips that were mini gumball containers
for a Christmas present this past year.  My girls asked me to recycle the
containers into a gumball machine for their dolls."

"I started by washing out the container and letting it dry very well.  I put
in mini multicolor pompoms to resemble gumballs."

"For the stand I used glass glue.  I used two different sized large metal
washers and glued them on top of each other.  I wanted the base to have some
weight because I didn't want it to be top-heavy and tip over.  Next, I glued
a large hex screw to the washers.  Once dry, I glued the container on top."

"I used a 6 inch screw for the stem.  I think a slightly shorter one would
have looked better, but I was concerned with it being too short next to an
18 inch doll."

:Enjoy!"~Brandy

Well we have bee so fortunate today to have Brandy and Madelon share with us their wonderful finds and crafts! I love this idea and I know many of you are going to enjoy making these for your doll play collections!
A big thank you to both Brandy and to Madelon for today's posts!
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