Play Food Carving Tutorial: Green Beans
KatieToday's tutorial is a super-simple one. More of a suggestion really than a complete how-to. I wanted to make some green beans for the play kitchen, but couldn't figure out how to get them slightly curved like real green beans are.
But then I remembered if you cut wood that's green and fresh,
(these twigs are a scant 1/4" thick)
Remove the inner and outer bark,
Cut into pieces, carefully bend into place and leave overnight,
(I used my Ikea patio chair)
The now-dry pieces will stay like that.
Then it's just a matter of refining the ends, remember one end is pointy-er than the other on green beans, and adding paint. See the post on cukes for more on painting.
Done! Some fresh green beans. See here for all the carving tutorials so far.
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Reader Comments (4)
LOL. Cunning and clever. But here's what I saw on the way - and don't throw things at me. This technique could also yield one heck of a great bag of french fries. You could paint them orange-red and call them sweet potato fries. You only bake those -
Oh, I am such a heathen in the land of the earthy and healthy -
Ah, I wondered how you got the curve - I thought there would be a lot of whittling involved!
K- I love that idea! My boys are healthy and all that, but who doesn't prefer french fries over green beans? :) hmmm. you could even do a fry container from cardstock- might have to try that.
Nat- I made some green beans that were whittled into a curve and they were tricky so I'm happy I came up with a simpler way.
Ah, clever, clever. I feel inspired to prune some trees and shrubs.