June 2026 - Food Trucks and Concession Stands
Our challenge for June is to send in a picture of your miniature food trucks and concession stands in action.
The challenge example comes from Debbie Colombo who writes:
What’s your favorite pie — apple, peach, pecan? 🍎🍑🥧
Stop by our farmstand mobile pie truck for a sweet slice of the season! We’re serving pie by the slice or whole pies to take home and share. Pull up a stool at our outdoor seating area, savor a homemade treat, and enjoy this beautiful weather while it lasts.
Made by Debbie Colombo from a kit by True2Scale.
From Kim Hood:
I saw these tiny cocoa cups at Dollartree before the holidays, and knew I had to make ornaments with cocoa stands inside. The stand is a reduced version of Luci Hanson's kissing booth. Most of the items are fussy cut paper.
From Suzanne Spooner-Munch:
“Firefly Flower Farm”
This farm stand was a project enjoyed by the Virginia Miniature Enthusiasts. My version specializes in lovely flowers as well as fresh veggies and bakery items. Stop by for some delicious goodies - nearly everything was created by yours truly.
From Fern Rouleau:
Here is my challenge scene. The family is eating pies and going shopping for fruit.
From Carol Kocik:
I love the sight of all the different Concession Stands lined up at carnivals, so I decided to make my own.
Its still a work in progress, but I made everything out of art supplies I have accumulated over the years. It just makes me smile and I hope it brings a smile to you.
From Donna Vanaselja:
The half scale German Christmas stall was a gift for my very German mother-in-law from Nuremberg. That is where they make lebkucken, gingerbread cookies. I made the heart cookies and dressed the dolls to look like my husband and myself. The wooden items are Volker Arnold's.
The others are Christmas kits are from mini cousins that I added my own touches to. I have made 3 others for a boardwalk themed scene. I made all the taffy boxes for actual shops in NJ. I added shells and sand from beaches I have visited.
From Bette Accola:
Food truck and hot dog wagon
From Cindy Bottasso:
I couldn't decide. They are both so cute. I love Tru2scale kits!
From Preble McDaniel:
I have yet to make a food truck but I do have The Pie Man. He started as a resin bunny which I repainted and added this pie tray by Kim Wood https://mini-smallpackages.com/mother-goose-14-19/. For this same project: Mother Goose Nursery Rhymes, I made this blackbird pie https://mini-smallpackages.com/mother-goose-20-30/ for Sing a Song of Sixpence.
From Cindy Bottasso:
I couldn't decide. They are both so cute. I love Tru2scale kits!
From Dee Cirilli:
This is my Ice Cream Shop named Jazzys, after a dog I loved. I made everything from scratch. Used wood, beads, matboard. The dolls are Polly Pocket. Half scale. I so enjoyed doing this since I used a lot of “stuff” that I had in my craft stash! I hope you enjoy!
From Marlene Kneidl:
Surfboards and Sandwiches
1/4 inch scale
From Elizabeth Lubera:
Is there any better summer activity than purchasing a fresh pie or jar of jam at a county fair?
These two photos show the hard work that happens behind the scenes of a county fair concession stand. One table – made in a luncheon class at a NAME convention in Philadelphia back in the 1990s -- shows the steps in making the most amazing strawberry jam you have ever tasted. The second table shows the supplies (all crafted by miniature artisan Rosie Duck) to make a delicious apple pie. I already tried a slice of the blueberry pie below – yum! The next step will be to sell my treats at one of the fair’s concession stands -- and to hopefully win a blue ribbon!
From Claudia Moreno:
The cart was hand-painted and finished by me, and I also handcrafted all of the accessories, including the cotton candy, crêpes, popcorn bags, lollipops, fair tickets, and posters. Every piece was designed to work together as part of "The 210 Fair," a tiny collection inspired by nostalgic fairgrounds, sweet treats, and childhood memories.
I love creating miniature scenes that tell a story, and this project allowed me to combine miniature food, graphic design, and handcrafted details into one cohesive display.
From Martha Bates:
I made this food truck a few years ago as a club project. The two men working in the truck are representatives my husband Mark and his brother Tim Bates. I made the popcorn machine, slurpy machine, mustard & ketchup and on and on! It took several classes for us to complete our Food Trucks.
From Vicki Scidmore:
Several years ago I got some counter equipment from those Japanese "mystery" boxes. (I got them from a friend clearing out so I knew what they were -lol). They were just right for a food truck which I made in a cigar box so I can fold it up for storage.
From Barb Antol:
A few years ago, I created a 1:48 scale boardwalk display using pop-up shop kits from Mini Cousins. I have more than a dozen shops featuring different varieties of fast food. This photo shows two of my favorites: the cupcake shop and the key lime pie shop. One reason they’re my favorites is because of the wonderful little dolls from Pat Hamilton who “work” in these two pop-ups.
Kathy Koons:
I've made a lot of market stands and really need to put them all together in a scene. I'm thinking a craft fair with food booths throughout would be cool. These are three of the 1:48 scale Mini Cousins food stands with all their great details that I've done.
From Suzie Aguilar:
When Mini Cousins began selling their Pop Up Shops, I fell in love with them. As an incentive to finish the ones I had purchased, I signed up to have an exhibit at NAME National in Cape Cod. I was surprised to find out that the Cousins lived in Cape Cod and were instrumental in the convention being held there! My food booths are on the upper deck and games on the lower deck. (Dolls by Pat Hamilton.)
From Tammy Witthaus:
This cart was the Wild Strawberry Cart class given by Sun Lemmens on Create last year. Was an absolutely wonderful class! I added to the original cart to create a larger scene. I had hand painted the yellow and white plaid with the strawberries for another project years ago and used for the cart front and in the center of the wheels. I ended up creating the faux books base, a strawberry lamp, 3d printed and hand painted the strawberry kids, strawberries, wagon, the strawberry house and strawberry gnome towards the back of the cart. I also used strawberry pots that I had and added strawberries. Notice the mini gems bird on the sign in front : ) Provided the second picture for a higher and more detailed view of the contents of the shelves.
