How to Make Minis Using Plant Materials

Look around you when you are out for a walk or in your garden and you're bound to see natural materials that can be used for making minis. We've just had a load of firewood delivered so now I have sheets of bark and blobs of lichen to play with!
 Here are some plants that I've used to make miniatures:

• Capsicum seeds when dried make perfect potato chips.
• Grape pips when dried look like little pears for a fruit bowl or food sack.
• Grape stems can be dried and when foliage is glued on can be used for trees.
• Lichen can be separated into tiny bits and glued on roof tiles in places to make a dolls house roof look old. Or it can be left in clumps and used as bushes in a garden, especially if sprayed green.
• Acorn caps when sandpapered smooth make nice wooden bowls.
• Coriander seeds look like 1:12 scale nuts.
• Walnut shells make tiny cradles. Or I have used them sliced across as wooden platters, as in the photo.
• Strips of bark look great as the outer covering of a woodland cottage or tree stump house.
• Thin tree branches, sliced into rounds, make stepping stones in a garden scene.

I'm sure you have more ideas for using plants as minis. Let me know!