Make a Mini Pastry Board

Traditional wooden pastry boards with a back and sides, and some with handles, were a mainstay of kitchens until sometime in the 1960's .  Boards like these contained flour and  dough or cookies, and allowed the use of the lower kitchen table as a work surface so you could apply more pressure. I grew up using one of these in my grandmother's kitchen to make her renowned shortbread. 
In a miniature display or dollhouse kitchen, the shape of the board helps focus a viewer's eye on a particular piece of a display.

These boards were often sized to store under a kitchen table like a drawer when not in use. In some kitchens they sat at the back of a counter, or hung from the wall.

To make a traditional 3 sided pastry board in miniature scale begin with the measurements in the next step of this slide show.

You can also find instructions for making simple wooden kitchen utensils  and a traditional 'stoneware' mixing bowl   If you prefer a marble pastry board, there are instructions for faux marble in miniature.