If you have got young youngsters then after all your house has many paper lying around everyplace. Don’t keep adding it to the recycle bin; let the youngsters use it up as they find out about papier mache.
You will need:
- Bowl to use as a mould
- Food wrap (clingfilm)
- Strips of newspaper
- PVA glue
- Acrylic paints
- Acrylic varnish
- homemade glue
- paintbrush
- strip of card
- stapler
- masking tape
Craft Activity:
- Lie newspaper out on the table and make a piece space.
- Blow up the balloon and fasten with a knot.
- Spread lots of petrolatum everywhere it.
- Sit the balloon within the cup with the knot facing into the cup.
- Brush over some paste with the brush on the highest half the balloon.
- Cover the highest half the balloon (that is roofed in paste) with strips of newspaper.
- Make sure the newspaper is wet entirely with glue - add a lot of if needed.
- Paste the strips horizontally and vertically as this may strengthen the bowl.
- If you finish up with AN bubble or glue lump, tear a smaller little bit of newspaper and press it firmly over it, to sleek it out.
- Cover the ends that haven't been pasted down properly with glue.
- Add a minimum of six layers of newspaper and glue to the highest half the balloon.
- Leave it to dry in an exceedingly heat, sunny place for the day.
- When dry take away the newspaper mould from the balloon.
- Trim off the rough edges, exploitation scissors.
- To make a base for the bowl:
- Turn the bowl the wrong way up.
- Make a loop / circle with the strip of card, and staple in situ.
- Attach the loop to the bottom of the bowl with adhesive tape.
- Paste on some glue and canopy it with newspaper items / strips.
- Once the bowl and base are utterly dry it's able to be adorned.
- Essentially you're decoupaging (paper collaging) the bowl.
- Cover it entirely along with your elect paper and glue.
- Paint if you need.
- Decorate till all of the newspaper is roofed with color and patterns.
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