How to Make Paper Mache

A gallon of milk in a plastic jar

Newspaper, torn into 1 inch by 6-8-inch strips

Team white paper or paper towels,

torn into strips

Flour and water mixture of Paper Mache

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Craft scissors and knives

Assorted colors of acrylic paint

Craft feathers (optional)

INSTRUCTIONS

Preparing the work surface:

Preparing the work surface with a layer of newsprint can be discarded or an old plastic tablecloth, you can clean goop and glop that are part of this dirty!

Tear several pages of newspaper into strips about 1 inch wide by 6.8 inches long. Do not try to be careful and cut with scissors, torn edges adhere more closely and give a smooth surface to the whole project.

HOW TO MAKE PAPER MACHE PASTE:

This is our favorite recipe:

Mix the flour with a 5 parts water. Bring to a boil in the heat and simmer for 3 minutes. Add a tablespoon or two of salt to help prevent mold. You will be thick as glue. Cool and pour into a plastic container in the left.

Other paper mache Paste Recipe Options:

Recipe # 1 - A part of flour to two parts water. Squeeze songs and add a tablespoon or two of salt and to prevent mildew.

Recipe # 2-3 / 4 cup white glue 1 / 4 cup water

Recipe No. 3 - liquid starch in your supermarket

COURT OF MILK jug:

With a pair of scissors, cut the pot of milk half from top to bottom. You can use the handle of the pitcher or the other, which seems the most interesting of the mask. Soak and remove labels. Rinse and dry completely.

Hold the bottle and a half to consider what your paper mache mask warrior looks like that. The jug handle nose. Using a craft knife, cut the eye holes in the pot. You can have round, triangular or rectangular.

Using lines, circles or other physical characteristics of the launcher to improve the design. We used the set of fingerprints on the pot of milk to make a large flat, eyes like a mask image. Use your imagination and have fun!

You can even cut the jug of milk on one side, cut each side in 1 / 2 inch strips and roll to create an impressive mask shown here.

Layering:

Dip a newspaper strip in flour mixture by hand, and apply them to the milk jug horizontally. Add another band slightly overlapping the first. Continue this process until all the jars are covered. Wrap strips around the eyeholes short from front to back of the mask. Let the first coat to dry completely.

Each layer has a maximum of 24 hours. Dry to cover its remaining flour mixture and place in refrigerator to avoid spoiling the night. When you're ready for the next layer, just microwave for about a minute. This is good and hot to work!

Apply a second layer to the pitcher, this time the fish strips in a horizontal plane and overlap. This second and last layer should be torn strips of white computer paper. This allows coverage of painting easier when it is time to decorate.

DECORATION:

Zulu Warrior

Now your paper mache mask is ready for painting and decorating. You can paint a layer of a solid color first, then add more details. Rings around the eyes, spots and stripes of different colors to add a mask to his fierce warrior Zulu. Crafts feathers can be hot-glued to the top of the mask to add the effect.

Mummy mask

While doing this paper mache project, we discovered that the unpainted mask looks like a real mummy face, with white (computer paper) packaging! In this way, many decorative Halloween!

Prepare pots with a layer of paper mache, then let the children make their own mummy mask at a Halloween party. To add to the fun, tell them that you use mummy Squishy brain to make the mask! Papier-mache is only entitled to get the texture in the imagination of children visqueux spirit of Halloween fun!

Alien mask

The white mask with a large round eyeholes looks very much like the popular "Alien" and "Scream" character.

Ghoul Mask

Another great idea how to make paper mache masks: Paint the mask totally green for a Halloween ghoul and use of the mummy, with masks for Halloween decoration.

We hope you enjoy the pleasure and the creation of these papier mache masks for children fearful of parts, clothing, or Halloween.