How do i make paper mashie?
Paper Mache is a great recycle craft! Make your own ornaments or other fun projects using recycled papers. You can use Newspaper, stationary, gift wrap, or any paper you have left over. Once you make the mixture using one of the three recipes below, form the PAPER MACHE into shapes, let it dry, and paint it! For large items or particular shapes you can make the insides hollow by using cartons, cans,styrofoam or an air filled balloons on the inside,then forming your shapes around it! Balloons are particularly good for making ornaments that you would like to be shaped like a ball. Print out this recipe and the patterns below! Good luck and have fun! Paper Mache Recipes: Use one of these 3 Paper Mache Recipes: Recipe 1/ Ingredients: Flour,water,paper * Stir three parts water into one part flour until the mixture is smooth and creamy. * To make the paste last longer, add a few drops of oil of Wintergreen. (optional) You can buy this oil at a drugstore. * Stir well and the paste is ready to
the easiest way is to make a thin paste out of flour and water (some people like to add a wood glue but I find little benofite) then tear news paper into strips, dip the strips in the paste to coat bolth sides of the strip, squgie the extra paste off with your fingers then apply to the surface you want to cover.
