Paper Mache
1 cup flour
1 1/2 cups water (cold or warm)
1/2 cup white school glue
pinch of salt (important in humid climates to prevent mold)
Place ingredients in a bowl and whisk. It should be a syrupy consistency and can be tinted. Then tear newspaper strips about 1" to 1 1/2" wide and around 6" long. Dip them in the paper mache, squeegee them off with your fingers and place in alternating directions on your object. You can do several layers to make it strong. I like to use brown craft paper because it is thicker than newspaper so you don't have to do as many layers for a strong finish. Let it dry overnight.
If you need more detailed directions, just Google it. There are even videos on how to do it.
Here are the photos of my projects that I used the paper mache on. Unfortunately, I keep forgetting to take a photo of them before they are painted.
2 comments:
Your tree came out amazing... such detail in the paintwork! Great job! How did the top part of the tree come about? Its pretty amazing too. Im just the loony to try and creat something like this in my kids room for a night light type deal. Its so beautiful...
The top part of the tree was made by someone else in another state and borrowed. It was fabric in three different layers hung from the stage curtain supports. They had Christmas lights strung around the back side with holes through for the lights. Quite an undertaking! Glad I only had to do the trunk (without ever seeing the top until delivery day, so the height was all a guess!)
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