Diy paper mache animals

Paper mâché Goose. My first of my farm animals. Joanna Warburton

Specifically a zebra head! Meet Zebulon, Sean named him while I was woking on him one day and it stuck. This summer I had the idea of doing a mounted head as an art project and after searching the …

Seagull butt (paper mache)

This is Buttercup. Yes, yes, she’s very cute. So let’s make a sculpture of her! You probably have a cat as cute as Buttercup (well almost as cute) so why not make your own art piece? He…

Start sculpting your paper mache animals the easy way by using a custom-made armature pattern. Sculpt lifelike animals, birds, lizards and fish.

Paper mache cat

This post shows you how to make paper mache, and they work for grade school art projects, for professional sculptors, and for for anyone who loves to sculpt.

Engage Young Learners: Educational Paper Plate Activities.

This video shows you how to smooth out the papery texture of paper mache clay without adding a second coat, and without sanding. Plus, it's really easy!

I adore paper mache. When it comes to crafting, I would go so far as to say it's my first love. Since we've moved to more humid climes, however, I've found that my projects don't dry quickly (or at all) on their own. I've learned to compensate by using the oven and putting drying racks over heat vents. Another way I compensate is by finding ways to keep my armature from getting too wet. I love the sea, and it's bounty, and have collected lots of shells and starfish over the years. I don't…

For the past few months, I’ve been contributing craft ideas to the incredible At Home section of the New York Times . Because we’re not all able to get to stores like we once did, they have asked me to create crafts where newspaper is the main “art” supply (like these newspaper crows , this news