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Let’s Play with Clay
It's wonderful to play with clay! It feels good to touch, and it's fun to push and squeeze into different shapes. You can make anything and everything out of clay. You can make pots and people and...
On your own
> Here are more things you can make with papier-mache.
Turtle pinata
Materials - balloon (large) - candy (wrapped) - glue (white) - paintbrushes - papier-mache (pulp and strip) - string - tempera paint - toilet-paper tubes (three) A pinata is a papier-mache...
Gooney bird
Materials 1. Make some papier-mache pulp (see papier-mache pulp, page 89). You will use the pulp in step 3. 2. To make the gooney bird's body, blow up a balloon and tie the neck tightly....
Puppet head
Materials - newspaper - paintbrushes - papier-mache (pulp and strip) - tempera paint - toilet-paper tube - transparent tape - yarn 1. To form the puppet's head, crumple a sheet of newspaper...
Bottle figure
Materials - bottle (plastic) - newspaper - paintbrushes - sand or salt - strip papier-mache - tempera paint ■ yarn 1. Find an empty plastic bottle (a detergent bottle works well). Pour ...
Lion wall decoration
1. Place a paper plate on a flat surface. Cover one side of the plate with two or three layers of papier-mache strips (see strip papier-mache, page 88). Be sure to smooth down all of the...
Horse
Make a large supply of papier-mache pulp (see papier-mache pulp, page 89). You will use the pulp in step 3. Materials - glue (white) - newspaper - paintbrush - papier-mache pulp - pipe cleaners...
Small tray
1 Find an empty meat or vegetable tray,. Cover the tray with five or six layers of papier-mache strips (see strip papier-mache, page 88). Cover the front, back, and sides of the tray. Smooth the...