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Baubles, bangles, and beads

Fruit pins look good enough to eat. Cut out fruit shapes from doubled pieces of felt. Use embroidery thread to sew the pieces together (see backstitch, page 156). Leave a small opening. Stuff the...

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...

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...

Neck ornament

Materials - newspaper - paintbrush - papier-mache pulp - tempera paint - yarn or string 1. Make some papier-mache pulp (see papier-mache pulp, page 89). Drop two large spoonfuls of pulp on a...

Helpful hints

The following information will help you make some of the projects in this section. If a special skill is needed, the directions will tell you the page on which that skill is explained. For example:...