- Put mixture in a bucket with a lid (I go to a deli and get a recycled bucket and clean it out.)
- Dries clear and lasts up to at least a year and probably way more
- Easy to work with and is thin, not thick, and dries perfectly
This year the children at Olander are putting on a puppet production featuring insects...real or not yet discovered.
Procedure:
- Blow up large long balloon with at least 3 body parts. (I found the balloons at Party City.)
- Paper mache' one layer on balloon before class for 10 students. (We have 24 enrolled, but wanted younger children to have a layer for a start.)
- Have children tear strips of newspaper.
- Have each child add at least 3 layers of paper mache' newspaper to balloon.
- Allow "insect" to dry.
Next workshop I was at the Michigan Collaborative Conference so they began work on scenery.
- Cut sea sponges.
- Have various colors of paint. We choose paint for 4 different seasons.
- Sponge (up and down) colors for sky (3/4 of large 4' brown butcher block paper) and 1/4 for ground/landscape.
Winter: blue, black, white, green, bits of red
Spring: green, blue, white, yellow
Summer: green, yellow, blue, white, orange, black (small amount)
Fall: orange, red, green, blue, yellow
Summer: green,
