Or follow the instructions on the back of the packet to make up wallpaper paste. If using PVA glue, decant a small amount into a dish, add a little water and mix well.Sprinkle in a few tablespoons of salt to prevent mould. Add a splash more water little by little until the consistency is thick and glue-like. Grab a wooden spoon or metal whiskand give the flour mixture a good stir to get out any lumps. Make up the paste in a large bowl by mixing the flour with equal parts water e.g.Cut 3-inch long strips of paper then put to one side.Acrylic paint, swatches of fabric or patterned paper to decorate.Flour and salt, PVA glue or wallpaper paste.
#Paper mache how to#
Here's your step-by-step guide on how to make paper mache. We'd also recommend adding a few tablespoons of salt to your flour and water recipe if you're planning to keep your creation for a while, as it will protect your paper mache from mould growth.
#Paper mache plus#
This past week we also had a visitor to our class - Casey.Glue-based paper mache is also unlikely to rot or become mouldy – plus glue can create a better base to paint on.īe sure to cover any surfaces, and clothes, so they don't stain! We can only do a layer or two at a time to make sure it dries properly, but its coming along nicely. I have to say, they all did a great job! I was very impressed with their abilities. That was tricky part of the process of paper mache-ing - trying to make sure the paper mache was contouring the bowl to have a nice shape. Some students had the great idea of putting the paste directly onto their bowls and then putting the paper on top of that and then smoothing it out. Some students dipped their paper in the paste and then placed the paper on the bowl and kept adding until the entire outside of the bowl was covered. 🙁 After covering our bowls with cooking spray, we began the process of using the paper mache. Not to spoil anything, but let’s just say it didn’t. I read online that you should spray the object you were using as a mold with cooking spray so it would pop right out. This is where the mess and the fun part come in.
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We just kept adding water to our mixture until we thought it would make a good paste. We also had to make our paste which consisted of nearly equal amounts of flour and water (which is what makes this project a great sensory activity!).
We started by cutting A LOT of smaller pieces of newspaper paper (thanks again Frankfort State Journal!) into small manageable pieces for paper mache-ing. We decided to make paper mache bowls for one of our spring projects. It will definitely be a work in progress that we hope to share with you in the coming weeks and months. Since that first paper mache project was a group project, we decided it was time to do an individual project. Last summer/fall we created (using dowel rods and swim noodles) a giant dragonfly which really turned out well. In art therapy we have had some previous experience with paper mache. And if you don’t know already, it is EXTREMELY messy, but so much fun! Papier-mâché is French and it literally means “chewed paper”. Papier-mâché is made of pieces of paper (sometimes made of pulp) and is bound together with a paste/glue-like substance. Also countries like Persia, China and Japan would use paper mache to make small trinket boxes and trays. The concept of paper mache was used in ancient Egypt when the Egyptians would make death masks from linen, layers of papyrus, and plaster. Paper mache (or Papier-mâché) has been around for much longer than you might think. Paper Mache (or Papier-mâché if you’re French)
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