http://craftyvixens.tribe.net/thread/5c736016-8538-42d7-9fc5-484115e4bf9e?format=rss Tribe.net. Local Connections http://CraftyVixens.tribe.net/thread/5c736016-8538-42d7-9fc5-484115e4bf9e#9405e1aa-386d-4669-a54d-d29d6772432c Wow I've learned soooo much about this topic. I just posted a picture of the craft that got me going on this. Sun, 30 Nov 2008 16:29:26 GMT http://CraftyVixens.tribe.net/thread/5c736016-8538-42d7-9fc5-484115e4bf9e#9405e1aa-386d-4669-a54d-d29d6772432c OHM 2008-11-30T16:29:26Z http://CraftyVixens.tribe.net/thread/5c736016-8538-42d7-9fc5-484115e4bf9e#c33def02-2b87-45ef-aa7f-f96c1a13b030 awesome idea Sun, 30 Nov 2008 15:13:27 GMT http://CraftyVixens.tribe.net/thread/5c736016-8538-42d7-9fc5-484115e4bf9e#c33def02-2b87-45ef-aa7f-f96c1a13b030 .drayamonster. 2008-11-30T15:13:27Z http://CraftyVixens.tribe.net/thread/5c736016-8538-42d7-9fc5-484115e4bf9e#32d95ba4-6b37-4919-a8e1-4bd5536a03c1 you want to rip it because ripping makes the edges of the paper tapered so that when you layer them you don't have demarkations between pieces of paper and the end result is more smooth. With some types you can lightly sand them when they are done but it is good to just minimize the problem. Sun, 30 Nov 2008 14:55:15 GMT http://CraftyVixens.tribe.net/thread/5c736016-8538-42d7-9fc5-484115e4bf9e#32d95ba4-6b37-4919-a8e1-4bd5536a03c1 $item.owner.firstName 2008-11-30T14:55:15Z http://CraftyVixens.tribe.net/thread/5c736016-8538-42d7-9fc5-484115e4bf9e#2b0dfd9e-8eda-4ede-81f7-9553f851a858 I just want to add to the comments. ADD SALT and some clove + cinnamon oil. It smells better and fights any molds if you use an essential oil. :D Scott Tue, 25 Nov 2008 14:06:16 GMT http://CraftyVixens.tribe.net/thread/5c736016-8538-42d7-9fc5-484115e4bf9e#2b0dfd9e-8eda-4ede-81f7-9553f851a858 $item.owner.firstName 2008-11-25T14:06:16Z http://CraftyVixens.tribe.net/thread/5c736016-8538-42d7-9fc5-484115e4bf9e#3c554833-c9f5-4071-8da1-ca76a30f8092 I like white glue and water... easiest on the hands - less drying out of the hands... get a gallon of elmers for around $10 use it 1 part to 3 water. rip newspaper into long 1in wide strips... (usually newspaper has a *grain* long strips can usually be ripped from top to bottom of newspaper.) dip newspaper two strips at a time cover what you are covering overlapping generously as you go. let dry and cure completely - a day or two. Re coat three or 4 times for good durability. Paint with acrylic paints for added strength. Sun, 23 Nov 2008 00:03:22 GMT http://CraftyVixens.tribe.net/thread/5c736016-8538-42d7-9fc5-484115e4bf9e#3c554833-c9f5-4071-8da1-ca76a30f8092 Tom 2008-11-23T00:03:22Z http://CraftyVixens.tribe.net/thread/5c736016-8538-42d7-9fc5-484115e4bf9e#deda1e7e-c69f-4744-87c3-f9be06206e65 Kathryn you're a HOOT. The boogers really got me. Wanna be my friend?? Sat, 22 Nov 2008 00:39:48 GMT http://CraftyVixens.tribe.net/thread/5c736016-8538-42d7-9fc5-484115e4bf9e#deda1e7e-c69f-4744-87c3-f9be06206e65 OHM 2008-11-22T00:39:48Z http://CraftyVixens.tribe.net/thread/5c736016-8538-42d7-9fc5-484115e4bf9e#18eeacc7-0e50-4946-8bf5-eb5825ec7af3 I used to work for a puppet theatre, and we did a lot of paper mache. The education director decided to try her hand at making a pinata for her son's birthday, and using this recipe, doing three coats, actually had to saw the thing open like Steve Martin on Parenthood. 1. Golden Harvest Wheat Paste (I find it at True Value hardware store. It's not expensive and it goes a long way) 2. A Bowl with Water as Warm as you can get it (Hot is good, too) 3. A Fork or a Whisk 4. Ripped Strips of Paper (It's very important that all the edges are ripped and not cut. Scissors snip the fibers of the paper all the same length. Ripping feathers the fibers, giving the glue way more surface area to work on with the edges. Strips of cut paper unravel. Ripped paper holds fast.) 5. Something to paper mache around (we carve things out of foam, especially hard pink insulation foam-not the fiberglass soft stuff- from Home Depot. It keeps a nice smooth edge as you're carving. Styrofoam's a little bumpier.) Step One: Stir water with with fork, and gently "salt" the water with the wheat paste. It's important to keep stirring. You want it evenly dissolved. Lumps, or as I call them when I do this with kids-boogers, weaken the paper mache (when it dries, it's like your mache has little gravel in it, and it rips easily). Keep "salting" until the liquid turns the consistency of: honey, applesauce, cream of rice cereal, snot (you get the picture). Step Two: Take your ripped strip of paper, dip it completely in the glue, take it out, crumple it up (you want to break the fibers up in the paper, it helps it adhere. I picture it like I'm making a solution of fiber and glue). Scrape all the excess glue off the strip (extra glue weakens it, just like lumps). I do this by pulling it through two closed fingers like clothes through a ringer. Step Three: Lay the strip flat against what you are paper macheing (balloon, toilet paper tube, foam, whatever). Make sure it's flat. Bumps weaken the mache. Step Four: Repeat. Make sure that as you apply the strips to your project, they are going in different directions. If they're all going the same direction, it unravels like a mummy. I always give kids the metaphor: If you lay strips of string side by side, they unravel. If you weave them, then you have a net, and it's strong. Step Five: Don't let this dry before you finish a layer, but you can let it dry between layers, although you don't have to. Your project, will be smooth, paintable, and indestructible. (Unless you're a touring puppet company, in which case, you'll find a way to break it!) Hope that helps! Cheers, Katy Fri, 21 Nov 2008 08:35:01 GMT http://CraftyVixens.tribe.net/thread/5c736016-8538-42d7-9fc5-484115e4bf9e#18eeacc7-0e50-4946-8bf5-eb5825ec7af3 Kathryn 2008-11-21T08:35:01Z http://CraftyVixens.tribe.net/thread/5c736016-8538-42d7-9fc5-484115e4bf9e#66b06491-3d8f-4ce2-bbcd-b0ec30db4b22 I use watered down white glue. Do you want your project to be almost indestructible? Then go cloth mache. I buy plain white sheets from thrift stores and use watered down glue. The cloth is thicker than paper so you may get lines. Depends on the shape and how well you smooth it. Mon, 10 Nov 2008 18:17:51 GMT http://CraftyVixens.tribe.net/thread/5c736016-8538-42d7-9fc5-484115e4bf9e#66b06491-3d8f-4ce2-bbcd-b0ec30db4b22 Cat 2008-11-10T18:17:51Z http://CraftyVixens.tribe.net/thread/5c736016-8538-42d7-9fc5-484115e4bf9e#44828bfd-5246-47a8-a78a-6bad87fd4bb3 The family crafts pages were really helpful. It recomends ripping paper as opposed to cutting. Has any one out there used a paper shredder?? Sat, 08 Nov 2008 23:22:14 GMT http://CraftyVixens.tribe.net/thread/5c736016-8538-42d7-9fc5-484115e4bf9e#44828bfd-5246-47a8-a78a-6bad87fd4bb3 OHM 2008-11-08T23:22:14Z http://CraftyVixens.tribe.net/thread/5c736016-8538-42d7-9fc5-484115e4bf9e#cd86d73b-971e-4f8f-86a6-fa6ecb0946fb I use one C water to 2 tablespoons of cornstarch. cook 2 minutes. very smooth very cheap very durable Sat, 08 Nov 2008 05:40:30 GMT http://CraftyVixens.tribe.net/thread/5c736016-8538-42d7-9fc5-484115e4bf9e#cd86d73b-971e-4f8f-86a6-fa6ecb0946fb affinity 2008-11-08T05:40:30Z http://CraftyVixens.tribe.net/thread/5c736016-8538-42d7-9fc5-484115e4bf9e#40b5f2f1-7929-4a07-aabe-f67e081a7f50 newspaper, glue, water, and a blender Sat, 08 Nov 2008 05:33:59 GMT http://CraftyVixens.tribe.net/thread/5c736016-8538-42d7-9fc5-484115e4bf9e#40b5f2f1-7929-4a07-aabe-f67e081a7f50 .drayamonster. 2008-11-08T05:33:59Z http://CraftyVixens.tribe.net/thread/5c736016-8538-42d7-9fc5-484115e4bf9e#2d3c7595-1639-400a-9892-f2a759c6e1ce Thanks so much you guys. I love it here!!!! Fri, 07 Nov 2008 23:27:44 GMT http://CraftyVixens.tribe.net/thread/5c736016-8538-42d7-9fc5-484115e4bf9e#2d3c7595-1639-400a-9892-f2a759c6e1ce OHM 2008-11-07T23:27:44Z http://CraftyVixens.tribe.net/thread/5c736016-8538-42d7-9fc5-484115e4bf9e#c867dce3-7091-4cd8-9264-cfcc590572d8 When I was a kid, we used to do it with short strips of newspaper and liquid laundry starch, that's all. We'd crumple up wads of paper and use masking tape to bind them into a rough foundation basic shape, and then start layering on the starch-soaked strips on top of that. Couldn't be easier, just be sure to press out the air bubbles in the paper as much as possible. Fri, 07 Nov 2008 18:57:17 GMT http://CraftyVixens.tribe.net/thread/5c736016-8538-42d7-9fc5-484115e4bf9e#c867dce3-7091-4cd8-9264-cfcc590572d8 Margaret 2008-11-07T18:57:17Z http://CraftyVixens.tribe.net/thread/5c736016-8538-42d7-9fc5-484115e4bf9e#e6172723-efa1-4611-85cb-a15b0d5d8126 Found this as well: http://familycrafts.about.com/cs/papermache/a/blpmpastes.htm Fri, 07 Nov 2008 17:04:17 GMT http://CraftyVixens.tribe.net/thread/5c736016-8538-42d7-9fc5-484115e4bf9e#e6172723-efa1-4611-85cb-a15b0d5d8126 lavenderfae ~ Wynne 2008-11-07T17:04:17Z http://CraftyVixens.tribe.net/thread/5c736016-8538-42d7-9fc5-484115e4bf9e#a272610e-a995-4338-8af9-135cde808b2c I used to know a paper mache artist who used wallpaper paste and newsprint. He wanted his finished pieces to be very durable. Fri, 07 Nov 2008 17:01:23 GMT http://CraftyVixens.tribe.net/thread/5c736016-8538-42d7-9fc5-484115e4bf9e#a272610e-a995-4338-8af9-135cde808b2c lavenderfae ~ Wynne 2008-11-07T17:01:23Z http://CraftyVixens.tribe.net/thread/5c736016-8538-42d7-9fc5-484115e4bf9e#f20ed16a-8837-461e-aa86-dfaf427dbb96 I need to make some paper mache for a project and I've never done it. I know there are products you can buy that you just mix w/ water, but I'd like to recycle junk from home. Help Please!!!!!!!!!!! Fri, 07 Nov 2008 15:50:53 GMT http://CraftyVixens.tribe.net/thread/5c736016-8538-42d7-9fc5-484115e4bf9e#f20ed16a-8837-461e-aa86-dfaf427dbb96 OHM 2008-11-07T15:50:53Z