Kia ora, and this is how you can make a paper mache balloon.
TITLE:
Paper mache balloons.
TOOLS AND MATERIALS:
- BALLOON
- GLUE
- NEWSPAPER
- VASELINE
- PAINT BRUSH
- CONTAINER
- OLD TABLE CLOTH
- PAINT
METHOD:
- Put the OLD TABLE CLOTH on your work area.
- Rip the NEWSPAPER in three different containers for the size of your fingers making a circle.
- Make sure you have a lot of newspaper and Glue
- Pour the glue into a different CONTAINER.
- Blow up your BALLOON to a good size.
- Rub your balloon with VASELINE.
- Dip your paper into the glue but not too much.
- Stick it to your balloon and do that till it is covered in paper and glue.
- You can use a Paint brush as well as your fingers.
- Put glue to flatten it down
- Let it dry for a night.
- Repeat step 6-9 till you have done 5 or more layers.
- Paint your the base colour and wait for it to dry for the night
- Repeat that step again.
- When that dries, add detail to your balloon.
- You are done.
I liked painting my decarotions balloon.
I learnt that if you take a short cut when you make a paper mache balloon it makes it a long cut.
I found adding the newspaper layers on balloon.
Have you ever done paper mache? If you have how was it? If not try!
Thank you for reading