The theme is sea creatures.
There's nothing like a little contest to bring out the competitive mum in me. So, we I set to work to create a stunning jellyfish to hang from the ceiling.
Unfortunately, I'm not the most crafty of mums. But, I have to blow my own trumpet a bit and admit that I'm just a teensy bit proud of our efforts. This is such a simple project, that even I managed it.
All you need are:
Unfortunately, I'm not the most crafty of mums. But, I have to blow my own trumpet a bit and admit that I'm just a teensy bit proud of our efforts. This is such a simple project, that even I managed it.
All you need are:
- a balloon
- some bits of old newspaper
- some plain flour
- some water
- some pink paper
- a couple of old carrier bags
- PVA glue
- glitter
- aluminium foil
Here's what we did:
- Blow up a balloon and try to rest the bottom of it in a mug. Unfortunately, you'll find that as you add the papier mache, it turns a bit top heavy and it won't stay in the mug, but it's useful to have as a sort of base.
- Mix up a mug of flour with a few splashes of water to form a paste.
- Tear up your newspaper into thin strips and dip them into the papier mache paste. Then stick them onto the top half of the balloon.
- Once you've covered the top half of the balloon in newspaper, tear up bits of your pink paper and a layer of pink paper to the newspaper layer.
- Leave to dry overnight. It might take longer if you've used a lot of paste!
- Remove
burstthe balloon. - Cut the carrier bags into long strips and glue them around the base of the papier mache jellyfish body.
- Decorate with glue, glitter and bits of silver foil.
You now have a beautiful papier mache jellyfish.
I'll keep you posted about whether we won anything. But it was a fun craft activity for my 4 year old and 2 year old.
What craft projects have you recently done with your young children?
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