Creating a papier mache head of Felix Morton

Step 6 Final touches

Finally I took a deep breath and popped the balloon. Thankfully the structure was solid and I set about tidying up the edges of the hole. I measured out the diameter I would need for my head, favouring the hole to be towards the back of the head, rather than directly underneath, and I snipped round the hole with scissors until my head fit. I used masking tape to strengthen the edges and quickly painted more of the skin colour on top.

I also cut holes in the balloon shape for the eyes. This was very difficult given the limited space for the scissors in the eye sockets so would have been better thought of earlier.