How to make a Yoshi costume

Step 4 Paper mache the beach balls

First, I paper machéd the beach balls. I planned on being cheap and saving a couple of dollars by reusing the beach ball. This was nearly a very bad idea but it turned out ok. If you want the main head and the nose to be nice and smooth, make sure you get two balls.

Cover the ball with a layer of glad wrap in case the paper maché sticks to the ball. Apply the strips to the ball, do as many layers as you need to until it is fairly hard. I think I had ~6 layers on each ball.

Once dry, cut around the circumference if it is for the nose. (If you are only using one ball, the first should be the nose) You will probably cut the ball. Having the two eggshell halves makes the inside dry better and will make later steps easier.

For the second ball, it is important to know that the head is more elongated than the nose. If you are reusing the first ball, it will probably deflate as you cover it. When you cut the head, just cut a hole in the bottom (where your head will eventually go). If you had reused the ball, it will probably have sunk on the point it was standing anyway. Mine did, so rather than cutting a hole, I just never made that section.