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Step 3Start your head!
You will start by doing a lot of layers of paper mache.
here is the way I made my paper mache mix:
1 part flour to 5 parts water...add a little salt to the mache so that it doesn't mold...boil about 3 minutes and let cool.
You will need lots of newspaper strips!
When you start adding paper mache to your ball you will want the ball on some sort of a stand so that it doesn't start rolling around.
Start at the top of the ball and move down.
It doesn't matter if you do a couple layers at a time.
Make the newspaper nice and goopy with paper mache mix...It's not the paper that makes whatever you're covering thick, it's the paper mache goop that makes it thick.
Once you get to the bottom leave a part of the bottom not covered, look at the picture in this step.
Once you have done a layer then let dry.
If the ball is squeezing out of the neck hole (look at the pic on this step) once the layer of paper mache dries, deflate the ball just a little.
You will want to do 9-10 more layers... Do not try to rush this, or else it won't turn out good!
Once you are done with paper mache and it is all dry, you might have a few rough spots where a little piece of paper is uneven or something like that...The answer: Just sand it down a little with sandpaper!
here is the way I made my paper mache mix:
1 part flour to 5 parts water...add a little salt to the mache so that it doesn't mold...boil about 3 minutes and let cool.
You will need lots of newspaper strips!
When you start adding paper mache to your ball you will want the ball on some sort of a stand so that it doesn't start rolling around.
Start at the top of the ball and move down.
It doesn't matter if you do a couple layers at a time.
Make the newspaper nice and goopy with paper mache mix...It's not the paper that makes whatever you're covering thick, it's the paper mache goop that makes it thick.
Once you get to the bottom leave a part of the bottom not covered, look at the picture in this step.
Once you have done a layer then let dry.
If the ball is squeezing out of the neck hole (look at the pic on this step) once the layer of paper mache dries, deflate the ball just a little.
You will want to do 9-10 more layers... Do not try to rush this, or else it won't turn out good!
Once you are done with paper mache and it is all dry, you might have a few rough spots where a little piece of paper is uneven or something like that...The answer: Just sand it down a little with sandpaper!
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