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Make this Frog with Paper Mache Clay

December 26th, 2009

Paper Mache Frog

I spent my Christmas vacation making this frog out of newspaper, masking tape, pipe cleaners and paper mache clay. I show you how I did it below. If I did it again I’d use stronger wire in place of the pipe cleaners so I could get thinner fingers and toes, but that’s the only part of the process I’d change.

Real Frog

This is the real frog I used as my model. I’m sorry I don’t know what kind of frog it is.

You can clearly see that my version won’t win any awards at the science fair – but if you spend just a bit more effort than I did you could reproduce the colors and patterns with more accuracy. And with heavier wire instead of the fuzzy pipe cleaners, skinny toes would be possible, too. Wouldn’t it be fun to create a display of poison dart frogs in all their colorful varieties? » Read more: Make this Frog with Paper Mache Clay

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Fast Snowman with Paper Mache Clay

December 10th, 2009

Snowman Made with Paper Mache Clay

It’s really cold outside this week, but we don’t have any snow down here in the valley. Even Mt. Emily has only a light dusting of snow. But I do have a bit of winter cheer in my house, because I made this goofy little snowman by stuffing a plastic grocery bag with old newspapers and covering it with paper mache clay.

The idea for using a stuffed plastic bag for a form came from Laurie Baker’s guest post showing her wonderful Halloween pumkins. My snowman isn’t nearly as big, since Laurie used garbage bags and I used grocery bags, but there’s no reason you couldn’t make a really big snowman if you wanted to. » Read more: Fast Snowman with Paper Mache Clay