A few years back I made a yarn bowl and it is still one of my most popular posts. You can check it out here. It’s been a while since I’ve made a batch of paper mache paste and I’ve been wanting to make some nests so I revisited that yarn bowl project and adapted it to make some fun crafty nests.
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Showing posts with label paper mache. Show all posts
Showing posts with label paper mache. Show all posts
Monday, October 27, 2014
SEW & TELL: Yarn Scrap & Paper Mache Paste Nest
A few years back I made a yarn bowl and it is still one of my most popular posts. You can check it out here. It’s been a while since I’ve made a batch of paper mache paste and I’ve been wanting to make some nests so I revisited that yarn bowl project and adapted it to make some fun crafty nests.
Monday, March 25, 2013
Inkling: paper mache confetti bowl
I’ve mentioned this before, but it’s very hard for me to throw away scraps of paper. I wouldn’t exactly classify it as hoarding but it could become a problem if I don’t use up the bits and pieces. This bowl wasn’t made out of paper scraps but paper catalogs. When I attended CHA in January, I came home with a lot of catalogs. The paper catalogs have pages and pages of pictures of pretty paper. How could I throw those away?Wednesday, July 20, 2011
Inkling: recycled paper
To make paper from paper shreds you’ll need:
- Paper shreds or torn up paper
- Water
- Flour
- Sugar
- A large pot
- A rolling pin
- A strainer
- Parchment or wax paper
- Place your paper shreds in a pot of boiling water and let boil for an hour or so.
- Stir the paper every now and then and add more water if needed. Time saving option: soak your paper overnight in a bucket of water to eliminate the boiling step.
- Once the paper starts to get mushy; drain it in a large strainer. I used a wire strainer so the bits of paper wouldn’t fall through larger holes of a sieve.
- While the paper is cooling, make paper mache paste. Here’s the recipe:
Combine ½ cup flour and 2 cups cold water in a bowl.
Boil 2 cups of water in a sauce pan and add the flour and cold water mixture.
Bring to a boil again.
Remove from heat and add 3 tablespoons of sugar.
Let cool. The paste will thicken as it cools
- Squeeze your paper to remove as much water as possible. Slowly add the paper mache paste. You probably won’t need all the paste. Just enough to coat the paper.
- At this point, I added little cut up bits of colored tissue paper to jazz up my paper. Don’t boil the tissue paper with the shreds or it will just become part of the mush.
- Roll out your pulp between two pieces of parchment paper using a rolling pin.
- Try to get your paper fairly thin.
- Place on a cookie sheet or tray and let dry.
Once your paper is dry, cut them into desired shapes.
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Thursday, March 10, 2011
Etceteras: yarn bowl
After I finished both of those projects, I still had plenty of paper mache paste left. So, I threw a bunch of yarn into the paste to make this bowl.
I let the bowl dry overnight and carefully removed the saran and yarn from the mixing bowl. I then peeled the saran wrap away from the yarn.
In case you missed it, here’s the recipe for the paper mache paste.
Combine ½ cup flour and 2 cups cold water in a bowl.
Boil 2 cups of water in a sauce pan and add the flour and cold water mixture.
Bring to a boil again.
Remove from heat and add 3 tablespoons of sugar.
Let cool. The paste will thicken as it cools.
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Make a batch of this paste for a rainy-day craft with kids. It’s fun for big kids too!
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Wednesday, March 9, 2011
Inkling: paper mache eggs
If you saw my post yesterday, you’ll recall that I made a vat of paper mache paste to make two little birds. Not to waste it, I made some paper mache eggs.
To start with, you need to make this amazing paper mache paste. The consistency is great and it’s not as sticky as using watered down glue. Here’s the recipe:
Combine ½ cup flour and 2 cups cold water in a bowl.
Boil 2 cups of water in a sauce pan and add the flour and cold water mixture.
Bring to a boil again.
Remove from heat and add 3 tablespoons of sugar.
Let cool. The paste will thicken as it cools.
Blow up small balloons and dip your paper in the paste. I used strips of magazines for my eggs but any paper will do.
Keep adding strips and set on wax paper to dry.
Once the eggs are complete dry, pop the balloon with a pin and snip off the tied end.
Check back tomorrow for another fun project using the paper mache paste.
Tuesday, March 8, 2011
Inkling: magazine wreath
I’m doing a series of posts of paper mache projects. First up is this magazine wreath with paper mache birds.
I wanted this wreath to resemble a bird’s nest. I cut strips from magazines, curled them with a scissors and glued them to a wreath form.
The birds are also made from magazines using a special paper mache recipe. This is the reason I’ll be doing a series of paper mache projects this week. I made a full batch of the special paper mache paste which is enough to make paper mache crafts for weeks.
Here’s the recipe. I would cut it in half or even a fourth… it makes a lot of paste.
- Combine ½ cup flour and 2 cups cold water in a bowl.
- Boil 2 cups of water in a sauce pan and add the flour and cold water mixture.
- Bring to a boil again.
- Remove from heat and add 3 tablespoons of sugar.
- Let cool. The paste will thicken as it cools.
Let your paper mache thoroughly dry.
Stay tuned for more paper mache crafts this week as I make my way through the vat of paste that I made.
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