Paper Mache

There are so many possibilities with paper mache! In the past my students have created oversized pencils, apples, and lipstick. This year we kept it simple and the Art 1 & 2 students created simple letters while Art 3 students had the choice to create a word.

Students begin by creating a 3 dimensional form of their letter/word with poster board and masking tape. 

We used a liquid starch and water mix to paper mache three layers of newspaper on the form. Students then used bleeding tissue paper as the top layer to provide color unless they created a word, then they had the option paint it.

It can make quite the mess.

Completed word by Alyssa A. She even received a medal for it at the Junior Vase Scholastic Event.

Another medal winner but by Blake B. The craftsmanship on this is impeccable, difficult to do with paper mache.