How to Sculpt Paper Mache Animals
There are almost 200 tutorials on this site that show you how to create your own paper mache animals. To see them all, scroll through the tutorials below.
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If you’re just getting started with your animal sculpting adventure, watch this free three-part course.
Make this famous blue hippo from ancient Egypt while learning how to sculpt animals – it’s a fun, easy project, and it makes a great gift.
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Paper Cement Clay Update
The toad made with the new experimental Paper Cement Clay has now been outside for four months, in rain, sun and snow. How is he holding up? In this video we find out.
New Unicorn Mask Pattern
This new unicorn mask pattern is easy to put together. Once the paper mache is added, you can paint it any way you like, and add a beautiful mane with yarn or ribbon.
Dragon Head Pattern
Previous Next Dragon Head Pattern $12 Make this Dragon Head sculpture for your home, or for a very special gift. No sculpting experience required – …
Make Dragon Scales with DIY Air Dry Clay
https://youtu.be/OD75KajMrkM If you’re sculpting a dragon, lizard, snake or fish, here’s a faster way to sculpt the scales. This isn’t nearly as precise as sculpting …
Friendly Full Size Lion – Full Sculpt 3.5 ft tall
How Amy Cole made her life-sized lion for a baby shower, using paper mache clay.
Toad and Dragon (and garden) Update
The paper cement toad has been out in the rain for two weeks. And I’ve been working on the new dragon pattern.
Painting the Paper Cement Clay Toad
The leaf casting and toad are now painted and ready to go out into the yard. They were sculpted with paper cement clay, an experimental weatherproof paper mache clay recipe that we’re just now trying out, to see how well it holds up with rain, sun and snow.
Garden Toad Made with New Weatherproof Paper Mache Clay
https://youtu.be/HWq_aH5cE5c Last week I made a leaf for this toad to sit on. Now the toad himself is almost done. He still needs to be …
Making a Leaf Casting with Waterproof Paper Mache Clay
This leaf casting is made with our experimental weatherproof (cement-based) paper mache clay. When it’s cured and painted, it will go out in the garden and left there for several seasons, to see how well it holds up in the rain and snow.
Making the Rock Base for the Blue Footed Boobies
https://youtu.be/1UmiLPyCx1Q The Blue-Footed Booby sculpture is finally done! This project was supposed to be a simple tutorial showing how to make a bird sculpture stand …
So You Want to Make an Ostrich? Pam Jurach Shows Us How
See how Pam creates a paper mache ostrich in this tutorial.
The Boobies Got Blue Feet!
The blue-footed boobies finally got their blue feet. This is the third video in this tutorial series. In the next video the pair of boobies will get a fake rock base to stand on.
Sculpting Blue Footed Boobies, Part 2 – Adding the Feathers and Air Dry Clay
https://youtu.be/lBKClTD2Ns0 The blue-footed boobies’ feet still aren’t blue yet, but we’re getting there. This is the second video about sculpting blue-footed boobies. Click here for …
Starting the Blue Footed Booby, Balancing on Two Feet
https://youtu.be/mQuIxsv0gEA Starting the Blue Footed Booby Sculpture… Click here to download my free PDF pattern for a Blue-Footed Booby. In this video you can see …
Painting the Moose with Latex Paints
This video shows you how to use a few sample jars of latex paint to add color to a paper mache moose.
Mix Fur Colors with Latex Paint
Use just four sample colors of latex paint to create a nice range of warm browns and gray for painting fur.
Make a Paper Mache Moose
Make a paper mache moose head for your wall. This sculpture is easy to make with the pattern, cardboard, paper mache and paint.
Make a Quick and Easy Easter Bunny
This paper mache Easter Bunny is fast and easy to make. It would be a great project to do with kids.
Another Fast Giant Portrait – Playing Around With Clay
I spent another hour playing around with clay – this time moving the clay to change my first giant into my second giant. And I had a lot of fun doing it. It’s a clay sketch, really – a way to practice sculpting without being too worried about getting it right.
Hippo Pattern
This Hippo wall sculpture is easy to make with the pattern, cardboard, and paper mache.
