Ultimate Paper Mache Blog
Your next project is waiting for you – discover more than 450 exciting projects, plus exclusive recipes and techniques you won’t find anywhere else.
If you don’t see what you’re looking for in the blog posts below, try the search bar. Still can’t find it? Leave a comment on the Daily Sculptors page and I’ll try to help.
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Blog Posts
How to Make a Silicone Mold for Paper Mache
Create multiple copies of your paper mache masks and sculptures with Rebound 25 silicone molds. Great idea for costume designers and Etsy.com sellers.
Sculpt a Baby Bonobo, Starting with WED Clay
This WED clay sculpture of a grinning baby bonobo is the first step of the project. In the next video he’ll be finished, and I’ll hang him on my bathroom wall, to add a touch of cheer to the small space.
How to Make Paper Mache Easter Eggs
Linda Crawford shows us exactly what we need to make paper mache eggs just like hers, and how she does it.
Using Powdered Drywall Joint Compound for Air Dry Clay
Can we use powdered drywall joint compound instead of the pre-mixed kind that the Silky-Smooth Air Dry Clay recipe calls for? Our friend Karima Rebecca
Make a Yarn Bowl with Plaster Cloth and Paper Mache Clay
You can make this yarn bowl with plaster cloth and either paper mache clay or the Silky-Smooth air dry clay recipe on my website. The result will be both beautiful and useful – which makes this a perfect gift idea for the knitter in your family.
Free Chapter Book for Kids – ‘Charlie and Grok’
I wrote a chapter book called Charlie and Grok. If you’d like to read it, you can download the PDF by clicking the blue button
How I Get Air Dry Clay Smooth
When our friend Rex Winn showed us his latest Kune Kune pig on the Daily Sculptors page, Lisa Anne asked him if he’d be willing
Make a Pufferfish with Paper Mache Clay
This guinea fowl puffer fish is easy to make with paper mache clay. The fins are made with foil tape, so they can be bent to make him look like he’s swimming.
Fast Paper Mache
This special foil tape makes it safe to bake your paper mache in the oven, even if it’s sculpted over an armature made with foil and hot glue. Fast paper mache!
Sculpt the Three Wise Men, Part 4
The Three Wise Men are Done. It was really fun using so many different materials in this project. I also used images and materials from a lot of different cultures, too.
The 3 Wise Men, Part Three – the Air Dry Clay
In this video we add the air dry clay to the wise men’s robes, give them turbans made with Super Sculpey, and get them ready for hands and gifts. Only one more video to go!
The Three Wise Men, Part 2 – New Base, and Two New Wise Men
I changed the way the figures are attached to the base of the Three Wise Men, and I used Super Sculpey for the new heads, the feet and the sandals.
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