Made by Corvyn V

I made this for Halloween this year!

I think i could have added more detail to the paint, but i wasn’t really sure how to do that without going too far and not liking the finished project. If anyone has suggestions on how to add more of the accent red in without making it look cartoonish, I’d love to hear them!

What I’m really proud of though is the horns! The main two are removable via Magnets, and i added the small two to give it a slightly different look from the original pattern.

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Made by Abi Weeks

Had fun creating this mask for my son’s dressup for bookweek! I decided to put a pirate patch over one eye to create the “one eye” as per wonky donkey book and means i could use in future for another donkey costume. I tried on the mask when it was just cardboard and it fit fine but ended up being a little small after the paper mache x 2 and then plaster and paint. I just made a small incision up the back alongside the mane so it wasnt noticeable and then it fit fine. Attached the underchin elastic with hot glue and it held fine. Really enjoyed this project and can’t wait to do another one!

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Made by Stirling from Australia Stirling

Made by an 11 year old boy for book week.

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Made by Michelle Daniel

Jonni’s zebra transitioned into a great camel!!
Created for a School in Dubai!

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Made by JON KELLER

This is a mixed media project . The pitcher is paper mache and the kitty is needle felted wool . The pitcher was made by forming two paper mache bowls ( using a mixing bowl for a mold ) and then gluing them together to form a sphere . Using cardboard the sphere was modified to have the shape of a pitcher . The handle is made from a bent knitting needle that is covered with paper mache . The kitty is pure wool roving , needle felted into a cat …… the plastic eyes were purchased online ( I have hundreds of them ). It was painted with both acrylic and dimensional paint …..then varnished with a few coats of modpodge matte followed by a finishing coat of high gloss polyurethane .

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Made by Mike Leiner

Should have included the sculpture with the head I recently sent a photo of. Just trying to to use up various junk pieces I have laying around.

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Made by Gail Swanson

Didn’t take to long to make. The T-rex was hard . ALMOST threw him away.

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Made by George Morrison

This was my first ever project using paper mache clay, and many thanks to Jonni for sharing her recipe and making this site in general! I’ve got a lot of things I want to make/try next!

I made this using cardboard, foam tubes, copper wire, aluminum foil, and of course paper mache clay! In order to have any chance of getting the correct progression of suction cup sizes from base to tip, I designed and 3D printed over 1500 suction cups and hot glued them to the arms. I modeled the head separately from the body and then attached it later. This made it easier to place the head on a lazy Susan and get the shape and details right.

I used a natural sponge and some paper mache clay with reduced paper content to dab on to make the skin texture. I used clear cabochons for the eyes and printed an image of a real octopus eye to glue to the backs of the cabochons.

Painted with acrylic paint and some airbrushing for color breakup. I had masked the eyes with Vallejo liquid mask to keep them pristine until after painting; that worked really well and was easy to remove when I was ready. I used DecoArt triple thick gloss glaze to give the sculpture a wet a slimy look. I hope you enjoy it!

PS: My apartment is not gonna be happy when they see the size of the hook I drilled into their wall to support this monster, but I guess I’ll deal with that another day.

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Made by Kit Albern

In a lot of eastern cultures, they say there’s a rabbit in the moon instead of a man in the moon. When I bought this pattern I was initially thinking I’d make a jackelope, but then I began to wonder what a moon rabbit would look like. So, I course-corrected and decided I’d try to create my interpretation of the mythical moon rabbit.

While I did cover her in faux fur, her interior is paper mache.

The first problem I ran into is that I didn’t have any cereal box cardboard. At the time I just used posterboard. (This later came to bite me in the butt.) Putting the pieces together was actually a lot of fun, and I enjoyed it quite a bit!

But then came the second problem; I had gotten a bit too far along on the head when I remembered I wanted to add glass eyes.

I hand-painted these eyes with little crescent moons on them. I wanted them to be dark, mysterious, and glittery. I use nail polish to paint on the back of glass cabochons since I think the shimmery enamel looks more beautiful than any acrylic paint.

Pouring hot glue into the head to stick the eyes in place was NOT working; I had gotten too far on the head, so the angle was all wrong, and the hold on the eyes was very weak. If you squeezed the head wrong, they’d pop loose. I was also beginning to come to terms with the fact that the poster board wasn’t as thick as I would’ve liked.

Then I remembered: I had expanding spray foam!!

It took a lot of cleaning out the can, but I finally got a good layer of spray foam (you can find it as “Great Stuff” or other brands) inside of her. Like magic, it filled up the cavity, holding the eyes in place and making the head lightweight but solid.

Finally, it was time for paper mache!

I used brown paper bags. I went with the uncooked flour and water recipe; I knew I’d end up covering her in fur. I didn’t need the interior to be pretty: I just needed it to be strong. It took about four sessions over the course of two days, which was much better time than I’ve had for past paper mache projects. I was surprised at how sturdy she is. Her ears are perfectly stiff!

Once the paper mache was dry, I applied a layer of blue tissue paper as a decoupage to her ears, and painted that with darker blues, blacks, and purples. I used a paintbrush with watered down white paint to flick stars onto her ears to create some quick galaxies. Then, I took a white paint pen and drew on some constellations. There’s Cancer, Aries, and Leo on her left ear, and the Big and Little Dippers on her right.

After that, I painted the area around her eyes black and applies some fine flocking powder (Folk Art’s “Velvet crush”).

Then came the trickiest part; furring the head and ears. To get a perfect fit, I actually printed off the ear pattern again and cut it out, then sewed the darts together to create a perfectly sized and shaped piece that I could glue onto the back of the ears. It fit like a glove! I was a bit more carefree for the face; I eyeballed symmetrical pieces of fur and glued them on. I used an electric trimmer to shorten the fur around her muzzle, just a bit.

After that I just had fun with her; I put some aluminum rings on her ears, painted the fur black near her muzzle, and glued a dichroic glass gem onto her forehead.

A HUGE thank you to Jonni for the pattern; I wouldn’t have been brave enough to even attempt her without the template. I’m planning on selling this beauty, so wish her well as she goes to bring luck into a new home!

If you want to learn how to paint beautiful glass eyes like these, I highly recommend Back to Earth Creations on youtube; she makes gorgeous dragon eyes, which is what I referenced when making the moon rabbit’s crescent eyes.

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Made by Jill Strzinek

This was made for a Breast Cancer Walk. I was totally finished when I realized I gave a female lion a mane.

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