The technology for making products from paper and paste is so interesting and fascinating that once you try this method, you will certainly want to create more and more handmade masterpieces. Working with the papier-mâché technique is so simple that anyone can handle this task.
We offer you a step-by-step master class for beginners, “Papier-mâché Piggy Bank,” with a detailed description of the entire creative process. After familiarizing yourself with it, you will learn how to create figurines of various animals.
piggy bank
The main advantage is strength, since it cannot be broken, and environmental friendliness - it is made from natural materials. A papier-mâché piggy bank would be a great gift idea.
For work you will need the following tools and materials:
- any unnecessary paper (old newspapers, magazines, napkins);
- round balloon;
- A 4 size paper – 4-6 pcs.;
- paste;
- pencil;
- paints;
- brushes;
- fatty cream or Vaseline;
- putty;
- fine sandpaper;
- stationery knife;
- scissors;
- varnish;
- paper tray for eggs;
- threads
Scheme for making a papier-mâché pig:
Step-by-step instruction:
- To work, we will need a paste; it is made from flour (2–3 tbsp.) and water (0.5 l). Pour half the water into the container and put it on the fire. Pour flour into the remaining mixture and stir well - this will help avoid the formation of lumps in the glue. After the liquid boils, pour water and flour into it in a thin stream and cook for 2-3 minutes and stir constantly. Set the paste aside and let it cool and thicken.
- We tear the paper into small pieces. It is not advisable to cut, since torn ones are better connected to each other, which allows you to get a flat, smooth surface of the finished product:
- Inflate the balloon to the size you need and tie the edge with thread. Lubricate it not with paste, but with baby cream - this trick will help you easily remove the ball at the final stage. Start overlapping the first tier of newspaper pieces:
- Glue on more paper layers (4-5), grease each with paste. To evenly cover the ball with paper, it is better to alternate multi-colored tiers. This will make it easy to see when to start gluing a new row.
- Leave the workpiece to dry. Approximately this process will take about a day. If you want to get quick results, then place the product near a heating device. After waiting for the pig's body to dry completely, we will continue to work.
- Take a paper egg carton:
- Carefully cut out several cells and make legs out of them. Cut out two more for the ears. One cell will go into our pig's patch. Using newspaper pieces we stick these body parts to the blank:
- We cover them with several layers of newspaper, which will provide them with a reliable hold and give them additional density.
- We make the piglet’s snout wider and thicker by rolling up the newspaper into a tube. Then we make a spiral out of it, gradually coat it with paste. Using pieces of newspaper, fix it on the spout:
- We cover the whole pig again with several layers and leave it alone to dry.
- We tear white sheets of paper into pieces and cover the pig with them after complete drying. We make 2 such layers, dry and apply two more. If up to 10–12 layers of newspaper have been made before this, then one white layer will be enough. After waiting for it to dry completely, use a utility knife or scissors to make a slot for coins. Cover the edges of the hole with white paper. Using a large brush, apply primer to the craft:
- We give the pig 3-5 hours to dry and begin sanding it until a smooth and even surface is obtained.
- Let's paint the piggy bank. Choose any paint color and apply it in several layers.
- For example, this is what a pink pig will look like. We make the ears and snout darker. Draw the pig's eyes. Let's start decorating, decorate the piggy bank in any convenient way:
- They also decorate the piggy bank in this style:
- Cover the craft with varnish. Enjoy the results of your work and save money.
Create a pig in another style:
This is what the layout of the unfinished craft looks like:
Video: Making a paper piggy bank
Master class “Papier-mâché pig”
Elmira Safina
Master class “Papier-mâché pig”
For the first time I wanted to repeat this miracle of the handicraft genre, this good old cotton papier-mâché . Toys full of warmth and soul! It is this technique that allows you to fully feel like the creator of an exclusive work, craft, doll, etc.
Creating a work from cotton papier-mâché will take a little time, but what pleasure and benefit these cute little things will bring!
In the year of the pig, there is no symbol of the year - a cute pig ! This work is the winner of many creative competitions, despite the fact that it is a debut.
To create a pig from cotton papier-mâché you will need :
1. Cotton wool and threads.
2. Wire.
3. PVA glue.
4. Acrylic paints and acrylic varnish.
5. Foil for baking.
6. Decorative elements.
1. Select a character. At this stage, it is important to find drawings that give an idea of how the work will ultimately look from all sides. You can use printouts or draw a layout yourself.
2. We make a frame from thin wire.
3 Strengthen the frame, achieve a stable position of the figure.
4. We increase the mass using baking foil.
5. We glue the cotton wool with PVA glue and increase the volume of the figure with the help of cotton wool.
6. We increase the volume with cotton wool, while using threads at the joints, this allows us to achieve a strong figure, without violating the rules of cotton papier-mâché .
7. We make the ears, initially we create a wire frame, after which we strengthen it with foil and cotton wool.
8. Connect the ears to the main figure, fix everything with glue, thread and cotton wool.
9. Prime the finished figure with PVA glue, let it dry and coat it with glue again to achieve a flat surface.
10. We use white acrylic paint for the first stage of painting.
11. Mix several colors of acrylic paint to give the pig a naturalistic look .
12. Paint over the details.
13. We check the template, tint and varnish the finished version using acrylic varnish.
14. From foamiran we make a flower and a clearing on which the pig .
15. Glue the pig onto the clearing with a foamiran flower.
16. We create the details, make a crown from rhinestones and half-beads.
17. We make a tutu skirt for a pig .
18. Glue on the tutu skirt and crown.
19. Our pig is ready !
to make a pig using the cotton papier-mâché technique , since drying the layers of glue, paint and varnish requires sufficient time.
Basic papier-mâché techniques
Today, there are several methods for working with papier-mâché crafts:
- Pieces of paper are generously moistened in a paste solution and applied to the surface of the base figure (balloon, ball, dishes, toys).
- Papier-mâché crafts in the form of modeling from paper pulp. Cardboard packaging and toilet paper rolls are torn into small pieces and mixed with a large amount of adhesive. The working mass is carefully squeezed out, and a craft is formed from it.
The second method is used to make those figures for which it is difficult to choose a base for pasting.
Christmas tree toy
- To make a toy, we will take as a basis a plastic ball of the required size;
- We carry out the set using the method of gluing in layers, described in detail above, option A. The number of layers is 5-6;
- On the dried product, mark the cut line around the circumference with a pencil. Carefully cut the ball into two halves and remove from the base;
- Now the halves need to be connected. Before gluing, we insert a decorative cord in the form of a loop between them. A button or several matches are tied to the end of the loop, which will keep the cord from being pulled out;
- We put a couple of layers of paper along the seam and again paste it with paper of the desired color. Let it dry.
- If we paint with gouache with PVA or acrylic, we decide whether it will be narrative or ornamental. We decorate with ready-made elements in the form of beads or rhinestones either freely or with clear lines and in an orderly manner, in the form of an ornament. But even if you just wrap the ball in foil, it will turn out quite impressive!
New Year's toys, masks and angels, created with your own hands, carry the warmth and creative energy of the author, which is now so lacking in modern products from the store.
Handicraft, antique effect, “vintage” help to recreate the atmosphere of a real holiday from our childhood!
Fruits for the dining room interior
Images of fruits, vegetables and delicious food are known to stimulate appetite. For this reason, apartment owners try to choose tablecloths and table plates with a corresponding image.
Fruits made using the papier-mâché technique are in no way inferior in appearance to real samples. Instructions on how to make papier-mâché crafts with your own hands:
- As a base, you can take several balloons of different diameters.
- In the process of pasting the base with paper, you should slightly adjust the shape of each product.
- If you have plastic fruit figures in your house, you can freely use them for work.
- After drying, the products are also cut into two parts, and then glued and painted in the chosen format.
Tails and leaves (as an addition to the image) are molded from cardboard mass.
