Have you ever wanted a mold of your favorite sea shell? This is the right article for you!
Steps
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Wash your sea shell (look for a flat one, to make it easier to slide out). Wash it and make sure there is no dirt or sand on it.
- Set up your station. Mix your warm water with glue, and shred thin pieces of newspaper.
- Lay your sea shell out on the news paper. Take a piece of news paper and dip it in to the glue mixture. Put it on your shell.
- Keep doing this until all of your shell is covered with paper mache.
- Let the mold dry.
- Once dry, take your knife and cut along the sides of the mold.
- Take your shell out and put it away, paper mache the sides of the mold you cut to stick them back together.
- Let it dry.
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Once dry, admire your paper mache sea shell.
Tips
- When the paper mache is done drying, try painting it, you can make sea shell mobile with it.
- When paper mache-ing the sea shell, set out two or three newspaper sheets.
Warnings
- Be careful cutting the paper mache.
Things You'll Need
- A sea shell of your choice
- warm water
- a cup or bowl
- elmers glue( liquid)
- news paper
- knife or razor blade cutter
- patience