Have you ever wanted a mold of your favorite sea shell? This is the right article for you!

Steps

  1. 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.
  2. Set up your station. Mix your warm water with glue, and shred thin pieces of newspaper.
  3. 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.
  4. Keep doing this until all of your shell is covered with paper mache.
  5. Let the mold dry.
  6. Once dry, take your knife and cut along the sides of the mold.
  7. Take your shell out and put it away, paper mache the sides of the mold you cut to stick them back together.
  8. Let it dry.
  9. 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