How to Make a Papier Mache Volcano

Making a papier mache volcano sounds fun and easy. And here's how to do it!

1. Begin by getting a small bottle like an Actimel drinking bottle (about 6cm high)
2. Cut a square cardboard piece (25cm across, 25cm down) and stick the bottle bang on in the middle.
3. Find lots of strips of newspaper.
4. Stick the newspaper all the way round,starting from the top of the bottle and folding the newspaper inside the bottle.Then, you can get the shape of a volcano.
5. Stick on anymore big chunks of newspaper, when the strips have dried. It does NOT have to be strips. Repeat this about 5 times (or until the volcano starts to get rock hard).
6. When that has dried, you can paint it, black at the top then brown or grey, lastly green for grass at the bottom.
7. Your volcano is now ready to explode!!!!!!

• To make the grass more realistic, use dark and light green.
• To make the volcano look better, use both grey and brown.
• If you don't want to use traditional newspaper strips, you can get Rigid Wrap. It makes the process much easier!

• Remember to use P.V.A glue or your volcano will not work!

• newspaper
• cardboard square
• PVA glue
• paint in grey, green, brown, black
• Actimel drinking bottle.