Want to make some papier mâché - the easy way? You can use a few simple ingredients to make perfect papier mâché paste.
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup cold water
- 1/2 cup all-purpose flour
- 1/2 cup water to boil
- 3/4 tsp salt
Steps
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Turn on the stove and get some water to put in the pot.
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Meanwhile, mix together the cold water with the all-purpose flour and salt. Stir well until evenly mixed.
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Pour the mixture into the boiling water and mix.
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Place the pot on the stove and bring it up to a boil. Leave it for about five minutes, then turn off the stove.
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Allow paste to cool thoroughly - it's best to leave it at room temperature for 15 minutes, place the paste in the freezer for ten minutes.
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Stir and use! You don't have to heat the flour and water paste that is just an extra step for a quick and easy project
Alternate Version
- Prepare all the things you need.
- Take out the plastic bag.
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Decide if you want to make a colored glue. If you want colored glue, use some water-based marker or any marker as long as it is not whiteboard and permanent markers then it's fine.
- Color the plastic bag with the marker. don't worry if it doesn't cover the whole space, it will be colorized later. :)
- Pour as much glue as you want inside, the more glue you put, the more color the plastic bag must have!!
- Shake the bag real hard until it is even.
- Make it into the icing stuffy shape.
- Cut a hole.
- Start using the glue! To use, press the glue to the hole!
- Tear paper strips and put inside
- Add glue. You can also add any glue you add yourself so it is special!
- Shake!
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Use!
Tips
- Don't let the mixture overboil - five minutes on high heat seems to work pretty well, although feel free to adjust the heat to fit your needs.
- You can increase your measurement if needed, using a maximum of two cups each of cold and hot water, 2 cups of flour, and 3 tsp. of salt.
- Use origami paper is best or neon.
Warnings
- Don't burn yourself!
- Be careful not to get this on your skin - it will glue your fingers together!
- This is edible but it doesn't taste very good, so if you accidentally swallow some it won't hurt you.
Things You'll Need
- Pan
- Spoon (to stir)
- Bowl (for mixing the cold water, flour, and salt, as mentioned in step 2)
