See what papier-mâché dolls can be made using toilet paper. From the same material, you will make a piggy bank, toys, New Year's crafts. The papier-mâché technique opens up a huge scope for creativity, allows you to make toys, a piggy bank with your own hands. Thanks to her, from old newspapers, paper figures of animals, dolls, dishes will be obtained.
How to make a papier-mâché piggy bank with your own hands?
You will make such a funny tiger cub if you take:
- two sheets of white paper;
- newspapers;
- plasticine;
- a small polyurethane can;
- PVA glue;
- scissors;
- paste;
- gouache;
- stationery knife;
- thin and thick brush;
- acrylic pistachio varnish.
Prepare paste. To do this, take a glass of cold water, pour it into a saucepan, pour 2 tsp here. starch, stir well. Put the container on fire, stirring often, bring the liquid to a boil, remove from the stove. When the paste has cooled down, it is ready to use.
Remove the lid from the can, turn the container over, place it on the table. Covering the jar with plasticine, immediately form the ears, eyes, paws, and facial features of the tiger cub. Here's how to make a piggy bank next.
Tear the newspapers into small pieces, start gluing them over the blank. Attach the first layer with water. The remaining 10 layers must be fixed by smearing each piece of newspaper with paste.
Leave the piece to dry overnight. In the morning, glue it with pieces of white paper, which must be attached with PVA glue, which will give the product strength.
Let the toy dry completely, then cut it into two halves with a utility knife.
Remove these parts from the can, connect them again, gluing them together at the cut with white papers greased with PVA.
At the top with a clerical knife, make a cut of such a size that coins of the desired denomination can be lowered into the piggy bank through this hole.
Now go over the outer surface of the piece with white gouache to prime it. When it dries up, paint the item in the desired color.
Here's how to make a piggy bank out of paper and newspapers. If you want to see how to make a funny pig, which is also designed to store and multiply little things, then check out the second master class.
This is how touching and at the same time funny the piglet will turn out. To do it use:
- inflatable ball;
- toilet paper;
- acrylic paints;
- construction PVA;
- foil;
- newspapers;
- toothpicks;
- acrylic putty.
Inflate the balloon, tie it. Tear the newspapers into small pieces, and stir the glue in a container with water in a 1: 1 ratio. Dip the pieces of paper into this mass, attach to the ball. It is necessary to glue the newspapers in several layers.
You can first moisten the pieces of newspaper in water, then dip them in PVA, decorating the surface of the ball, glue torn pieces of paper here.
We make a mass for papier mache; for this, rather large pieces are torn off from toilet paper. Put them in a container to which you need to add PVA. After that, it remains to mix the contents well. Now, using a sponge or with rubber gloves, apply this mass to the ball covered with newspapers.
When it dries well, make a puncture with a needle, Take out the burst ball through the bottom hole. Close the slot with two strips of masking tape, which are applied in a criss-cross pattern. Piggy bank legs can be made from a reel left over from foil or stretch film. These cardboard tubes need to be cut into 4 pieces with a knife. You can use toilet paper rolls if you like.
These blanks must be attached to the base with masking tape, and papier-mâché paste must also be applied on top.
Make a piglet out of a piece of foil, attaching it with toothpicks and tape. Cover it with toilet paper soaked in glue, shape the nose.
From it, you will need to mold the eyes, attach them in place with glue. Ears can be made from papier-mâché or clay
Now you need to leave the piggy bank so that the papier-mâché dries well. Then we grind the workpiece with emery paper, after which we apply acrylic putty on it. We are waiting for it to dry, then we wipe the piggy bank with a damp cloth to level the product. Apply the putty in several layers until the surface is flat.
We make a hole for coins with a clerical knife. We attach the tail, which must be made in advance from wire and papier-mâché.
We start painting the product. First, apply any dark paint, then, with a sponge, cover it with red.
Next comes pink, followed by a mixture of white and pink. The next coat of white paint, but very little is needed.
It remains to paint the eyes, after which the papier-mâché piggy bank is ready.
How to make a do-it-yourself paper sculpting mass?
The base is not always simply pasted over with torn newspapers; there are very interesting recipes for making a mass for papier mache. Get to know one of them.
From such a mass, you can mold a figurine of an animal, for example, a bear. Take:
- 2 rolls of the cheapest gray toilet paper;
- 3 tbsp. l. linseed oil;
- 500 ml of universal or construction PVA glue of liquid consistency;
- 1.5 liters of water;
- gauze;
- large bowls;
- sandpaper of medium and fine fraction;
- colander;
- PVA glue.
Tear the toilet paper finely, put it in a bowl, fill it with water. It should completely cover the paper. Leave the mass to get wet during the day.
Now you need to wring out the paper. To do this, lay gauze rolled in several layers on a colander, put a little mass here, some of the water will drain. Remove the rest by lifting the edges of the gauze and squeezing out the paper. Also squeeze out the rest, but do not dry out, leave a little water.
Place all of this paper in a large bowl, then add construction glue to it. Stir the mass. This will be easier if you mix the paper and glue in small batches.
Add linseed oil, stir. It will allow the mass to become more plastic. Now you can sculpt from papier-mâché or fold this mass into molds to make toy parts. You will glue with the help of PVA, which is called "Moment joiner".
When the papier-mâché blanks are completely dry within a few days, they will need to be sanded with medium, then fine sandpaper.
The finished product is primed and then painted.
Master class: do-it-yourself Baba Yaga's hut
It can also be made from the mass, the recipe for which you just learned, or use a different one. This is how the house of this fairy-tale character will turn out.
But for this you need to work hard, but first prepare:
- a bottle of a suitable size and shape;
- napkins;
- stack;
- PVA glue;
- ruler;
- pencil;
- mass for papier-mâché.
Cover the bottle with napkins using PVA glue. Use a pencil and a ruler to mark the logs, doors, windows on it.
Starting from the bottom, the papier-mâché mass is glued in strips. Decorate two sides at once, forming circles in the form of log cuts.
Using a stack, make stripes on the door, logs, so that they convey the texture of the tree.
Make finer details of the door.
Let the house dry for 24 hours.
Blind a window, shutters from the mass for papier-mâché. Using a stack, decorate them with carvings. We begin to make the attic, in the photo it is pink.
Such elements need to be done above the window and above the door, then we decorate the roof.
Having made a row on one side and on the other, leave it to dry, only then make one more tier.
Then complete the third row and pipe.
Use a stack to make a brick pattern here, then give these elements a roundness.
There will be another row at the top of the pipe. Then we decorate the wall with polymer clay fly agarics.
Leave the house to dry completely. After that, you need to paint it.
Baba Yaga's hut is ready.
DIY papier-mâché dolls
It’s hard to believe that such wonderful works of art can be created from toilet paper.
To make such a Snow Maiden, take:
- an empty trapezoid glass bottle;
- copper wire;
- pliers;
- mass for papier mache from toilet paper;
- rubber glue;
- PVA;
- polymer clay;
- cotton wool;
- elastic bandage or good stretching cloth;
- scissors;
- paints;
- cloth for clothes;
- satin hair band;
- rhinestones for decoration.
Take an empty bottle, wind a wire around the neck.
Cut a piece from the wire with pliers, wrap the neck with it to make papier-mâché doll handles.
While wetting an elastic bandage with rubber glue, wrap it around the workpiece.
Now grease this bandage on top with PVA glue, attach papier-mâché here, forming the chest and back of the doll.
From the same mass, make a head for her.
To use less papier-mâché, you can first wrap the top wire with foil, then cover it with this mass, shaping the facial features, ears. Leave the workpiece to dry until the end, then sand it, apply a putty. After the one dries, it also needs to be sanded with sandpaper.
To make hands, moisten cotton wool with an aqueous solution of PVA glue, apply it to the wire. Wrap an elastic bandage or strip of fabric with the glue dampened. Make brushes out of polymer clay. Color the doll using a flesh color, mark the eyes, eyebrows, lips with the appropriate shades.
Sew a petticoat and a dress for the doll, make a kokoshnik out of cardboard. By loosening the brown satin ribbon, you get that luxurious shiny hair. It will take a lot of time to make such a papier-mâché doll, but the materials will cost a little, and what a luxurious result awaits you!
If you want to get acquainted with another sample, then watch the second master class in this section.
You will get such a wonderful doll on a horse. To make this duo, you will need:
- toilet paper;
- wire;
- cardboard;
- Styrofoam;
- strong thick thread;
- newspapers;
- foil;
- acrylic paints;
- PVA;
- foam ball.
Cover the balloon with several layers of newspaper. If you do not have such a ball, then you can twist this figure from some newspapers. Slide the head blank over a piece of wire so that it is in the middle. Bend the edges of the wire down. Separately wrap the hero's legs with newspapers dipped in liquid PVA, then cover the wire above this place with them, connecting both edges.
Give the doll the desired shape by overlapping with a papier-mâché mass.
Making a horse. Bend the wire, as in the photo, wrap it with foil.
Coat this blank with papier-mâché paste.
When it's dry well, stick two pieces of wire into it to make the legs of the animal.
Cover the top of the piece with damp papier-mâché. Let the horse dry well. Now we need to add volume to both blanks, for this we also use papier mâché, including to make the ears and nose of the prince. And we make the ears of the horse from cardboard, cutting out the parts of the corresponding shape. Sand the workpieces.
Cut off the excess wire on the legs of the animal, add the mane, tail, and muscles to the prince. Cut a strip with zigzag edges out of cardboard, glue it over with newspapers, and roll it in the form of a crown. Spread over with papier-mâché.
After finishing grouting with sandpaper, the doll will look like this.
Glue the crown using papier-mâché. With the same mass we connect two heroes.
A piece of foam is used for the platform, which must be pasted over with newspapers.
Cut the wheels out of cardboard using coins as a template. Cover them with newspapers and papier mâché as well.
Apply the same mass on top in 4 places of the cart to attach the horse.
Sand the blanks, then paint them.
Interesting crafts for the New Year 2017
Let's create them using the same papier-mâché technique. If you want to have such funny hedgehogs flaunted on the Christmas tree, then start your creative work right now.
To create them, you will also need materials that you do not need to buy - the savings are obvious. Take:
- two toilet paper rolls;
- cones;
- mass for papier mache;
- cotton pads;
- paints;
- plasticine;
- glue Titanium;
- two wooden skewers;
- brush;
- PVA;
- sparkles.
At the top, fold the cardboard into sleeves 1 and 2. Put cotton pads lubricated with PVA here, make a cone out of them, stick on a wooden skewer.
Disassemble the cones into scales, glue them on one side of the roll, as well as on the sides. Form the rows, starting from the bottom, staggered the elements of the subsequent rows. Use Titanium glue for this.
At the beginning of this article, you read how to make a papier mâché mass out of toilet paper. You can use other similar materials, such as paper towels. In this master class, yellow napkins were taken for this, their color does not matter. Form the body and nose of the hedgehog from such a mass.
Let it dry, make the front legs, attach them to the tummy, using the same mass. Here are some interesting crafts for the New Year 2017. But for now, we need to let our hedgehogs dry well, then cover the arms and tummy with beige, and then also brown. We paint the thorns of animals in the reverse order - first we use a brown tone, then beige or white. Then the hedgehog's fur coat will be as if dusted with snow.
Make eyes, eyebrows, mouth, nose out of plasticine, mold a mushroom, attach it between the arms of the animal.
If you want, you can make the lower legs for the animal from plasticine or plastic, placing them at the ends of the laces, the middle of which is threaded through the upper hole. You can attach a bell to make interesting sounds when moving the hedgehog.
These are the wonderful most interesting crafts for the New Year you will get.
Make them together with your children. If it is difficult for the children to do this, then tell them an interesting idea for creating papier-mâché cakes, which they will be happy to bring to life. Let the child make such as a New Year's treat for his dolls and toys.
To do this, put next to it:
- foil;
- cardboard;
- two bowls;
- not a food spoon;
- newspapers;
- paper towels or a cloth to dry your hands.
Cover the table with newspapers in advance, cover it with plastic wrap. Then the child will not stain the work surface. Have him tear or cut the newspapers into small pieces and put them in a separate container. Pour paste into the other. It is prepared like this: pour a glass of water into a saucepan, add 2 tsp. flour or starch, stir. Put on fire, bring to a boil with vigorous stirring. Let the paste cool and transfer to a bowl.
Have the child roll balls out of foil.
You need to make a box from a sheet of cardboard. Look at the diagram how you need to cut its sidewalls, fold them by gluing.
Everything is ready, it's time to start making crafts for the New Year with your own hands, the photo will show how to make it.
Everything you need is on the table. Have the child dip the lumps in foil in the paste, then attach pieces of paper here.
Then you need to leave the craft for a few days so that the glue dries well. If this is not done, the work may begin to grow moldy.
When the cakes are well dry, let the child give free rein to imagination. Using paints, small red pom-poms, finely chopped colored pieces of paper, he will make such a festive treat for dolls.
When the paint is dry, it's time to arrange these cakes to decorate the toy table.
In the same technique, you can make other children's crafts for the New Year. With their own hands, they will build blanks from foil, which must be pasted over with pieces of newspaper. This process has just been described. To attach the toy to the Christmas tree, at this stage you need to tie the carpet ring with a cord or rope, as it was done in the photo tip.
This is followed by another 2-3 layers of papier mache from newspapers, after which the Christmas tree decorations need to be painted.
Now you can make papier-mâché dolls, Christmas toys from the same material, a piggy bank. We suggest that you familiarize yourself with the process of making an apple. It turns out to be so realistic that you should immediately warn both guests and households that the fruit is not edible.
If you want to see how to make a mass for papier mache, then watch the second plot.
