how to make a paper mache

You will get a solid, wooden-like plate and, what is most important, it will be easy to make. You will be able to apply any beautiful pattern you like.

How is it done? Firstly, you need the following components:

Any porcelain or ceramic plate, dish, tray.
porcelain plate
PVA glue (it is the most suitable for this type of work)
PVA glue
Pieces of newspaper (it becomes dense while drying, so it is not a problem to get it) and a saucer of water.
Decorative plate

Let's get started. Firstly, you moisten pieces of newspaper (they should be small to create indistinguishable layers) with water and put them on a plate, so that the newspaper completely repeats the plate profile. You can also wrap a plate around with plastic film, because it is difficult to separate the bottom layer of the newspaper from the plate after drying.

Do not bend the edges - just simply cut them off neatly with scissors or knife, along the contour.

Put the newspaper only on the top layer of the plate - you do not need to paste the entire dish.

Then, you remove air bubbles, taking them to the edge of the paper. When one layer of newspaper moistened with water is ready, lubricate it with the PVA glue and put the next layer. If the glue is slightly diluted with water, it is no longer necessary to moisten the pieces of newspaper. But be careful: do not highly dilute the glue with water, otherwise layers will not be completely dry. Subsequent layers are simply lubricated with glue, which is slightly diluted with water.

Therefore, layer by layer, you create a gift (or decoration, or functional tray, or anything else!) with your own hands. The main thing to consider is that the more layers in a plate, the stronger and more durable it becomes.

Finished layer of paper mache can be easily removed from the plate. The corners are equally cut with scissors or knife. 
After all, you can start applying a beautiful pattern. It is better to cover the top layer with mastic and then with ceruse beforehand - any paint is well applied to it, ans newspaper lines do not leak through the paint.



how to make a paper hat

It is very easy to make a hat or any other head-dress of paper - it will not take a lot of time. Let's  consider some options available and start with a top hat.

Top hat.

You need an ordinary plate, pencil, scissors, glue and thin cardboard. This is a classic version of the creation of hats, and on its basis you can come up with your own ideas.

1. Cut the cardboard intended for the top of the hat, into two ribbons of equal width (please note that their width determines the height of the cylinder).

2. Measure the circumference of child's head, divide that number by 2 - and you get the desired length of each of the bands. Make an allowance of about 2 cm on the bonding line, and cut the excess cardboard.

3. Merge the two fragments overlapping on the transverse side. You will get a single long strip of cardboard.

4. Next, turn the strip into a cylinder colored side out, and glue it transverse edges overlapping.

5. At the conventionally lower side of the cylinder make cuts about 2 cm deep, spaced 2 cm apart. Then set the item aside for a while.

6. Lay the cardboard intended for the hat brim on a table. Put on a normal soup bowl and draw its outline with a pencil. Then put your cylinder in the center of the circle and also draw its outline. Cut the resulting "donut".

7. Go back to the cylinder. Put it on the table (cuts down) and put on them a bit of glue or paste a piece of double-sided tape.

8. Put the "donut" on the cylinder and press it, so the glue is clutched.

Bottom view:

9. If you want to hide the places of gluing, cut another circle and glue it to the bottom surface of the borders.

10. Decorate the hat with contrasting paper tape and you're done.