Effortless Paper Mache Magnets
You will learn how to cut
cardboard into a sweet magnets, cover with paper mache, paint, and care for
with coats of shinny varnish.
This paper mache
project is fabulous, easy, cheap, and great for someone wanting to create
something unique and special for Mom on Mother's Day.
Our sweet cupcake, pie, and lollipop magnets are to
be a spring board for you, we encourage you to tweak, change up the magnets all
you want.
Stuff List
Recycled
Newspaper and cardboard
Masking
Tape
Paper
Mache Paste
Paints
and Paint Brushes
Paper
Clay (Optional)
H20
and Rags
Steps
to Make Your Magnets Sculpture
1
Build Your Magnets Armature
Cup
Cake and Pie Magnet
Draw
the outline of a cupcake, and pie shape onto cardboard and cut your shapes out.
Wade up newspaper; place this onto your cardboard cupcake
shape to create 3D cupcake. Tape all your paper into place with masking tape,
slide your cupcake magnet armature into a plastic bag, and tape the plastic bag
tight to the armature.
Wade up newspaper; place this onto your cardboard pie
shape to create 3D pie. Tape all your paper into place with masking tape, slide
your pie magnet armature into a plastic bag, and tape the plastic bag tight to
the armature.
Lollipop
Magnet
Wade
up newspaper into a oval shape, use tape to shape, place in a plastic bag and
tape tight. Use a straw or stick for the lollipop stick and poke this into your
oval ball.
2
Paper Mache
Cover the magnets
armature with 3 to 4 layers of newspaper using your hands soaked in paper mache
paste. Lay your paper flat onto your magnets and work out all air bubbles. As
you continue to apply layers of paper onto magnets they will look great.
Once you have covered
your magnets with paper mache they must completely dry. Lay
them out in the sun if you can for faster drying, they will take at least 24
hours to dry depending on the size of your magnets.
If your magnets does
not seem tough enough add more paper mache. After each session of paper mache
your sculpture must completely dry before moving to your next step. Awesome, guys get excited to see your magnets take shape.
Quick Link to Paper
Mache Paste Recipe: http://goo.gl/BH5lgM
If you need once the magnets have dried you can
lightly sand with sandpaper and wipe off before painting.
3.
Paint Your Magnets Sculpture
Paint a white coat of primer paint on your magnets
to give you a white canvas for painting on. We use white flat interior house
paint to prime the surface our sculptures.
Once the primer coat as dried paint with acrylics
anyway you like. I begin with the darkest color first and work my way to the
lightest shade. On our magnets we used many washes of color, layering is very
important when painting.
Let all you paint completely dry before sealing with
varnish.
4. Varnishing (Protecting)
You
must seal your paper mache pieces with varnish for protection against moisture.
I spray on a couple of coats of spray can varnish and let them dry.
Paper Mache Sweet Magnet Wrap Up
This is just one way to make bright and beautiful
magnets now it is your turn to use it to create your own magnets for the
special Mom, lady, and friend in your life.
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