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Paper Mache

Post by MauEvig » Thu Jul 30, 2015 10:51 pm

Anyone have any luck using paper mache to make their own costumes? I've never used it myself but it seems like a lot of people can get really creative using that stuff.

What do you think?
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Re: Paper Mache

Post by Andybev01 » Fri Jul 31, 2015 1:38 am

I tried making a mask once, it's a messy process and it weighed a ton.
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Re: Paper Mache

Post by NeverMore » Fri Jul 31, 2015 10:25 am


Yeah, paper mâché would probably be awkward. There's always upholstery foam?

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Re: Paper Mache

Post by MauEvig » Sat Aug 01, 2015 12:04 pm

It looked like they might have some on walmart.com that didn't seem too badly priced, but it makes me wonder how well I can work with it. Working with things like clay is one thing, foam a completely different story. I could probably try it. I looked it up and people were able to make some detailed cat and dog masks, and someone made a minecraft outfit out of it.

As far as paper mache goes I haven't used it since I was in...I think 6th grade when we made those miniature castles for the Medeval faire.
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