Feathered Fowls

Well, what can I say?  This project certainly did not have the finesse we had anticipated. But anyway, we did the best that we could with what we had done.  Sometimes you are a success, and sometimes you fail. Who knows why we couldn't mold this lump of paper mache into smooth objects. The paper mache dried so hard, we couldn't even sand it. That means I must not have followed a step correctly. So we produced what you see here...

 ANGRY BIRDS

Please forgive the my blurry picture above.  Where do people get these concepts that they sell kids on. We had Angry Bird pajamas, Angry Bird lunch boxes, Angry Bird games.  Why are the birds angry? By the way, doesn't that bird to the far left look like Yoda, from Star Wars?

   

We tried to follow the bird pattern from blog http://www.ultimatepapermache.com/bluebird-ornaments only to a certain extent because the directions were very long (but needful if you were making the entire body of a bird).  As you can see, we cheated.  Instead of making the entire head of the bird out of paper mache, we added colored clay and molded it to form the expressions for the Angry Birds.  What do you think of it, are they angry enough?

These birds definitely look like the type not to mess with.

As with so many of us when we're angry, we go out on a shopping spree and buy things for ourselves to feel better.  Did you catch that feather fedora on the right? 

Supplies:

1. newspaper

2. masking tape

3. paper mache paste (make this)

4. paint brushes

5. paint

6. colored clay

Directions:

1. make a ball about the size of your fist with newspaper

2. wrap masking tape around ball until fully covered

3. cover ball with newsprint and paper mache paste

4. let dry

5. paint

6. let dry

7. add clay for eyes and facial expressions

Duration:

This took one week.