At dinner last night my Dad pulled out costumes his family made when he was a child.  Wow, he was a child, that is funny.  We all laughed.  what I want to say is we looked at how things were made and it was cool.  The duck mask was made from chicken wire with paper over it and then painted, they called it paper mache.  the other mask was a painted milk carton cut in half and with string through the sides.  Except for the paint it was recycled material.  Wow they were for the environment before it was important.

I want to try this for next year.

I looked up how to make paper mache on the web and my papa helped me to copy into here for you.

Materials Needed:
•Water
•Flour

Instructions:
To make this paper mache paste, simply mix together 1 part flour to 2 parts water. You will want it to be the consistency of thick glue, but you also want it to be runny and not thick like paste. Add more water or flour as necessary. Mix well to remove any lumps.

A few helpful tips I have read in regards to using this paste are:

• If you live in an area with high humidity, add a few tablespoons of salt to help prevent mold.
• If you don’t like the smell of the glue mixture you can add a few sprinkles of cinnamon or cinnamon to sweeten it up!
• You should be able to store this glue in a covered bowl or jar, in the refrigerator, for a few days

So everyone have fun this weekend and stop worrying for a day.  I told papa I am putting my worry bag in my desk draw.

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