PLANET EARTH
The planet earth is the planet where you live preserve it by recycling. Here you´ve got an idea to work out.
MATERIALS
- Round balloons.
- Cardboard pieces
- Newspaper
- Glue
- Wallpaper paste and water
- Containers for the wallpaper paste
- Water-based paint.
- Paintbrushes, water, water containers and a newspaper covered work area.
- First mix up a batch of paper mache mix. Do this by mixing wallpaper paste and water to the consistency of thick cream. (Instructions can be found on the wallpaper paste package).
- Add a touch of glue to make the paste nice and sticky.
- Tear newspaper or newsprint into small manageable pieces.
- Cover the balloon with about 4 or 5 layers of newspaper or newsprint pieces dipped in the wallpaper paste.
- Let the balloon dry somewhat between layers.
- When dry, paint the paper mache balloon to look like the earth, the sun, the moon, saturn or whichever planet you choose.
- Create a base for the planet using two pieces of corrugated cardboard as shown in the diagram.
