Note the Pringles guy JOL.
The can leg is removable and is a poison bottle. On it's label were the contents of the package inside. I didn't tak any pics of it finished, but my partner has a pic in the gallery images. Here is the label:
My sister came up with the idea to add what I'm calling "fiendship" pins to the laces:
To make the paper mache boot I used a large Frosted Flakes cereal box for the sides and some free newspapers I dug out of the post office trash cans by the mailboxes for most of the rest of it. (Yes, I was dumpster diving for them. It's usually only full of junk mail discarded when sorting mail, anyway, so :p.) I used a cut up toilet paper tube for the heel. Everything was held together with masking tape before I pasted the newspaper strips on. I glued it with wallpaper paste, although Elmer's glue watered down would work just as well. The paste that I used , which is a powder, I've had since 1991! That's some old paste! Worked like new! I can't believe I've hauled that stuff with me for this many years. Still have a lot left, too.
Anyway, here are some pics before I painted it:
I'll be posting each item separately and linking them all in my last post. To many pics for one post!
10 comments:
wow, i love it. not sure I could have made something like that, but you have me wanting to. great job and thanks for sharing.
I love this project! What is OYP? What websites do you do swaps on? I've recently discovered Swap-Bot and other sites, and am excited to start doing swaps!
Great blog, by the way!
Thank you Queenquill! "OYP" stands for "Once You Pop (You Just Can't Stop)". It was the slogan for Pringle's potato chips. The swap rules were make craft items that would fit in a decorated Pringle's can. Some us bent the rule a bit. :)
This and many other great swap themes can be participated in at Craftster.org at http://www.craftster.org/forum/index.php?board=365.0. The moderators really make the swapping go smoothly. They use "angel" volunteers when the occasional swapper flakes on their end. In my experience, they are fun and worth the effort. You should definitely check it out!
Thanks for stopping by!
Mieljolie
That's brilliant! what a fantastic papier mache project. I think I'll have to Wist this ;D You really did a fantastic job.
Thanks so much, BonesInspired. It was a really fun project for a great swap!
Mieljolie
I am wow'd by your witch boot...luv it!
Thank you for sharing I am feeling inspired, been some time since I played with papier mache :0)
love & light
Trace oxo
Thanks you, jasmoon-butterfly. I love working with paper mache. The possibilities are endless with that stuff. Not to mention how fun it is getting the hands messy for a change. ;)
Mieljolie
This is amazing! Thank you for sharing. I'm going to try it I'll send you a picture if it turns out! Love it!!
What’s the rest of the boat made of? You said a cereal box for the sides and toilet paper roll for the heel but what about the rest? Ty
It's a paper mache boot, so newspaper and paste were used on top of the cardboard cereal box and tp tube to give it more shape. I did use some masking tape to help hold wadded newspaper in place while I covered it with more newspaper. It was then painted with acrylic craft paints and sealed with a waterbase varnish.
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