Monthly Archives: July 2007

Assault course footage

Mini assault course

Back to Yateley again! My parent’s garden was much more suitable than our tiny London back yard for this task. We constructed the assault course with stuff found in the garage and around the house. A seesaw made from breeze-blocks and a plank of wood, an obstacle made from tyres and a long tunnel made from [...]

C-3PO and a Clown Geisha

We started by covering 2/3 of our balloons with paper Mache (torn strips of newspaper and PVA glue mixed with water). Tess was a lot faster at doing this so her mask ended up being a lot harder because she added more layers of newspaper. Once dry we popped the balloons, trimmed the edges of [...]

Paper Mache masks

Next week Tess and I will be making paper Mache masks. The materials needed are:

Round Balloon
Newspaper
Paper Mache Paste (PVA glue and water)
Plastic Wrap
Paint

And we will be following the instructions on this web page:
http://familycrafts.about.com/cs/makingmasks/l/blpmchface.htm