How to make a Papier Mache Animal Bank
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Balloons
Several newspapers or packs of tissue paper
PVA glue
Poster paints
Egg cartons
Pipe cleaners
Thick art brushes
What to do (Time to get messy!):
1. Blow up your balloon to the size you want your piggy bank
2. Tear your newspaper or tissue paper into strips roughly 2cm x 10cm and stick onto the balloon
using a mix of glue and water (half and half). To keep it stable, you could rest the balloon on a
mug while you’re doing this
3. Once you’ve added 3-4 layers, leave the balloon in a warm place until it dries and goes hard
4. Add legs by cutting out the individual egg holders from an egg carton, and paint and decorate
your papier-mâché animal as you choose
5. Once dry, coat with a thick layer of glue and wait until it dries rock hard and varnish
6. Ask an adult to use a craft knife to cut a money slot in the top of your finished sculpture and
your work of art is ready to collect your cash!
7. Start collecting all your loose change and money earned from chores to put into your piggy bank
8. Don’t forget to drop it off at the Treehouse hospice by Friday 15th May with details of your
name and address and parents’ email and mobile phone number
Enter our competition
Name:
Age:
Parents address:
Parents email:
Please return your animal bank together with this form to the The
Treehouse, St Augustine’s Gardens, Ipswich by 15 May 2015.
If you’d like your bank back after the competition please let us
know
We’d love to see images of your banks being created tweet
@EACH_Hospices, visit www.facebook.com/EACHhospices or
email [email protected]
For more information contact the fundraising team: 01473 276196