Materials:
- Balloon
- Paper mache paste (3/4 parts glue & 1/4 parts water + newspaper strips)
- Strips of newspaper
- Strips of white paper (3 sheets or so of old computer paper works well)
- Red paint
- Green paper
Instructions:
- Prepare your paper mache paste
- Blow up the balloon until it has about a 5 inch diameter and tie it
- Cover with 2 to 4 layers of newspaper paper mache and let it dry. About 24 hours to dry unless you leave it somewhere sunny and warm.
- Don’t cover the tied part (this will be the hole for the pens/pencils).
- Cover with 2 to 4 layers of white computer paper and dry.
- Reach through the hole with a sharp pin and pop the balloon. If you can, pull out the balloon bits.
- If necessary, take a fairly damp cloth and widen the hole to the desired size. The damp cloth will soften the mache so you can work with it.
- Crush the bottom of the holder so that it stands without help. Set the holder on a damp paper towel or damp cloth for about 15 min to soften the mache. Then push gently to make a flat surface on the bottom.
- Paint the holder red and let it dry.
- Cut two simple leaf shapes from green felt or construction paper and glue to the top of the apple.
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