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DLTK's Crafts for Kids
Make a Spear
The tip is made from styrofoam for safety.
You can also make the African Mask
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Materials:
- cardboard gift wrap roll
- styrofoam meat tray
- scissors
- tape
- brown, black or grey paint
- OPTIONAL: Paper Mache -- visit "How
to Paper Mache" for the recipe
- OPTIONAL: a second color of paint for decoration
Instructions:
- Cut the gift wrap roll all the way up the length (so it isn't a
roll anymore.
- Reroll it as tight as you can (I found that rolling it on a
diagonal worked best)
- Tape it tightly with masking tape (tape you can paint over) if you
aren't paper macheing. Any kind of tape will do if you are
paper macheing
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- At this point, you can just paint it brown, black or grey
- OR, you can paper mache the project. The Paper Mache will make the
craft MUCH sturdier. It is the method we chose.
- paper mache (2 layers) the shield and all of the face pieces.
- let dry
- cover with a final layer of scrap white paper mache
- let dry
- visit "How to Paper Mache"
for tips on paper macheing.
- Cut a spear shape from a piece of styrofoam. Don't make the end too
pointy.
- Tape it onto the end of the shaft.
(if the end breaks, you can just cut out another one.)
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