I really like such fairy-tale houses, in any design: made of fabric, made of papier-mâché. Today I have it from a canister. I’ll tell you in detail how I made it.

To work you need:

• empty canister,
• newsprint,
• mass of papier-mâché,
• PVA glue,
• cold porcelain,
• cardboard for the base of the house,
• masking tape,
• acrylic paint or gouache,
• twine for the nest and for the ladder,
• acrylic spray varnish,
• I used acrylic contours to place the centers in the flowers.

I used a felt-tip pen to draw where the door and window would be. I form a roof from crumpled newsprint and glue it with masking tape.

And the top.

I use a utility knife to cut out the door.

I cut up pieces of newspaper and cover the roof with them.

I tape the roof thoroughly on all sides.

I use newspaper to form a mushroom stem on the side.

I also use newspaper to make a cap for the mushroom on the side, like a ring, and fasten it with masking tape.

On top is crumpled toilet paper and again masking tape.

I glue this hat onto the leg with PVA glue.

I crumple up the toilet paper and form the edges with tape like this.

I glue it above the door (or rather, where it will be).

I cover the door itself with toilet paper on both sides.

I am preparing cardboard for the bottom or for the stand of the house.

I also prepare a lot of papier-mâché (I only use white paper).

I gradually began to stick the mass on, waited until it dried and then continued to sculpt.

I attach the house with wire to the cardboard bottom.

Like this below.

Then I simply pulled it off, twisting the wire.

I cover the bottom of the bottom with paper.

I prepare cold porcelain and a door (the paper on the door has dried well).

First I cover the door with a thin layer of cold porcelain.

Then I form a relief, like a wooden one.

Well, the rest of the small parts for the door.

The ring was made from wire.

Before covering the house with cold porcelain, I covered it with putty, dried it and sanded it with sandpaper.

I make grooves under the roof with something like this.

I also covered the canopy over the door, which was made of paper, remember?

I also roll out small pieces of cold porcelain and stick them around the roof.

And I immediately create a relief of such spots and circles.

Window on the roof. First I do the bottom of the window.

And then the top.

Well, I sculpt other various details on the house.

I decorate the house with flowers and leaves.

I make bricks.

I'll show you the stamps I use.

Well, it seems to have stuck all over.

Now you need to let the house dry thoroughly.

Now you can paint! I took brown paint

and when it dries, you can wash it off.

Only shadows remained.

I also primed the door with brown paint and the ladder.

Then shades, using a semi-dry brush with yellow paint.

I paint the bottom of the house, that is, cardboard, with spray paint (whatever I happened to have on hand).

Now I'm painting the whole house with white paint.

And now I’m starting to paint with colored paints.

Roofs first.

Then slowly everything else. I first applied a dark color (grass, for example) and, when it dried, a lighter color on top.

At the same time I’m making a fence.

I am crocheting a nest.

The house seems to be all painted.

I am also painting the fence, now it needs to be attached.

I glue a piece of cold porcelain and embed the fence into it, then I make an imitation of grass.

When the grass has dried, I paint it (again, a dark color at first, then a lighter color on top).

I glue small flowers where the petals of large flowers have broken off (this is because I already glued large flowers dry).

I glue small flowers everywhere where they were missing.

To cover the bottom inside the house, I will glue a “mat” from a thick piece of fabric.

I cut the bottom to size and glue it. Ready.

Now the door! I glue a strip of fabric in half (I have jeans).

And I glue them to the door, waiting for it to dry.

I glued it with PVA glue, but it’s better to do it with instant glue (you don’t need to wait until the glue dries so that it doesn’t spread).

I keep it on the inside until it dries and the door sticks well.

The door is in place and opens well.

Ladder.
I twist 2 pieces of twine, insert prepared sticks into them and glue them so that the ladder does not fall apart.

Then I tint it with brown paint.

I will glue the nest and ladder with a hot gun.

I cover the entire house with acrylic varnish from a spray can. Look how the roof already shines here. I also molded the eggs into the nest from cold porcelain.

I placed the centers in small flowers with an acrylic outline, after I had varnished the house.

Well, that seems to be all, the house is ready.

Now for the photo shoot.

It certainly looks fabulous.

Sometimes amazing things can be made from improvised means, using a little effort and imagination. For example, a fairy-tale house from an old box for a gnome or doll. We will do it using technology.

For work you will need the following materials:

• any box, you can take milk or juice packaging;
• roll of toilet paper;
• newspapers or sheets of paper;
• some thick cardboard;
• PVA glue;
• water-based paints and varnish;
• scissors;
• brushes;
• eggshell;
• cereal;
• stained glass paints;
• molar tape.

House from a box for a doll gnome - papier mache:

First you need to prepare the box, cut off all excess from it. You don’t have to throw away the cardboard sashes; they will be useful for constructing steps, windows and doors.

Next, we make the roof, to do this we roll a cone out of a sheet of paper, try it on the box and secure it with glue, it is better to take thicker paper, or several sheets of newspaper, otherwise the roof will be deformed during the work.

We make a second funnel from a small sheet and glue it at the very top at an angle to the first, it turns out to be a kind of gnome’s cap.

Next, we form the roof slopes from the same paper, bending them slightly upward.

For temporary fastening of elements, for example, while the glue sets, you can use molar tape. I made the roof so that it fits tightly onto the house; in the future, the product can be used as a box for storing small items or a hiding place.

When the main elements are ready, you can start covering them with toilet paper. To do this, apply PVA to the base with a wide brush, apply pieces of paper and form small folds, then cover the top with glue again. Thus, an imitation of a plastered wall is obtained. If one layer of paper is not enough, you can make more. I got three layers.

In order to proceed with further work without damaging the “plaster”, the house must be dried. In the oven in ventilation mode, 10-15 minutes will be enough for this, at a temperature of no more than 100 degrees Celsius. While the house is drying, you need to make sure that it does not become deformed.

We cut out windows, doors and a base for installing the house from pieces of cardboard, then glue the blanks with the same PVA glue.

To make a frame for doors and windows, we roll up toilet paper and dip it in PVA diluted with water, then glue it around the windows and doors. We also make the layout for the windows from flagella, but smaller in size.

To imitate exposed brickwork, I used egg shells. I carefully broke it into brick-shaped pieces and glued it onto a thick layer of PVA.

Bushes of greenery creeping along the wall of the house can be made from cereals. To do this, apply a thick layer of glue to the wall of the house and sprinkle cereal on top. Branches and trunks can be made from the same flagella as frames for windows and doors.

When all the elements are attached and the glue has dried, we begin painting. I used regular gouache. To make the windows look more believable, I filled them with stained glass paint; if this is not available, you can simply paint it with blue paint and cover it with any transparent, glossy varnish.

We fix the result with a matte water-based varnish. I also painted the inside of the house and the roof with gouache and covered it with two layers of varnish.

A fairytale house made from a box for a gnome using papier mache technique is ready!

A mass of papier-mâché.

We will use this mass for rough work, creating the basis for future products (dolls). It turns out that the best binding component for this mass is ordinary flour paste (possibly with the addition of starch)!
I conducted a lot of experiments and I ask you to take my word for it - there is nothing better than paste.
You can generally remain silent about availability - there will always be a spoonful of flour of any quality.
If you mix the mass with paste (rather than with glue), it dries easier and saturates the cellulose more easily - the mass becomes more homogeneous and dries faster. Taking into account the thickness of the dried layer, this is an important factor.
The second and only filler component will be cellulose.
We will get it from the most ordinary toilet paper. Of course, you can simply soak toilet paper in paste and make papier-mâché from it. But this is very inconvenient. Firstly, although paper exfoliates well in ordinary water, it is much worse in paste. Because of this, it may be unevenly saturated and will shrink unevenly when drying. Excess moisture also interferes with work - the mass will be too soft and wet.
It is much more convenient to have supplies of crushed dry fibers with you, which can always be kneaded by adding glue.
erase any thickness and as much as needed.

That’s what we’ll do with preparing such grains.

1. Place the toilet paper rolls in a suitable pan, fill with water and put on fire.

2. Stirring occasionally, we help the paper turn into a homogeneous paste.


3. When there are no lumps left, pour the pulp into a colander. There is no point in waiting until it cools down - it’s easier to slowly rinse it under running cold water, and at the same time cool the pulp. There is no need to try to rinse everything at once. Do this in batches.
4. After washing, place the resulting mass in a suitable container. There is no point in waiting until all the water has drained - this will not happen in the foreseeable future;). This is what you should get:


5. Next, use your hands to carefully squeeze the water out of this mass.

6. After squeezing out the water, you need to crush the resulting pieces. We simply break the squeezed mass into small pieces with our hands.


This is necessary in order to place them in the kitchen chopper.
I bought the cheapest chopper on sale - power (the price depends on it) does not play a special role.
7. Well, actually, we chop these pieces.

Place the resulting grains on a spread newspaper and dry them for future use.
If a mass of papier-mâché is needed now, then the grains at this stage are sufficiently dehydrated, although still raw. You can add a little paste to it and mix the mass.
Note:
a) You need to grind the squeezed out, but not
dried mass. Otherwise chopper
any power will not be able to with it
cope (try cutting
book!).
b) In a paste for better strength
you can (but not necessarily) add
a little carpentry or casein
glue. About 1:10. Not worth it anymore.

Source
http://www.papiermache.ru/receptura-i-tehnologija.htm

How many different ideas and creative solutions exist in our lives. You can make everything with your own hands: from furniture to window curtains.

Decorative elements that you can make yourself using scrap materials are gaining great popularity. Today we will tell you about DIY papier mache crafts.

First, let's learn a little more about the technology itself and its background. "Papier mache" means "chewed paper" in French. Of course, this type of craft appeared there in France.

Papier mache resembles modeling, but very unusual, which is done without plasticine or clay. The whole essence of the technique is that the elements are formed from loose paper.

The original purpose of papier-mâché was slightly different from its current purpose. Previously, craftsmen used this technique to make dolls. Today, the range of use has expanded significantly.

Various teaching aids, masks, dummies, boxes, and various household items are made from papier-mâché. Some craftsmen make lamps and furniture elements that are indistinguishable from the real thing.

To make papier mache you need the following materials:

• . Newspapers.
• . Container with water.
• . Homemade paste made from flour or starch. Wood glue or PVA will also work.
• . Sandpaper.
• . Primer, emulsion paint.
• . Scissors.
• . Cardboard.
• . Watercolors or gouache.
• . Colored paper.
• . Stationery knife.
• . Plasticine.
• . Natural material for decoration.
• . Buttons.
• . Threads, wire.

Papier mache is characterized by three manufacturing technologies.

One of the methods is characterized by the production of so-called liquid paper. The principle of making a homogeneous mass is as follows: small pieces of paper are poured with hot water.

The solution should stand for a day in a warm place. Next, the paper is boiled, squeezed out of moisture, and loosened. After the solution is dried, the last step is mixing the mass with chalk.

Glue is added to the resulting mixture to obtain a thick consistency. You can make glue yourself using starch. Wood glue is also used in the work. The solution is ready for use.

The most common papier mache method is gluing small pieces of paper in many layers. First you need to prepare the form that needs to be processed.

Next, take paper, which must first be wetted before applying it to the required surface. For a lasting effect, you need to apply more than 100 layers. The basis is ordinary PVA glue or starch paste.

The third method of making crafts is carried out by gluing hard plates of thick cardboard. The craft needs to be primed. Afterwards the product is painted and dried.

Jars, plates, wires, vases, balloons and other objects are used as the basis for the form. The figures can also be sculpted as sculpture.

What to make for your home using papier mache?

There are many options for decorating an apartment. From papier mache you can make interesting crafts with your own hands that will decorate the space and will pleasantly please both the owners and their guests.

Fruits on the form. Let's start with the pear.

• 1. First of all, you need to mold the shape of a pear out of plasticine.
• 2. Next, coat the resulting fruit with glue and apply previously prepared pieces of paper. For a good and reliable effect, do this work in 6-7 layers and let the glue dry.
• 3. Carefully cut the pear in half and remove the plasticine from the resulting paper mold.
• 4. Next, you need to glue the fruit and apply another layer of paper. Prime the resulting result with paint and let dry.
• 5. At the end, glue a piece of paper to the pear itself. And crafts for home decoration are ready to please your eyes.

A paper pineapple will fit perfectly into your fruit collection. Its production is not as complicated a process as it might seem at first.

• 1. To work, we need a jar that will serve as a frame. A layer of pieces of paper is applied to the surface and moistened with water. Next, apply about 4 layers of glue to the jar.
• 2. After complete drying, cut the paper in half and join the future pineapple into one whole. Next, the product is primed, and so-called scales are glued to the surface.
• 3. The pineapple is dried and painted with a brush.
• 4. A green stem with leaves is glued to the tip. The fruit is ready! Now a real still life will appear on your table.

The imagination of a creative person can come up with a lot more. Experiment, try and find new ideas for papier mache crafts. Something made with your own hands will always pleasantly surprise those around you and yourself. Such elements will make your life more interesting and brighter.

They can be not only useful, but also simply beautiful things that can decorate any interior. For example, Kanochkina Svetala can tell you how to make a papier mache house with your own hands.

In this work you will need the most traditional materials for this technique: paper, glue, cardboard, tape, etc.

The basis for the future house will be an ordinary plastic sour cream jar, which is secured to a stand with tape. A roof should be built on top of the jar-house, on which there is a pipe from the chimney.

Next to the house we form something similar to a tree, and next to the house we create steps.

We start working with papier mache, for which you can use toilet paper or newspaper soaked in PVA. At this stage, a couple of layers are enough.

After this, it is necessary to add more details into the composition, which we form from paper. In this case we are talking about cobblestones on the pavement, railings, windows, doors and vegetables in the garden.

Be sure to glue everything carefully.

The final layer should hide all imperfections and unevenness, after which the work can be covered with primer. For these purposes, you can use traditional art primer or white acrylic.

To color the composition, you can use absolutely any paints. In this case, watercolor was used, which is capable of conveying the tenderness and transparency of color. The first thing I decided to do was paint the roof, creating an interesting aging effect by wiping off some of the paint with a rag.

Let's move on to the wood, which can also be rubbed a little with a cloth, or you can simply draw small leaves or add a little yellow paint.

A similar technique worked well on steps and cobblestones. Black/brown paint was used and then wiped off a bit with a rag.

For a small swing I used two old brushes, a skewer, thread and cardboard. The swing support made of tassels and skewers is covered with paper.

Don’t forget about the vegetable garden near the house either!

You can use a glue gun to secure the apples to the tree.

A small watering can will come in handy in this composition; it is simply sculpted from plasticine.