I found this project in an old book about paper crafts I think. I went with the pictures they had in the book. It took a few goes to get the template right for it. Quite a fiddly project, but very cute once it's finished. I was going to give it as a gift, but it took so long I decided to keep it. I would use more magazine colours if I was going to do it again. (like cutting out shapes from pics of grass/trees etc for green) I used old wrapping paper too which has fun patterns.
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| The tower block sizes I used were: 10cm, 8cm, 6cm, 4cm. Next time I would make them hollow (5 sided) so you could more easily store them away. But they do take a bit of effort to make so you're going to want to display them anyway. |
The blocks were from some very thick cardboard I taped together and then did a few layers of paper mache on. I then wrapped them in dark wrapping paper I had.
The 4 characters are: Fireman, Princess, Gypsy, Clown. Draw up your templates and trace around onto chosen papers. Cut out and assemble before gluing onto blocks. Once all glued on, paint at least 3 coats of varnish. Sand lightly between coats.
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| Yes, there is a bird on her head. |
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