Dragon Sculpture

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Dragon Sculpture

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This is a tutorial on making a paper mache-ish sculpture like Dragon which could be used in many different ways.

Supplies

• popsicle sticks
• Cotten swabs
• Cardboard
• Elmer’s School glue
• Wood skewers or craft sticks
• Paper plates
• Toilet paper
• Paper towels
• Masking tape
• Hot glue
• Paper.
• pencil

The Base

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Here I took two paper plates and cut them into a base shape. Taping them to a piece of cardboard.

The Base of the Dragon

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Here I wrapped up some paper taping some of it to keep it in place. Using the skewers for a stand by hot gluing them.

Some Paper Mache

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So here I just wrapped it in paper towel using watered down Elmers glue and brushing it on with a paint brush.

Back Legs

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By cutting some popsicle sticks I hot glued them together and hot glued some cardboard to give it more of a shape.

Front Legs

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Here I basically did the same thing.

The Face and Horns

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Cut some paper plate into a shapes you’d like your horns ,ears and other details to look like and hot glue them on. here I also added some cardboard to get a shape of the face I wanted.

The Tail

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Just cut the rim of a paper plate and hot glue it into place.

Paper Macheing the Head and Adding Eyes

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Use a Cotten swab and cut the ends off to a small circle shape and brush some Elmers glue on them. Next I folded a piece of toilet paper placing it ontop of the head over the eyes and applying watered down Elmers glue to the head.

Back Feet and Hips

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Cut two sets of toes using Cotten swabs and hot glue them to the foot base. Next I just did a little paper macheing to the hips with paper towels.

Front Feet and Legs

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Same as I did with the back feet. But here I did apply Elmers glue to all the toes.

Whiskers and Finishing.

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Cut paper plate into whiskers and hot glue them to the face. Next I go around paper macheing the whole thing and wait for it to dry.

Spray Paint.

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Next I do one coat of spray paint and it’s done!