PAPIER-MâCHé CUCUMBERS

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Papier-mâché is an amazing technique that is perfect for working even with small children. You can make in this technique all that the soul deigns: a vase, a plate, a Christmas tree toy and many dummies. And today we will do crafts for everyone's favorite day of Cucumber. We will make two types of cucumbers: ordinary cucumbers, which can be put on a plate or placed in a jar under the lid. And the second option: pan cucumber, which will stand on its legs and smile at us merrily.
Materials:
• Newspapers
• Napkins
• Thread
•PVA glue
•Acrylic paints
• Varnish
• Paint-gel pearl effect (optional)
Stages of making cucumbers:
We will start with ordinary cucumbers, to create them we take a couple of sheets of newspaper, think it well, giving the shape of a cucumber.

We wrap the blanks with thread, tear the paper into pieces and glue newspaper pieces to the base, covering it. We do glue this way: we dilute PVA glue with water, 1/2 proportion. We make several layers of newspaper and let the layers dry.
We cover the cucumbers with a layer of newspapers or toilet paper and dry again.

We color, trying to give the most realistic look. In order for the cucumbers to be shiny, they can be varnished.

We do a merry cucumber on legs according to the same principle, we just add a nose, cheeks and legs.

We color the cucumber, draw a face, make the tail of napkins to match the color of the figure or corrugated paper. Pimples are made using a special gel to create a pearl effect. There is a more affordable way: drip Pva or Dragon in the right place and wait until it dries. There is only one minus: it takes longer in time, you have to wait until the pimples dry out on one side and only then proceed to the second side so that the glue does not leak.