A gorgeous bowl to make your home feel a bit less bare now that the holiday decor has come down. Make your own with a balloon, newspaper and a handy homemade paste recipe…
Create a papier-mâché bowl by first making a paste. The best version is made by mixing 1 part flour to 5 parts water, boiling for 3 minutes, then letting it cool.
Blow up a balloon then tape it to a sturdy cup. With a paintbrush, “paint” some paste onto 1” newspaper strips on both sides then “paint” it to the balloon starting with the center and working out. Let each layer dry completely before reapplying another layer. Create 6-7 layers for solid bowl. Pop the balloon then carefully remove the balloon from the paper.
Cut the balloon level down so it’s at the level you want the bowl to be at. Spray paint the inside gold and let it dry. Spray paint the outside gold and let it dry. With spray mount, spray the outside and then quickly apply Himalayan or thick sea salt. Apply as little or as much as you wish. Apply another layer of spray mount on top to really make it stick.
Project design by Brittany Watson Jepsen and photographed by Hilda Grahnat.
blessings.
12 Comments
welovecitrus
January 18, 2012 at 1:47 pmi love this idea :-)
elenor
January 21, 2012 at 5:28 amthank you for sharing this lovely project and the good tutorial with the fine pictures!
many greetings from Austria!
elenor
Ann Martin
March 12, 2012 at 3:29 pmReally lovely bowl; found it (and your site; lovely too!) via CraftGawker. Thanks for the tutorial.
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April 14, 2013 at 4:04 pmHi this is very beautiful. One question – the bowl looks like it is oval (the opening) or not completely round. How do you do that? Thanks for the tutorial !!!
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Saga
August 9, 2013 at 2:19 amI too love this idea, it looks nice :-)
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