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Color Washing and A Paper Mache Hippo Head

August 22, 2012 By Taylor 10 Comments

Yes you can believe it, I made a Paper Mache Hippo Head. I guess I am officially crazy now :) You know I love the whimsy. I was a little on the fence with the whole animal bust craze but when I saw the Hippo Bust at West Elm and knew I needed to get on board. Then I saw the paper mache unicorn tutorial at Lil Blue Boo and got to work. Ashley has an amazing tutorial so you can check hers out. And to be honest my hands were way too messy to attempt to take pictures during this project. Paper Mache is messy y’all!

We have lovingly named him ThomNis, which is how Finn pronounces Hippopotamus. I love how he turned out. It’s kind of hard to get a good picture- I guess ThomNis is not very photogenic.

I mounted him on a wooden plaque that I found from Joanns and wanted to keep the wood grain so it would look rustic so I used one of my favorite painting techniques: A Color Wash.


How to Color Wash:
Start with your paint, a paintbrush and a cup of water.

Put a little paint in your cup then add a little water, I mixed 3 different colors of paint. The more water you add the more see through the wash will be; showing more wood grain. Mix and add until you get a good consistency you like.
Then just paint. Mine went on really watery but as it dried the color became more vibrant.
Have you color washed anything? Also do you think I’m crazy for making a Hippo Head and hanging it in my living room? At least Ashley put her unicorn in her playroom :)

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Comments

  1. Dan (the monster-man) Reeder says

    August 22, 2012 at 11:31 pm

    That’s a great hippo head! Nice work!

    Reply
    • Taylor Urban says

      August 24, 2012 at 10:49 am

      thanks dan!!

      Reply
  2. Meg O. says

    August 24, 2012 at 7:11 pm

    What can you NOT do? That is so fun!

    Reply
  3. Ally says

    August 26, 2012 at 8:38 am

    LOL! Awesome! I don’t know why but I too, am highly attracted to weird heads hanging on the wall. I’d love a paper mache deer (not a real bambi), but that’s likely outside of my ability level…

    Reply
  4. Ally says

    August 26, 2012 at 8:39 am

    Oh, I’ll be following you in the future. Anyone with a hippo bust deserves to be watched closely. Lol

    Reply
  5. Liz says

    August 26, 2012 at 3:30 pm

    Love the Hippo!

    Reply
  6. Tami Von Zalez says

    August 29, 2012 at 11:22 am

    Great idea – it would be fun to do one of a jackalope or something like that!

    Popped in from YWW.

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    Reply
  7. Anonymous says

    September 29, 2012 at 12:59 am

    Do you have a how to for the Hippo Head? I am really wanting to make one for my friend for Christmas and I don’t know where to start.

    Reply
    • Taylor Urban says

      September 29, 2012 at 8:25 am

      Actually no I just started with three big balls of newspaper and kept adding and shapingtwitch tape it then i used paper towels over the newspaper with a paper mâché mix

      Reply
  8. ครีมหน้าใส says

    October 22, 2014 at 7:37 pm

    I like looking through a post that can make
    men and women think. Also, many thanks for permitting me to comment!

    Reply

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