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.
That’s a great hippo head! Nice work!
thanks dan!!
What can you NOT do? That is so fun!
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…
Oh, I’ll be following you in the future. Anyone with a hippo bust deserves to be watched closely. Lol
Love the Hippo!
Great idea – it would be fun to do one of a jackalope or something like that!
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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.
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
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