I am going as a Plague doctor for DragonCon, and I don't want to waste all my money on a three hundred dollar mask just because it has the features I want, so I figured I'd try and make a paper Mache one, but I've never done Paper Mache, so I have no recipeI need it to be a rather sturdy mask, so I'd rather not have someone be giving me one for thinner projects, It needs to mold easy, and it needs to be easily painted overAlso, I can't use anything toxic, or anything that ought not be inhaled, as its going over my face completely, and I'm a bit scent sensitive.(How Ironic.)Danke!
Pick out a word from the dictionary that you have never heard of and then try to use it in a sentence about something your looking at outside of your windowWhen you get tired of one, try anotherBy the time you arrive at your destination, you will have increased your word-power and might continue to use these new words to impress your friends and family.
We play a game that also helps to keep the driver alertWe call it BusesFirst one to see a bus gets to count itOne with the most sitings at the end of the trip WINS.
See how many different state license plates you can spot (keep a list ) Try to determine the most popular car with in a certain area by keeping count Chevy, Ford , etc Look for interesting places to stop The driver may not read all of the signs along the way Play ,Who was that? We will honk and wave at total strangers on the street or in their yards We wave with our hands in front of our face so they can't see who we are They will wonder .Who was that? You get some pretty funny responses.
Part of the purpose of a road trip is to look at the sceneryIf you find that boring, you might play road games with the driver or other passengersOne of my favorite games when I was growing up was AlphabetWe watched for the letters of the alphabet anywhere outside the car (billboards, other cars and their license plates, and even a school letter whitewashed on the side of a hill or mountain could qualify for the game) and called them out as we saw themThe first one to make it to Z won! One of the rules is that a letter, once spotted, could be used only onceAnother game is GhostA designated person starts with a letter, the next person adds a letter, and that continues around or back and forth until a word of four letters or more is spelledThe one who names the final letter to spell a word loses the round and gains a letter to spell ghost - first loss gains a G, second loss gains an H, and so forthOnce a player spells G-H-O-S-T with losses, that player is the loser of the gameAnd, finally, a game I saw in an old a movie with Glen Ford: Tic, Tac, ToeIn the car, it's not likely you'll have ready access to a pencil and paper, though, so you imagine the layout of the Tic, Tac, Toe board and use numbers to call your choice of squares - 1-2-3 go along the top from left to right, 4-5-6 across the center row, and 7-8-9 across the bottomThe game rules are the same as the one played on paper, but the players call out numbers instead of writing X or O in the boxesFor example, X player calls 5, Y calls 3, X calls 1, Y calls 9, X calls 6, Y calls 4, X calls 8, Y calls 2, and X calls 7 for a cat's gameEnjoy the trip! Lynn
Well, in general, paper mache masks kind of stinkBut if you do it my way, you can just spray it with some kind of body spray or air freshener and the stink will be tolerableThe first thing you want to do is get a gallon milk carton, cut it in half, and turn it upside downThe handle will look like the noseThen just get some newspaper and cut it in stripsMix water into some Elmer's glue in a pie pan until it gets to a watery consistency and kind of looks like milkDip your newspaper strips in, then put two fingers on either side and slide the excess glue offPut it onto your milk carton mask after it dries, cut eyeholes with a boxcutterMaybe you can put some Glad cling wrap over the eyeholes to make it look like gogglesAs for forming the features, you can bunch up the strips (while dry) in the shape you want, lay them on the mask, and put wet strips over themAs for the beak, bunch up some wrapping tissue paper into the shape, and cover it with aluminum foilThe foil will help make the edges nice, since you can pinch and pull it into exactly the right formCover the beak form with wet stripsAfter it dries, simply remove the wrapping tissue paper from inside the beak (the paper mache will have dried onto the aluminum foil, making a solid yet lightweight hollow beakTo attach the beak, just position it where you want it, then tape it down with some duct tapePut wet newspaper strips over the duct tapePaint itPunch some holes into the sides of the masks and put string or thin elastic acrossYou might want several elastics - one for the nape of your neck (under your ears) and one for the back of your head (above your ears)If the beak is really tipping forward, punch a hole in the top, tie an elastic there, then tie the other end to one of the other elasticsWarning: this is going to take several daysDon't mix all the glue at once, because you won't be finished with it in one sittingGood luck!
