This is my favorite, because he did not cost a thing. Thanks to my parents(Thanks Mom & Dad), we got a new tv for our birthdays(both Jeremy and I are in March). So Jeremy cut off the sides and used excess cardboard to make braces inside and hot glued them inside. The layout of the box worked out perfectly. Then he layed it on its side, cut around some other cardboard we had, heading for the recylce bin, and made the sides, also hot glued on and left to set. The outside was then paper mache. The mixture was a bit different to make it more sturdy. The mixture was flour, water, salt, which is the normal kind, but we added clay flour. We had purchased a 50 pound box of this from a taxadermy website last year. By adding it, the constitancy was much better. So, newspaper with the paper mache mixture, and it dried much quicker then other projects we did with regular paper mache. He did coloring with layering of paints. First layer was black, then with a sponge brush and light strokes of gray next. You have to make sure its very dry brush/sponge, not a lot of paint, or the effect will not look as nice. Next added in some med green coloring with dry brush technique and then a darker green.,and we had some moss lying around from the plant that we had bought for clearance in one of the other projects that he added last. This guy was great for backdrop of the swimming pool we filled with sand. Since Erin's sandbox was only big enough for 2 toddlers, we got a pool that we would need anyways in the summer, added 4 bags of play sand and toys and kids had a blast. Erin had to be pulled away kicking and screaming from it. And what will we do with all the sand, well Erin goes through it, and it will last us through fall, so we will just store it for use later. Waste not want not, right?!
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