Materials Needed: Balloons, Paper Mache Mixture (recipe below), newspaper
strips, blue and green tempera paint, paint brushes, markers, a globe to look
at for a reference
Paper Mache recipe:
Mix 1 cup of flour with one cup of water until the mixture is thin and
runny. Add the mixture to four cups of boiling water, stir for about 3 minutes.
Dip newspaper strips into the paper mache mixture. It doesn’t need to be
dripping, so wipe of any extra with your fingers. Wrap the balloon with the
strips. Let it dry after each layer - you’ll need about three layers of
newspaper for the balloon to become hard. Let the whole thing dry completely
for a few days before adding any paint. When it’s dry, use pencils to sketch
out the continents on your globe. Once you have it exactly as you want it,
paint one side of the globe. Let it dry overnight, then paint the other side.
Use markers to label the continents on your globe.