This book teaches new techniques that anyone can use to create fabulous masks easily and quickly. Make one of the 12 popular mask styles in the book with detailed instructions and over 300 step-by-step photos - or use these easy new methods to create your own unique designs. Jonni shows you exactly how to sculpt the features of your masks so they truly represent the character and expression you're looking for. Then capture that look permanently with just two layers of super-strong, fast-setting paper mache, using the recipes included in the book. Your finished masks can look like they were made from fur or feathers, antique gold, ancient bone, rusted iron, glazed porcelain, and even carved and highly polished African wood. The innovative methods in this book are easy, the materials cost just pennies per mask, and your new creations will be even more fun to make than they are to wear. This book takes the art of paper mache masks to a whole new level.

Discover all new tips, tricks, recipes, and crafts as well as articles filled with fascinating ideas and lore. Llewellyn's 2023 Sabbats Almanac shares brilliant new perspectives on each sabbat, complete with hands-on rituals and activities to help deepen your practice and sense of the sacred. Call on Krampus to release shadows during Yule. Invite new things into your life with a meaningful choice of wood for your Beltane fire. Honor death and decay deities through a compost ritual for Samhain. This almanac also provides crafts for each sabbat, including a decorated watering can for Ostara, a "face of the forest" mask for Lammas, and a gratitude box for Mabon. Featuring some of the best writers in the Witch and Pagan communities, this almanac is a treasury of magic.

Step-by-step instructions for creating papier-mâché monstrosities and expanding the limits of your imagination, from the author of Paper Mache Dragons Celebrated monster-making master Dan Reeder is at it again—helping others to let out their inner monsters! All that’s needed are a few simple materials and a wild imagination. Reeder guarantees success if the tried-and-tested, goof-proof how-to steps in this humorous read are followed. But there’s more—he’s also giving away all of his secrets for creating ghoulish monster elements such as jaws, claws, horns, scales, webbing, tentacles, eyeballs, fingers, toes, gnarly hands and feet, and even perfect drool! Learn how to make a basic monster and you’ll be well on your way to creating more hideous creatures, beasts, dragons, and whatever else your dark side can think of! “I’m not one to argue that the world doesn’t need more monsters, be they made of papier and/or cloth mâché, as demonstrated in Dan’s entertaining new book, or flesh and blood, as demonstrated by the one standing behind you right now.” —Gary Larson, creator, Far Side “For lovers of the truly grotesque, Reeder provides detailed photo instructions for large figures constructed of clothes hangers, newspaper, and glue. Cloth skin, teeth, and slathered-on paint finish them off. The toothy dragons are particularly effective.” —School Library Journal

If you've always wanted to create life-like animal sculptures, but you thought it would be "too hard" or "too expensive," you're in for a very pleasant surprise. This book contains step-by-step instructions and over 250 photos to guide you through the enjoyable process of making realistic animal sculptures in a whole new way. Jonni Good's easy techniques help you create stunning wildlife art without the mess usually associated with papier mache - and the patterns included in each chapter guarantee that your sculptures will be perfectly shaped and proportioned from the very start. Paper mache clay takes about 5 minutes to make, using inexpensive ingredients. Applying the clay to your form is as easy as frosting a cake. It goes on smooth, and dries hard and strong. It's easy to form life-like details like eyes and noses, fur and scales. Then finish your sculptures with acrylic paints to bring them to life. Jonni even shows you how to create your own patterns from original drawings or photos, so you can use her techniques to sculpt any animal you like. Creating life-like animal sculptures has never been so easy, or so much fun!

It’s time for a masquerade! Readers will enjoy making their very own masks out of paper-mache. This book teaches readers to create several paper-mache projects, such as a superhero mask and monster mask. Readers will also learn how to make masks of animal faces, such as lions, owls, and bunnies. Colorful photographs make each step accessible even to beginning readers, and step-by-step instructions guide readers through each part of the process. Crafters are on their way to becoming masters of disguise!

Keep your hands busy and your mind playing and free of stress with A Happy Book of Little Gifts to Make. From professional artist Sarah Hand, the author of Art Makers: Papier-Mache, this book features easy-to-follow step-by-step projects, creative inspiration, and prompts—all designed to be done at home using affordable, accessible materials. Best of all, the projects are small-scale, so they are portable, giftable, adorable, and fun! A Happy Book of Little Gifts to Make includes varied projects done in all kinds of materials, from papier-mache and paper to crayons, paint, and paint pens. With this book, you can learn to make: Dioramas Papier-mache creatures Pop-up cards Cotton dolls And much more Throughout the book, find tips for having fun and relaxing as you create, plus creative inspiration and prompts so that you can use this book as a starting point for art projects you devise on your own. After a stressful year (or decade?), everyone needs to have fun and let loose, and what better way than with art that can be created at home and with materials you already have? The small size of the projects makes them manageable even for beginning crafters and artists, and kids will love working on the projects too (possibly with a little adult help). The art is adorable and whimsical and appeals to artists of all ages and skill levels, including beginning crafters, DIYers, crafty families, and more. Grab your paper, paints, and more and then set up at the kitchen counter to start your stress-free creative life with A Happy Book of Little Gifts to Make from a professional artist and instructor.