Child's play

[bend_gules]

Last weekend Robert and I went to visit Nicholas and Delia and their family of rescue-critters, to talk about how to decorate the hall for Yule Ball.

This is set at a historic venue in Cambridge for early December.I'd had a vague notion that we could make paper mache, but having not done any since kindergarten, if then, I was low on ideas in this

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[badgersandjam]

I used to make masks for LRP monsters. We used wallpaper paste, and had everyone save their chocolate foils for us so we could do metallic effects.

[m_nivalis]

That sounds like so much fun!

Speaking of the beastiary theme, I trust you've seen Ragnvaeig's Haithabu-style deer mask from felt, if you want inspiration that is not made of leather?

[ormsweird]

I have pondered papermache for doing the Dacre beasts for an event:

http://collections.vam.ac.uk/exhibition/return-of-the-dacre-beasts/61/

Found this page hellishly useful too!

http://www.gourmetpapermache.com/

Shame we can't make it for Uni, but annoyingly we're in Cambridge, just for meeting up with other friends! Can't wait to see the pics though!

[bend_gules]

The dacre beasts occurred to me too.

But I'm all about doing the achieveable, so it went from OMG AMAZING AMBITIOUS to 'let's do table decorations'.

Never seen the Gourmet guy before. I should have asked you up front!