The Octopus

It starts out with a left over Papier-mâché ball from the last project. I cut a hole underneath and emptied out the balled up newspapers. Then, I poked holes and inserted four wire hanger wires.

Using masking tape, I twisted curled up strips of newspapers and taped them to the wire hanger wires.

To create curls, I used an old PVC pipe found in the garage.

I always think these Papier-mâché projects are going to be easy, but then they get complex as I start working on them. I mean, there are 8 legs on this dang thing! At least I've tried to keep the creature a bit smaller overall. Regardless, there's going to be glue and paint flying everywhere! I guess I should implant a hook somewhere in this piece to make it easier to get around those legs. I wonder if I should make the legs a little thicker where they join the body?