Papier Mache Dragon

Fiddling with the small cardboard treasure chest I had just crudely assembled, I sighed. This was not what I envisioned when I set out to make a cute little treasure chest to hold a few chocolate coins. Handing the flimsy eye sore to my son to destroy at his leisure, I proceeded to ask the all-knowing Google what its thoughts might be on making a treasure chest. Google, being my best friend some days and my worst enemy others, wasn’t much help. It suggested wood or paddle pop sticks which would have been fine and dandy if I had such things lying around but alas these were not items in my possession. I looked at my pile of paper and card wishing I could transform it into something beautiful. I toyed with the idea of trying to papier Mache something that resembled a treasure chest. Again I turned to Google to give me some inspiration on papier Mache. I watched video after video of people creating amazing pieces out of papier Mache. I watched a man called Dan Reeder making some outstanding dragons out of paper and cloth Mache. I just had to make one….NOW!

Well, I was actually quite a slow process riddled with massive amounts of drying time however there were always some dragon bits to fiddle with while I waited. When I finally finished I propped my dragon up against the fence outside and snapped this picture.

Papier Mache Dragon

While he looked nothing like I had planned he was still quite cute and the best thing about making him was that I learned a very valuable lesson. Always take you wedding ring off as not to papier Mache it inside of your dragon!!!!

Check out my first dragon - the creation to see some of how I put this guy together.