Tuesday 26 April 2016

Painting Papier Mache Farm Animals from Baker Ross.

We received a bumper box of crafty goodies from Baker Ross recently. Ellie shared what was in the box....There was that much we are going to spread it over a few posts....



The girls have been excited to get dug in and yesterday we did just that....As soon as the girls got in from school we got crafty!

We started with the animals....We were sent a Classpack of Papier Mache Farm Animals....


You get 35 animals in a pack. There are geese, horses, pigs, goats, cows, chickens and sheep!

The girls got on with painting them.....We used some of the fluorescent powder paint.....A set of 6 paints cost £15.99 and the tubs are quite big....A little goes a long way and these I think will last quite a while....It is just a case of mixing the powder with some water.....We used the pink and orange. 


It was only when writing this that I realised that the animals can be covered with the decoupage paper we were also sent....Oops.


The girls had a great time painting the animals and we ended up with some very bright creatures. Ellie has already has plans for them....She has said she is going to play Minecraft with them. Fantastic! Becky did ask why the chicken and geese were the same size as the cows and horses....She asks too many questions....hehehe Because they are was my answer.


Each pack costs £39.99 which works out at over £1 an animal. It's not a price I would normally pay but they are very cute and I can imagine them lasting a while as they are solidly made....The girls love them as they painted them themselves so maybe they are worth the money just for the fact it kept them busy for a while and they will be getting played with.....


We were sent these products free of charge to review....All thoughts and opinions are my own.

10 comments :

  1. Hi Kim, I can imagine a class of children really enjoying painting and bringing the papier mache animals to life (not literally,of course that would be just plain spooky!). In the scheme of things 1£ per animal isn't too bad if it takes a while to decorate.

    xx

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    1. hahaha! Real like papier mache animals would be spooky....lol
      We loved them and they are getting so much use.
      Thank you!

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  2. Wow that's a huge box of crafts!
    These animals would be a good classroom project or even a home ed' meet up activity.
    Love how colourful the girls have made them.
    Looking forward to seeing what you get upto on the next Baker Ross update :) x

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    1. The animals really are great...
      They could have painted all the animals their normal brown colours but that would have been so boring.
      Thank you!

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  3. Love your brightly coloured animals, they look so fun to play with! We got the same box too, glad I read this about the decoupage as I didn't realise that either so might give it a try!

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    1. Thank you!
      hahaha! Before I read about the decoupage paper the thought would never have crossed my mind. lol

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  4. They look great. They would be great for a project in school wouldn't they.

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  5. What a brilliant craft activity! It looks so fun and something Sylvia would have fun doing! :) Angela from Daysinbed

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