paper mache ice cream cart

cardboard and masking tape

juice bottle caps and a straw

flour, salt and water

kinda messy

used a hairdryer- speeds up the drying process. 

ready for painting

finished product!

I got a wild hair yesterday and decided to make something. Started around 6pm. Paper mache Ice cream cart! Haven't messed with paper mache in 30 years. Not as easy as i remembered. I used all found objects. The tacks used to hold the handles were some of my grandfather's carpet tacks i've had for 20 years. Cardboard, tape, newspaper, glue, bottle caps, screws, nails, drinking straw. 5" wide, 6" tall. Weighs about 10 ounces. Took about 4 hours. Now I want to make about 50 of them. 

Comments

[Johanna]

Do you love ice cream as much as you love ice cream carts? :) -JoJo

[sean finocchio]

i'm a big fan of Drumsticks, Peanut Buster parfaits and Blizzards! What's you poison?

[Johanna]

I'm a Ben & Jerry's girl, some top favorites are Cinnamon Buns and Cake Batter. I'm also in love with Pear Pie, which is a desert my brother used to make at a restuarant he worked at: A sweet, flat bread topped with sauteed pears, a dollop of cinnamon ice cream and a very light, gourmet caramel sauce...it rocks my world! Aaaaaand, now I'm craving desert. Geez, thanks! :)