{"id":3864,"date":"2018-10-05T12:14:47","date_gmt":"2018-10-05T12:14:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/manningkrull.com\/manningmakesstuff\/?p=3864"},"modified":"2020-11-18T14:49:43","modified_gmt":"2020-11-18T14:49:43","slug":"paper-mache-lollipop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/manningkrull.com\/manningmakesstuff\/paper-mache-lollipop\/","title":{"rendered":"Making a giant paper mach\u00e9 lollipop"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This giant paper mach\u00e9 lollipop was the easiest project in the world! I made this along with a bunch of other types of giant candy for my gingerbread house Halloween party. Here&#8217;s how I did it&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/manningkrull.com\/manningmakesstuff\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/paper-mache-lollipop-03.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/manningkrull.com\/manningmakesstuff\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/paper-mache-lollipop-03.jpg\" alt=\"Paper mache giant lollipop - finished\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I started by searching Amazon for &#8220;inflatable ball&#8221; and bought the cheapest one I could find in the 15&#8243; &#8211; 18&#8243; range; it turned out to be a globe, which is kind of funny because the last time I ordered inflatable balls it was to make two <a href=\"https:\/\/manningkrull.com\/manningmakesstuff\/paper-mache-globe-decorations\/\">paper mach\u00e9 globes<\/a>!<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Anyway, this globe was only four bucks and it was a real piece of junk! :) I inflated it to be as firm as I could get it, and it ended up way smaller than the 16&#8243; it was supposed to be \u2014 maybe 13&#8243; max, and it was somewhat squished-looking and lop-sided even when fully inflated! No big deal.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/manningkrull.com\/manningmakesstuff\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/paper-mache-lollipop-01.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/manningkrull.com\/manningmakesstuff\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/paper-mache-lollipop-01.jpg\" alt=\"Paper mache lollipop\"><\/a><\/p>\n <div class=\"ad-300x250 ad-float-right\">\r\n<script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- MMS 300x250 -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:inline-block;width:300px;height:250px\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-5009313124668288\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"3616150394\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<\/div>\n<p>I covered the inflatable globe with three layers of paper mach\u00e9. You can read about my paper mach\u00e9 process and materials <a href=\"https:\/\/manningkrull.com\/manningmakesstuff\/my-paper-mache-method\/\">here<\/a>. The short version is: I use <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/2LYmQsW\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Roman PRO-543 universal wallpaper adhesive<\/a> (paid link) and alternating layers of newspaper and brown wrapping paper.<\/p>\n<div class=\"am-item\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B00FK8VNJE\/ref=as_li_ss_il?ie=UTF8&amp;psc=1&amp;linkCode=li3&amp;tag=manningkrull-20&amp;linkId=c750f16dcb0f016ec23f35d64e1c3348&amp;language=en_US\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" src=\"\/\/ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/widgets\/q?_encoding=UTF8&amp;ASIN=B00FK8VNJE&amp;Format=_SL250_&amp;ID=AsinImage&amp;MarketPlace=US&amp;ServiceVersion=20070822&amp;WS=1&amp;tag=manningkrull-20&amp;language=en_US\"><\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/ir?t=manningkrull-20&amp;language=en_US&amp;l=li3&amp;o=1&amp;a=B00FK8VNJE\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" style=\"border:none !important; margin:0px !important;\"><\/div>\n<p>If this were going to be a more permanent decoration, I&#8217;d do about seven or eight layers, and then pop the inflatable ball and remove it. For this short-lived decoration, three layers is fine, and there&#8217;s no need to remove the ball.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/manningkrull.com\/manningmakesstuff\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/paper-mache-lollipop-02.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/manningkrull.com\/manningmakesstuff\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/paper-mache-lollipop-02.jpg\" alt=\"Paper mache tootsie pop\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>(Oh yeah, I should mention, I neglected to take pictures of basically all these steps leading up to right before painting! But seriously it was so easy; you don&#8217;t need pics!)<\/p>\n<p>The ball shrank a tiny bit as I paper mach\u00e9&#8217;d it, resulting in some ugly wrinkles all over the surface that were created as the ball shrank away from the paper. So, when the three layers of paper mach\u00e9 were dry, I then covered the whole thing in a layer of masking tape to smooth it back out. This helped a ton!<\/p>\n<p>I then added the ridge around the lollipop; I measured and cut a long strip of foam board, rolled it up on my kitchen counter to give it a permanent curve, and taped it in place on the sphere.<\/p>\n<p>(A weird note here: I thought I was making a Tootsie Pop, but it turned out I had the wrong picture in my head! When you think of a Tootsie Pop, do you picture the ridge going around the sphere left\/right like a latitude line, i.e. like the equator, or up\/down like a longitude line? I thought it was left\/right, but it turns out on Tootsie Pops it&#8217;s up\/down! <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/search?biw=1745&amp;bih=857&amp;tbm=isch&amp;sa=1&amp;ei=696gW5eALe2Jggfu9YbQCA&amp;q=tootsie+pop+unwrapped&amp;oq=tootsie+pop+unwrapped&amp;gs_l=img.3..0.2328.3712..3817...0.0..0.74.636.10......1....1..gws-wiz-img.......0i67j0i24.V1pMMj26BcM\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Take a look.<\/a> I must have been thinking of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/search?biw=1745&amp;bih=857&amp;tbm=isch&amp;sa=1&amp;ei=CN-gW-rMDIKHggeM-p-YDg&amp;q=dum-dum+unwrapped&amp;oq=dum-dum+unwrapped&amp;gs_l=img.3...1959.3334..3439...0.0..0.80.685.11......1....1..gws-wiz-img.......0j0i67j0i30j0i8i30.yjkA1YRAW78\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">dum-dums<\/a>; they&#8217;ve got the ridge around the center.)<\/p>\n<p>Anyway, I covered all this with one layer of paper mach\u00e9!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/manningkrull.com\/manningmakesstuff\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/paper-mache-lollipop-04.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/manningkrull.com\/manningmakesstuff\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/paper-mache-lollipop-04.jpg\" alt=\"Paper mache giant lollipop - making the stick\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I made the stick out of rolled up brown wrapping paper, which I secured in a few places with masking tape. I stuffed crumpled up newspaper inside to help the stick be more sturdy; I used small pieces of newspaper and packed them in with a broom handle.<\/p>\n<p>I taped two little circles of paper on the ends of the stick to close them up and make the shape a little more sturdy.<\/p>\n<p>I covered this stick with three layers of paper mach\u00e9. It was way easier to work on the stick and the sphere separately and attach them later.<\/p>\n<p>When everything was dry, I attached the stick to the candy part of the lollipop with hot glue and then lots of masking tape. I added a little ridge around the connection point with a strip of craft foam, and then I covered this whole connection area between the sphere and the stick with five or six layers of paper mach\u00e9, all in one shot.<\/p>\n<p>Setting the lollipop up to dry was a bit of a challenge! I couldn&#8217;t lean it in any direction with any pressure on the stick, or it would&#8217;ve dried crooked. So I set a foam ring on top of two chairs and stuck the lollipop through that so the stick could hang straight down while drying. Just to be safe, I stacked up some books under the stick, just high enough to meet the bottom of the stick; I was worried that without anything there the paper mach\u00e9 might have sagged a bit and stretched out the bottom half of the lollipop. Anyway, this all worked; the lollipop dried perfectly straight and the connection was nice and strong.<\/p>\n<h2>Painting<\/h2>\n<p>I spray painted the whole lollipop with a light gray primer coat, in two stages: First I painted the candy part, and propped up chairs around the stick part while it dried. Then I painted the stick part and set the candy part upside down in a foam ring.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/manningkrull.com\/manningmakesstuff\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/paper-mache-lollipop-03.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/manningkrull.com\/manningmakesstuff\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/paper-mache-lollipop-03.jpg\" alt=\"Paper mache giant lollipop - finished\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I used masking tape and newspaper to protect the stick part so I could spray paint the candy part a reddish-purple color. Done! This was like the easiest project ever! On to the next one&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This giant paper mach\u00e9 lollipop was the easiest project in the world! I made this along with a bunch of other types of giant candy for my gingerbread house Halloween party. 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