There is a bit of a saying in our house, well to be accurate, I keep saying … ‘You can make anything out of papier mache’
I needed to utilise the awesome powers of papier mache to create a couple of costumes for an event. Lots of fun and many many many hours of paper glueing, shaping and painting later – our costumes were ready! And then we set about very quickly ruining them by running, sliding and crawling through 10 km of mud!
Making the Menhir …
Making all the rest of the costume items …
The final costume …
How I planned to carry the Menhir …
… but in the end Asterix carried it mostly, until we abandoned it by one of the muddy obstacles.
How we looked after about 6-7 km of the mud …