How to Simply Make and Antique An Adorable Paper Mache Faux Foil Bunny

    Wouldn’t this little bunny look amazing with that tin foil treatment?

 

Applying The Tin Foil

   This past weekend, while everyone at home had their own things going on, I decided to start this little project.  It was just about noon when I began.  

   An hour and a half later, this is what the little bunny looked like.  I felt pretty good about that, thinking I had covered quite a bit.  The bunny is 8-inches tall and about 5-1/2 inches from front feet to the end of his tail.

   Regular Reynold’s Wrap aluminum foil works perfectly for this project.  The heavy-duty would not work very well.  As you can see in the pictures, I tore small pieces about 1/2″ in size.  As the hours wore on, some of the pieces got bigger.  I tried to keep the edges uneven.

 

   Use Mod Podge to adhere the foil to the paper mache form.  I tried to keep the Mod Podge on the shiny side of the aluminum foil.  The dull side was the side I chose to have shown on the surface to make it look old.   I tried to keep the glue off of that side.  Just use a damp paper towel to wipe the glue off of the tin foil surface.

 

   You can use the side of a rounded pencil to burnish the foil to the form, which helps to reveal more of the detail.  ( A rounded chopstick or pen would work, too.)  The tin foil adheres to the paper pretty well, but rubbing the side of the pencil over the foil smooths the surface and guarantees a better bond. 

 

  So, here is the faux foil-wrapped bunny after five hours of gluing.  He actually looks pretty neat like this.  My plan is to make him look old by antiquing him, though.  

Antiquing The Foil Bunny

   In the tin foiled egg tutorial, the lady had used black paint.  I thought I would try a dark brown antiquing medium instead.

 

    Okay, well, that does not look so good. Ewww…  It looked kind of like someone had smeared chocolate on the bunny.

 

   So, I thought perhaps a charcoal paint color was the better choice.  It seems to me that the black will be too intense.

 

Use Isopropyl Alcohol To Remove Paint

   Alcohol will take off acrylic paint.  I know this because I have used alcohol to clean plastic stencils and my nails after getting acrylic paint on them.  I took a cotton pad soaked with alcohol and cleaned the brown off of the tin foil before painting with the charcoal color.

 

The Charcoal Paint Works Like A Charm

    Working in sections, I paint on the Ceramcoat charcoal-colored paint, then wipe it off with a soft damp rag.  Some sections require a little dabbing with the paintbrush until the desired effect is achieved.  The charcoal color leaves a nice soft antique feel, which I think is pretty pleasing.

 

   The little faux foil craft Easter bunny looks pretty cute and I am seriously thinking about making a few of the eggs to match the bunny.  Since you now know How to Tin Foil and Antique a Paper Mache Bunny, maybe this will inspire you to create one of your own!

Supplies To Make Your Own Tin Foil Bunny

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• Paper Mache Bunny  (similar one on Amazon)
• Mod Podge
• Paintbrushes
• Ceramcoat charcoal-colored paint
• Ribbon

 

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