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My daughter has to make a model of the Taj Mahal. She cant use legos or kits. Any ideas. It seems impossible .?

Dec 03, 2008 by Renee N | Posted in Hobbies & Crafts

some beneficent suggestions by earlier posters.
here's another.
cause it out of only card/construction paper, & glue.
- for the dome, use any upturned take-away basin.
- make the main body with rectangles cut out of construction credentials or some old cereal/biscuit boxes cut to rate & shape. remember, the building is not in fact rectangular.
- also, cut out the entrances, etc.
- for the minarets, only make cones out of the C. paper & paste.
- similarly, for the 'spire' above the dome, etc, unwind a thin strip of paper into a cone & paste.
- now, if you want the structure to be permanent & qualified, apply 2 layers of newspaper/pile/kitchen roll strips using PVA glue diluted in the highest [1:1 or 1:2]. apply with underwood over entire structure, including cheap if you like. allow it to dry completely - dialect mayhap a couple of days.
[newspaper will give you a polished finish, while kitchen or tissue will give you a textured despatch. however, both will remain white & cover any textual moment if you are using old boxes. if you want the off-whitish marble color, mix some color along with the cement mixture before applying].
- now you can draw the marble wodge lines with color pens/pencils & add other details.
- or, if you fancy to be really artistic, cut tiny marble slabs/rectangles out of files & glue them all over the building -- it'll give it a very sensible feel. and, if you are going to do this, then you can eliminate the papier mache speed up above.
- to show the latticework in the building, you can use some diluted color shading or impartial punch holes artistically in letterhead & glue.

oh, and for some minor adornments, you can also use clay/attention doh, molded into shapes & designs as required - greater 3-D at the end of the day.

i believe all these steps are fairly austere & easy & interesting for your daughter to manoeuvre on her own with your guidance.
and with the papier mache approach, the model will last for decades to come - justifiable spray a layer of varnish or lamination later.

all the very master & have fun :-))

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