Things go horribly wrong, although I won’t know that for a while yet.
Mom does some quick internet research. Too quick it turns out. She reads ONE blog post about using papier-mâché pulp to smooth the finish of a papier-mâché project, so we walk to Michael’s and back for a box of FastMâché.
It’s goopy and sloppy!
It doesn’t exactly smooth on easily.
It mostly sticks to my hands.
But it does seem to be covering the newspaper with uniform whiteness.
THAT’S NO MOON!
Mom says we can sand it smooth. She reads the instructions and tells me that it’s easiest to sand when it’s “leather dry.”
She will be wrong about this.