Do you have pets at home? No, but your kids always ask you for a dog or a cat? Make these funny paper mache pets with your children! You will need balloons, white glue, a little water, a paint brush and newspaper cut in strips. The glue and water ratio is 2 to 1; 2 parts glue to 1 part water. Add the pieces, strip by strip, sticking them with the glue/water mix. Let them dry. Then pop and remove the balloons. Feed short strips through the paper shredder. It makes neat confetti. The application of the small paper strips is just like simple paper mache. Lay down a layer of glue/water mix, add a few strips of paper and add more glue/water mix. Repeat several times. The rest of the tutorial is here.