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<blockquote data-quote="InsaneCdn" data-source="post: 541485" data-attributes="member: 11791"><p>Old-fashioned paper-mache... the one done with flour-glue and shredded newsprint... that you can dig in up to your elbows just to mix glue with paper. It ends up almost like soft clay, and then you sculpt just like clay. Work over a balloon for bigger objects. Takes days and days to dry in the sun, and then they can be painted. Lots of "work" but lots and lots of FUN... and it takes tons of time to do it.</p><p></p><p>If difficult children will cooperate, hire yourselves out as a weeding team working on other people's gardens - and spend the money earned on trivial fun stuff that the kids want.</p><p></p><p>Here, there are volunteer opportunities where for situations like yours (can't drive...), they will PICK YOU UP and bring you home in return for multiple hands-worth of help... food bank, for example, or a soup kitchen, or a fundraiser for some charity (one charity here puts on a variety show that is really popular, and needs volunteers to usher, take tickets, work the refreshment stand, stage hands, etc.... they will arrange transport for groups of 3 or more... and every volunteer gets a free ticket to the show, as there are multiple shows).</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="InsaneCdn, post: 541485, member: 11791"] Old-fashioned paper-mache... the one done with flour-glue and shredded newsprint... that you can dig in up to your elbows just to mix glue with paper. It ends up almost like soft clay, and then you sculpt just like clay. Work over a balloon for bigger objects. Takes days and days to dry in the sun, and then they can be painted. Lots of "work" but lots and lots of FUN... and it takes tons of time to do it. If difficult children will cooperate, hire yourselves out as a weeding team working on other people's gardens - and spend the money earned on trivial fun stuff that the kids want. Here, there are volunteer opportunities where for situations like yours (can't drive...), they will PICK YOU UP and bring you home in return for multiple hands-worth of help... food bank, for example, or a soup kitchen, or a fundraiser for some charity (one charity here puts on a variety show that is really popular, and needs volunteers to usher, take tickets, work the refreshment stand, stage hands, etc.... they will arrange transport for groups of 3 or more... and every volunteer gets a free ticket to the show, as there are multiple shows). [/QUOTE]
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