I need to know how to make homemade plaster!?

Question

you know to make feet and hands prints? I am not taking about buying plaster and then making feet/hand prints .. I am talking about actually making the plaster, any links and how tos will be very helpful thank you.

Answer 1

You can't "make plaster" unless for starters you go dig some gypsum from the side of a hill or from the ground, etc., then crush it into a powder, etc. (It's really cheap to just go buy some from the hardware store though, and mix it with water.)

You can use other types of materials though to cast items in, like hands and feet. Some homemade "doughs" and "clays" will air-dry and work like "salt dough" or "paper mash", etc. Most air-dry clays will shrink at least a little bit though.

There are other pre-mixed air-dry clays you can buy in larger boxes at craft stores that would work (just look on the clay aisle and get one that air dries)... even shredded Celluclay (which isn't yet mixed with water) probably wouldn't be cheaper than plaster of Paris though.


Diane B.

Answer 2

you cant, its very cheap, get it in walmart back with the house repair stuff or at Lowes, its not expensive at all, it has chemicals in it that make it set up and you just cant do that at home. also be aware that it gets very hot, in this chemical process.

Answer 3

You can make paper casts out of flour/water/tiny pieces of newspaper. Paper mache? http://familycrafts.about.com/cs/papermache/a/051500pm.htm