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Mummy and Me !

        Dear friends I know some of you remember that we had an Egyptian theme Birthday party for my daughter's 8th birthday [see Scroll Shaped Invitation Card and King Tutankhamen Picture Frame tutorial ].The Egyptian Mummy prop we made was the big star of the party - not only did my daughter have days of fun making it- I think we made memories for life!

How to make an Egyptian Mummy

I dont know how useful our Mummy making steps will be to you -  maybe it will come in handy for a school project or a party or ......just sit back and enjoy a little girl's enthusiastic preparations for her birthday party!

 Here is How to make your own Mummy

Materials Required

Newspaper- lots and lots!

Cellotape--lots and lots!

Tissue paper rolls - one

Gauze - from our clinic! - 2 to 3 rolls

Little helper-such as shown below -essential  for success of project!

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Roll up lots and lots of newspaper to make the body, hands and feet of the mummy.Stick the rolls with cellotape

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Scrunch up more newspaper to make Mummy's head.Make a big mess in the kitchen and forget about cooking!

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Recall /discover special surgical skills to fit Mummy's head to body !

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Test out Mummy's joints by having the birthday girl dance with him!

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Beautify Mummy with lots of tissue paper + sticky tape

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     Perform a bit of orthopaedic manoeuvring to improve Mummy's height ----if the birthday girl demands Mummy has to be exactly as tall as her even to the nearest centimeter!

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If height matching doesn't quite succeed ,distract birthday girl by taking Mummy out into the garden to get acquainted with the dog !

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Convince little girl that best friends are not always the same height!

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Give Mummy a  gauze roll over to make him more handsome + stronger so that he would survive the birthday party with dozens of little girls and boys inspecting him!

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Let the birthday girl make cute eyelashes and eyes for her Mummy! And the Mummy is ready to Party!

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So here is Mummy sitting in our hall near King Tutankhamen's picture with the Golden Birthday Banner awaiting the arrival of guests!

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And that's the birthday girl posing in front of her Pyramid [we made it from chart paper and painted it Gold], Hieroglyph Stone which spelt her name [made with salt dough], homemade Birthday banner and the Mummy!

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My little girl became quite attached to her Mummy giving her a big " Umma" [ translates to Kiss] !

Our Mummy was a big hit at the Party and the kids even had a "dance with the Mummy"session [which mummy survived]!!
Hoping our Mummy could bring a smile to your day!

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Edited : This tutorial was featured at Craft Gossip Party Ideas.....thrilled!!
And was declared winner at A girl who crafts !