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Making A Homemade Belly Cast For Pregnancy

9th Nov 2010

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A belly cast is a mold of a pregnant woman’s belly made of plaster. If you are interested in knowing how you can design a do it yourself belly cast this article will tell you all there is to it. Grasping how to construct a homemade belly casts for pregnant women is not difficult. When you start you will need to check that you have the proper materials. Having an assistant is advisable, for carpet and seat covers you could keep a drop rag, a shower curtain, and/or a plastic table cover.

A towel is required to cover the pubic area, or wear old yoga pants, petroleum jelly or a similar lubricant, a kettle of warm water, and plaster gauze strips that are six to twelve inches in size. Your local craft store should carry these and you should probably need around five packs or so.

After assimilating the required materials for your very own homemade belly cast, cover the ground of the work corner with drop clothes. It is advisable that you remove any jewelry and undress till the pubic area, which you will want to cover with a dry towel or cover the pubic area with a.

Confirm that you are sitting comfortably because the complete process will take close to an hour or more. Put the lubricant to the parts you want the gauze strips to cover. Next, your assistant must soak a gauze strip in warm water, and while still holding onto it and holding it straight, remove all extra water by sliding their fingers down the strip.

When making a home made belly cast, your helper must begin at the top of the section you want included in the mold, and smooth the strips over the stomach in overlapping layers, which will make the mold stronger. You must ask your assistant to choose the required areas and work swiftly, since the plaster becomes dry in no time.

The tummy plaster should set for about half an hour to dry completely. After thirty minutes have your friend gently wiggle the mold off your stomach and let it dry for the next one or two days.

When the homemade belly cast is ready you can leave it as it is or personalize it with several things like paint, mosaic tiles, stickers, etc. It’s up to you to personalize it any way you wish. Hang it in your bedroom or in the nursery, place it on a table, or show-case it as a main focal point in the baby’s room. Now that you know how to make a homemade belly cast what are you waiting for?

A tummy cast for pregnancy is a mold of a pregnant belly made out of plaster to commemorate the womens pregnancy. Belly casts for pregnant women can be designed and displayed in the open, hung on a wall, or show-cased on a table or a shelf. It is a fantastic way to commemorate the pregnancy.

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