Caylee's Valentine box

Caylee made a paper mache hershey Kiss for her Valentine box.  

She gave out hershey kisses packets for her Valentines.

The directions we looked at said to do 6 layers of paper coated in the goop and to let it dry for 8-10 hours.  

We started it on Sunday afternoon, Feb 12th.  

It still was not dry on the evening of the thirteenth.  

So we cut off the bottom which was the most wet and set the kiss over an inverted strainer to dry over night.  

It still was not all the way dry in the morning but we had run out of time, so we set it on a paper plate, attached her paper out the top and covered the whole thing in aluminum foil.  

Then hoped for the best!  

It did not fall apart at school.  

Wheew!  

So when you read directions on paper mache that suggests several layers will dry in 8-10 hours, 

do not believe it!