Telethon: Mullaloo Heights Primary School students create papier-mache dogs to raise funds for Telethon

Mullaloo Heights Primary School students are painting a brighter future.

The year six class spent 10 weeks perfecting papier-mache creations of their pet pups to help raise funds for Telethon.

The four-legged designs were showcased at a school open night last month, with parents casting their vote for their favourite sculpture by making a donation to the foundation.

Art teacher Sarah Zuchetti said the creations were handcrafted from newspaper and a special glue-like mixture.

“We started with an armature inside the body ... the body is made out of newspaper, so balls of newspaper were taped together and then bits were jabbed on,” she said.

“It was really hard to try and get some of these body parts in proportion and get the right shape, and some people did amazingly well.”

Lisa Skripn