well, chicken wire and furnace cement works real well, too. of course you need wire cutters for this operation. oooh, oooh, oooh, toothpicks and airplane glue....color the toothpicks first, loft them...using the glue...the glue will pick up the colors from the toothpicks.....build it up like a caramel basket....it can be beautiful. take newspaper....shred it and soak it. you can do this in batches and color them seperately....add flour until it is of a molding consistency....separate, and model. stupid tricks i learned getting a college education....damned, costly, too.