Globes

• Use paper mache to create models of the planet. Round balloons may be used to make globes, though old beach balls or balls of any size may be used, depending on how big you care to make the globe. Strips of newspaper dipped in blue paint should be used to cover the globe first, followed by green strips in the shape of the various continents. Dip newspaper strips in white to make polar ice caps. Make one big globe or a variety of globes for use on a mobile.
  
  

Animals

• Paper mache animals are another option for paper mache environmental crafts. Endangered species lists are helpful for such projects if you would like to create a menagerie of endangered animals. Create animals by continent, such as the chimpanzee, black rhinoceros and mountain zebra of Africa, or the jaguar, maned wolf and long-tailed otter of South America. Dividing species by land and sea is another option, such as making paper mache replicas of gray whales, Indus river dolphins and blue whales.
  
  

Flowers and Plants

• Create a faux flower and plant garden out of paper mache. Use a variety of flower designs to make a general statement about the earth and the importance of caring for the environment or research endangered plant and flower species for more specific projects. For example, endangered plant species of the rain forest could include the rafflesia flower, the largest flower in the world, as well as orchids and mangroves, a plant that grows in coastal rain forests.
  
  

Dioramas

• Dioramas are another option for paper mache environmental crafts, such as a diorama of marine species emerging from an ocean wave or coastline. Fish, invertebrates, mammals and marine birds can all be included in such dioramas. Other ideas include paper mache versions of various ecosystems (with or without animals), including the desert, mountain ranges, tundra, jungle/rain forest, polar ice caps, grasslands/prairies and wetlands. More profound environmental statements can be made by creating a paper mache diorama of dinosaurs as a statement that humans will go the way of the dinosaurs without drastic environmental changes.