Balloons, flour, water + newspaper = Solar System Project

I've been wanting to make a solar system project with the kids for a while.  I just wanted to go get the non environmentally friendly sytrofoam balls and paint them ( I know, I know styrofoam is evil), but A insisted that we do paper mache, "just like on Max and Ruby" so I agreed to do the paper mache. I have to admit, I am a bit of a kid inside when it comes to crafts and art and the idea of creating with paper mache was fun to me, despite my practical side yelling and screaming and begging me not to because it would be too messy.  My kid side won over and we began the paper mache today!  We got some balloons and I went online to get a visual of the planets lined up to scale so I could see which ones were huge and which ones were smaller etc.  I used this site when I was blowing up the balloons to different sizes.  Daddy helped Miss A and I helped Mr. Av, despite the flour making my arms itch (I am mildly allergic to gluten so I don't eat it much these days).  I thought it would take hours to do this but surprising it only took about 30 minutes and then poof! the kids were done.  We have to let them dry and then we will do another layer and hopefully that will make them strong and then we will paint them and hang them from a box that will be painted block.  I will be sure to post pics of that when its all done.  For now here are the first round pictures of the paper mache. Mr. Av did help but he was done by the time I got the camera out.