One of the problems that I had with the structure was that the masking tape would not hold everything together. This was only temporary, as I had previously thought that if I used paper maché this would help to strengthen the sculpture.
So I mixed wood glue with water and started using newspaper cuttings to maché onto the packaging. I used wood glue as it would be stronger than p.v.a glue.
Here are some images of how the work was progressing.