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Basic Recycled Paper
by Kathryn Martinez (Kathryn's bio)
[Note: If you'd like to read more from Kathryn, be sure to check out her web site.]
This is a multi-day project. Kids love the mess and are amazed that they can actually make paper. Some of the results are quite beautiful and can be used for stationary or other craft projects.
Supplies:
newspaper
warm water
bucket
blender
old window screen or piece of screening
damp cloth
Directions:
1. Tear the newspaper into pieces the size of quarters and put them in your bucket.
2. Add warm water to cover the paper and soak overnight in the bucket.
3. The next day, scoop one cup of the paper into the blender. Cover with water. Blend until pulpy.
4. Add more paper and blend again.
5. Pour this mess into a dishpan or bowl.
6. Repeat until your paper is all blended.
7. Pour your watery paper pulp onto the window screen or piece of screening.
8. Press it down to get rid of excess water and to distribute the material.
9. Flip the screen over onto the damp cloth. The recycled paper should fall onto the damp cloth.
10. Allow the paper to dry. Remove from the cloth.
Copyright 2001 Kathryn Martinez. All rights reserved. Used with permission.
| About Kathryn Martinez: I'm a SAHM, home schooling mother of 4 children, 1 husband, and a neurotic cat. This is our sixth year of home schooling. I worked for over 10 years at USF in an education and training department. I hope that by sharing my experience with other home schoolers, both the new and the not-so-new and those just considering home schooling, I will pass along all the help that was given to me when I first started out. |