The boys got stuck into ripping the newspaper into small pieces
while K measure out the water
in went the pieces of newspaper
and everyone had a turn blending them
into the wooden frame went the brown sludge
removing the frame 'lid'
and drying the 'paper' with a sponge
squeezing the water out some more with the rolling pin. There is actually a mesh on top of the paper in this pic.
K using blotting paper to eek out some more water
and ta da! one small, beige-ish piece of paper. K has plans to write out the runes on it, which is a perfect use for it. Next time, I think we will go for more colourful paper, and perhaps even some glitter :)
4 comments:
oh i love the idea of doing this. do you need a special frame or did you make your own?
What a great craft to do. We haven't made paper in ages. Glitter would look pretty with the brown, though I love it plain also . . I have a container of glitter under my kitchen sink. A little goes such a long way . . !
Thanks Pip, we bought a frame. It was quite a long process for such a tiny bit of paper :) but maybe it will get lonegt the more we practice.
Dorina, you are right, a little glitter does go along way but try telling the kids that! Piles and piles of glitter on their pictures, floor and in their hair :)
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