This weeks Unplugged Topic is Flat... Well since we have a budding artist on our hands we could learn to make paper, it's flat
1st step Get out the blender and fill it with shredded paper, glitter, flowers, anything you want in your paper. We recycled old construction paper and printed computer paper then we added glitter and some coral bell flowers.
Step 2 Add water to the blender and blend until you get a slurry of paper and water.
Step 3. We went outside for this step. 1st lay down a piece of old blanket then a piece of interfacing (the type you use for sewing) then smooth out the paper slurry on top of the interfacing. When slurry is smooth cover with another piece of interfacing and blanket
Step 4 Stomp out the water. Both of the girls liked this one.
Step 5 once you have most of the water stomped out remove the blanket pieces and one piece of interfacing and let the paper dry outside until firm.
4 comments:
great idea.. I always thought you needed to make a wooden frame with mesh in it.. so i have always put off paper making for that reason... no reason now =)
What a fun project! I've made paper once before. If you pour the slurry into a cookie cutter, you can make shapes with a deckled edge. If you add seeds to the paper slurry, you can make plantable notecards.
Great Project Jill, I saw an artist today that had a whole book made of hand made paper that he did his art on. It's cool.
-Kate
What a great project!
I might have to try Karen B's plantable postcards. What a fun gift.
Blessings,
Theresa
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