making / recycling paper

[~*heket*~]

This looks involved but fun.

http://www.talkabouttrees.org/acts/p16.html

anyone done anything like it?

[~*heket*~]

And this is a bit different, same objective, and FULL of edubabble for those who need to fatten their portfolios :lol (I think I like this method more)

[~*heket*~]

http://www.ecokids.ca/pub/fun_n_games/printables/activities/assets/science_nature/paper_making.pdf

Not to forget the link :imateapot :rofl

[Anarcostar]

Thanks for those - my DS1 loves cutting/ ripping things up into tiny ppieces AND sticking everything in water - so right up his street! Looking forward to giving it a go :eager

[~*heket*~]

Oh good! Take some photos for us all to see :eager

[paddockdweller]

My friend and I made paper a few years ago (and only just finished using the last of it up) we made screens with a square frame and thin mesh and turned the sheets out onto pieces of thin cotton material (instead of newspaper as one link suggests) I think in one day we made over 400 A5 sheets

We collected leaves and various things from around the place - would sieve up some paper mush - pop in a leaf or two and then sieve some more mush - so the leaf was enclosed and when dried an outline of the leaf could be seen in the paper. We also made wire butterflies and put them in the screen - sieved in mush - turned it out - and when the paper was dry we removed the wire butterfly which left an imprint on the paper. We tried using colouring to tint the paper but that ended up being a big disaster - we also embeded silver stars and other confetti in the paper.

I wish I had photos to show - but I dont - sorry

[~*heket*~]

Oh WOW! That sounds amazing!!!

We're gonna do it with baking paper instead of newspaper I think.