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by Maria Nerius & Mary Ayers
Earth day, tin cans, recycling … here’s some fun projects to make with the kids!
The Let’s Make Paper!* home and classroom kits include quality, long lasting, reusable supplies for ‘tin can’ paper making.*
Use a kit for best results, OR use household items and directions listed below.
SUPPLIES NEEDED
- Two 4-5 inch diameter cans, one open on one end, one open on both ends
- Tray or cake pan
- Plastic canvas: 6×6 inches
- 2 window screens: 6×6 inches
- Sponge
- Terry kitchen towel
- Paper towels
- Hardcover book
- Large zip-lock bag
- Kitchen blender
- 2 8oz cups
- Wastepaper
INSTRUCTIONS
- Stack in tray from the bottom up: rinsed open can, plastic canvas, window screen, second can with top and bottom cut out.
- Blend a 5×5 inch piece of wastepaper with 2 cups water in blender on hi for 20 seconds. Pour blended pulp into 2 cups.
- Don’t be shy! Pour pulp from both cups into top can at the same time, quickly.
- Remove top can. Oooh and ahhh. Move new sheet on screen to terry towel. Cover with second window screen. Blot out as much water as possible with sponge.
- Put hardcover book in ziplock bag and seal. Use book to press wet sheet between paper towels.
- Cover sheet with thin cloth and iron dry, or place between dry paper towels under stack of books to dry overnight.
- Note: Lay out paper towels to dry and reuse another day for paper making. Have fun!
- * Let’s Make Paper!(TM) and Tin Can Paper Making(TM) are trademarks of Arnold Grummer.