Making Recycled Paper


STEP 1

Tear 1-2 pages of newspaper into small peices of 1 inch or less.

STEP 2

Put the peper chips into a large bowl and add all the water to it. Keep adding paper, tearing it and squeezing it, until the mizture looks like thick oatmeal.

STEP 3

With the pan turned UPSIDE DOWN, place about 1 cup of the blended pulp over the bottom of the pan. Spread it with your fingers evenly across the entire area.

STEP 4

Lay several sheets of newspaper over the pulp, then carefully turn the pan over. Remove the pan. Your pulp "square" is now sitting on the newspaper.

INGREDIENTS

Large suare pan, about 3 inches deep

3 cups of water

A whole section of newspaper

A rolling pin, or liter glass beverage bottle, or a plastic pipe, tube, or any cylender to roll with

STEP 5

Close the newspaper over the pulp. Using the rolling pin, roll over the newspaper to blot out the extra water.

STEP 6

Uncover and let the new "paper" dry COMPLEELY. When it is thoroughtly dry, peel your new "recycled paper" away from the newspaper. It can now be cut to any size and used to make a variety of things.