This week the EcoRaiders tried their hand at making recycled paper from scrap office paper and newspapers. The scrap paper was torn into small pieces and left to soak in a bucket with water overnight. It can be left for several days too, the softer it gets the easier to turn into mush later. We used a blender after soaking the paper to create a pulp. The materials for making recycled sheets of paper usually consist of: a mold and a deckle. Watch three of our EcoRaider members explain how the process worked! We made the mold and deckle out of an insulation board purchased at Lowes hardware. It is very inexpensive and we got a lot of sets out of it! To make one or two sets, you might want to buy two simple, unpainted wooden frames for $1 each at Michaels or Walmart, and staple a window screen onto one of them (to serve as the deckle) and leave the other one without any backing, to serve as the mold. They might be more durable than the foam.
The tricky part is the make the paper come out thin, but the kids did a great job making multiple sheets of paper and also go creative adding glitter and colorful thread to them. Next week we will continue our paper-making adventures. We are making items to sell at our Eco-friendly handmade market coming up.
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