Making Paper

I feel like paper making is one of those activities we've done a lot but don't really get tired of. As I was looking back at old posts, I discovered we haven't really done it that often, but we've talked about it a lot and have done it in different contexts (like for our Japan Unit, and for our Ancient Egypt Unit).

This time I decided to order a kit just to streamline the process a little. Last time I used a big tub for the pulp mix, and a homemade screen, but I threw all that stuff out when we moved! I settled on this paper making kit from Amazon and we were really happy with it.

With as little printing as was actually on our paper, it turned out surprisingly…greyish. But it was still pretty!

Making the pulp

Sandwiching the paper between the screens

Sponging the water out

Paper all laid out to dry. How fun!