Making Paper

We made paper last week.  It is a messy and fun project that takes a couple of days and many steps:

We shredded and ripped up recycled paper scraps to make them small enough. 

We added water and stirred, stirred, stirred.  The soaking paper had to be left overnight.

With our hands, we ripped up the paper even more before putting small amounts 

into the blender and pushing the button (with supervision) to make our pulp.

We poured the pulp onto screens, sprinkled in our butterfly garden seeds, 

and squished all of the water out with a rolling pin. We had to set them out 

in the sun so that they would dry.