Paper Making - A Clean and Creative Craft
I have never been much for getting into the crafts that are all mucky and dirty. I guess I am truly one of those “indoor” girls. Every now and again I’ll get a burr in my bonnet and do something with houseplants and maybe transplant an outdoor set of flowers, but basically I lean to the fiber crafts and other “soft” crafts. Ones that require clean hands! This is neat craft for people like me because you do get to muck around a bit but it is in clean material that won’t make you feel like you need a complete manicure later that night. I tried this craft about a billion years ago (okay, more like 15) and I loved it. Papermaking is a great craft, its inexpensive, and the results are absolutely fabulous. It is a unique craft that will express your artistic and creative side.
The materials are easy:
- Different sources of paper (different textures, colors, and weights are fun to combine)
- A blender (use one you don’t plan to use for food again)
- A window screen stretched tightly on a frame
- Plastic tub (at least as big as the screen frame)
- Liquid starch
- White flannel or felt
- Tacks or staple gun
This particular set of instructions will tell you how to make flat “sheets” of paper. Decorate them as you like to make stationery, greeting cards, artwork to frame, or any other use you come up with. Be generous with leaves, silk ribbons, flowers, glitter… whatever you like. Your imagination is the only limit.
Tomorrow I’ll present another idea for paper making that is truly unique. This is a process that takes a little longer but is my favorite thing to do with papermaking crafts. You may get hooked too!
