Making Paper

Last week, we went to to office to get some shredded paper so we could recycle it and make new paper.  We brought the shredded paper back to kindergarten.  Then we sat around a big bucket and Miss Dowd poured in lots of water.  We ripped that wet paper into pieces to make paper pulp.  Everyone thought is was really gross.

After the pulp was really soggy, we added crepe paper to dye the paper pulp a pretty colour. We wanted to make valentines so we thought red and purple would be the best.  Here is how we made paper:

Step 1: Dip the screen into the paper pulp

Step 2: Pull up the screen slowly so you can get lots of pulp on it.

Step 3: Squeeze out all the water and let it drip out (We also put another screen on top to help and called it a paper sandwich)

Step 4: Put the wet paper onto a towel and use a rolling pin to roll out as much water as you can

Step 5: Place the paper onto a flat surface and gently pull off the screen

We then let the paper dry over night. Then we had paper!