Paper Projects for Kids to make

Place your window screen on top of one of the plastic tubs

Add paper to the blender, cover it with water, and run the blender on a low speed.

Since you will squeeze all the water out of the paper pulp, you can’t really have too much water, so if the blender doesn’t move easily, add more water.

Run the blender a little bit faster until you get the paper mixture into a nice, smooth pulp. Ours is kind of chunky because my kids wanted it that way. Yours can be smoother.

My toddler wanted to play with the pulp right away. She squeezed it, scooped it, and carried bowls full of pulp into the living room. It’s so fun and a rich sensory experience, so leave time for this if you have a little one.

Next, spread the pulp thinly and uniformly across the screen and then layer a cloth diaper or towel on top to absorb the extra water, while also pushing the water through the screen into the tub. Get the kids involved.

Place one hand firmly on top of the cloth while you flip the screen over onto a table or countertop that can handle water.

Remove the screen and put the cloth with paper pulp in a spot where it can dry, undisturbed, for about a day. The thicker the paper, the longer it will take to dry.

Later the next day, this is what it looked like. Not your typical paper, but beautiful nonetheless. We haven’t done much with it yet, but I’m thinking some Sharpies or watercolor paint might be a good fit. And with the seeds embedded in the pulp, we could cut these up and give them away to friends, with the invitation to plant them in their gardens.

Recipe type: Sensory, DIY

Making paper teaches children how one of our most ubiquitous materials - PAPER - is made, and it's also a fun sensory project for kids of all ages.

Supplies

• Screen (we bought a $10 sliding window screen)
• Large Tub
• Washcloth/rag/burp cloth/large piece of felt
• Water
• Torn paper from newspaper, tissue paper, magazines, etc. Be sure that it's staple and tape-free
• Blender
• Small seeds (optional)

Steps

1. Shred the paper up into little pieces (roughly 2" square)
2. Add paper to the blender, cover it with water, and run the blender on a low speed. Since you'll squeeze all the water out of the paper pulp, you can't really have too much water, so if the blender doesn't move easily, add more water.
3. Run the blender a little bit faster until you get the paper mixture into a nice, smooth pulp. Add more water if your pulp is still chunky.
4. Spread the pulp in a thin and uniform layer across the screen
5. Cover this with a rag or cloth diape to absorb the extra water, while also pushing the water through the screen into the tub.
6. Place one hand firmly on top of the cloth and then flip the screen over onto a work surface.
7. Removed the screen and put the cloth plus paper pulp in a spot where it could dry, undisturbed, for about a day. The thicker the paper, the longer it will take to dry.

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