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Paper Making Recipe 1. Materials You Need:

A large bowl
Waste paper (about 5 sheets)
Water
A mixer or food processor
Two wooden frames 8"-12" (you can buy a standard frame or make one)
A screen (nylon works well)
A stapler
A large Tub (dishpan for instance)
Cloth
An iron
Optional, dryer Lint, thread,glitter, flowers, thin leaves, pine needles,potato or carrot peel...be creative here.

2. Soak It To begin, shred the paper into small squares about 1 inch and put them into the bowl with hot water. Let soak for half an hour.

3. Make A Mold While the paper is soaking, make the mold Attach the screen to each frameusing staples Leave the other frame blank. (You can also make molds from screens, or other objects (see below)

4. Turn It Into Pulp Place the soaked paper in the mixer bowl or food processor half filled with water. Mix at half speed until smooth -At this point, you can also add small quantities of vegetables or plants to the pulp. In this case, mix until the mixture is uniform. (Only a small amount should be used or you will end up with mush) -To add color to the paper , add nontoxic fabric dye or food coloring to the mixture.

5. Swish It In a Tub Pour warm water into the tub until it is half full. Then, pour the pulp into the tub until the mixture resembles thick soup.The thicker the mixture, the thicker your paper will be. Place the frame in and Shake it from side to side to distribute the pulp evenly until it makes a sheet of paper.

6. Drain, Place It In a Mold Take thepaper pulp and frame out of the tub. The other border frame on top. Hold both frames and turn the paper 180 degrees on to the clean frame.

7. Let It Dry Place the frames horizontally and let it drip dry, or turn it over onto a cloth to dry

8. Iron It Place another cloth on top. Dry the paper by ironing firmly. Remove the cloth or letting it dry naturally

9. Using Other Kinds of Molds You can try other ideas like using baking molds, plastic, plaster or candy molds. This can be fun for ornaments, small gift tags, or wall ornaments. Spray the mold with PAM. Place the damp paper into a mold and let it dry-it should lift out when dry. To hang it add a string while it is wet. *this may take practice.

10. Left Overs When you are done, you can throw away the screened pulp or keep the drained, leftover pulp in the freezer, in a plastic bag, for later use. NOTE: Do not pour the pulp into the sink or toilet because the pulp could block the drain.

Remember use your imagination!

Book Safe
Materials: one hard-cover book
a craft knife
white glue
acrylic paint in gold
paintbrush
two pieces of waxed paper or foil (each one slightly larger than the face of the book)
pencil
ruler

Instructions:
1.) Measure the first page of your book. On the first page, use your ruler and pencil to draw a rectangle in the center of the page. Make the rectangle 1" smaller than the page dimensions (all the way around).
2.) Use the craft knife to cut out the area within the rectangle that you've just drawn.
3.) Lay the page you've just cut flat and use it as a guide to cut through the next few pages. Continue in this way, cutting a few pages at a time, until you've cut through all of the pages.
4.) Close the book, putting one piece of waxed paper or foil between the front cover and the first page. Put the other piece of waxed paper or foil between the back cover and the last page. Put the book on its side and brush a thin coat of white glue on all of the edges. Let dry.
5.) When the glue is dry, paint the edges of the book with gold paint (or any othe colour you like). Let dry.
6.) As a finishing touch, you can write a message on the inside of the front cover. You can also add extra decorative touches to the cover of the book.

Egg Carton Angel
Materials:
2 egg cartons, white (color cartons may also be used)
Small doll head, 1-1/2" diameter
Tinsel�tex wire, gold
Gold paper lace, narrow border
Clear all�purpose glue�glaze
Scissors and awl for cutting tools

Directions:
1. Cut three sections from the four cups on the ends of the egg carton. The flared bottom of cup should measure 2 3/4".
2. Make the bottom tier of skirt by fusing these three pieces together from the inside. Pieces will overlap.
3. Scallop bottom of skirt with cutter. Etch a lace design, of your choice, by burning through skirt with heated tip of awl or cutting tool of choice.
4. Make a middle skirt tier the same as the first. Etch and then glue to first tier.
5. Cut four 1 1/4" wide petal�shaped pieces from the side of the egg carton for the upper skirt tier. Etch lace design around the bottom edge. Glue one to front, back and each side of the second skirt tier.
6. Cut out a divider (see figure below). Etch a lace design and glue to upper tier of skirt to form waist.
7. Cut out an egg cup and etch lace design for bodice and shoulders. Glue to waist.
8. Cut a hole in top of shoulders for head. Glue head in place.
9. You may cut arms from curve on lid if desired or skip this step. Use cutter to make armholes and glue arms into place.
10. Cut wings from lid. Etch designs in wings. Trim opening at back of shoulders; insert and glue wings into place.
11. Twist a 5" length of gold tinsel-tex wire into a halo and trim with gold paper lace. Attach to head.

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