Make Your Own Paper

#1.Tack the window screening mash tightly onto the frame.

#2. Line a table with felt squares.

#3. Tear paper into small pieces and placed in the tub full of water.

#4. Blend into pulp using a blender. If you want add seeds and dried flowers.

#5. Dunk the frame into the until it is completely submerged. Then lift and let drain.

#6. Flip the frame onto a felt square and using a sponge, absorb as much water as you can from the mesh.

#7. Carefully remove the frame. The pulp should stick to the felt squares.

#8. Place felt on raised wire rack and leave to dry.

#9. Peel the paper off the felt when dry.  

Directions from Bea Johnson’s  book, Zero Waste Home.