Homemade Seed Paper
This homemade seed paper craft is great for making gift tags and cards to give to your flower loving friends. Turning scraps of paper into pulp you can add wildflower seeds and turn it into unique paper.
Yield: 4
Cost: $1
Equipment
- Plastic bowls
- Water
- Aluminum pie pan
- Old pantyhose
- Old towels
Materials
- Shredded copy paper
- Wildflower seeds
Instructions
- Place shredded paper in a large bowl.
- Mix in water.
- Pour into a blender until the paper becomes pulp.
- Pour the pulp back into the bowl.
- Add more water to make a slurry. More than enough to cover the pulp.
- Place pantyhose over the pie pan leaving an opening.
- Dip the pie pan under the water and lift.
- Carefully tip the pan and allow the water underneath to pour back into the bowl.
- Place a towel on top of the pulp and gently press out more water.
- Pour the water into the bowel and repeat.
- Allow to dry for about an hour, then flip the paper onto a towel to completely dry.
- Continue to dip the pan into the paper slurry mix and create more pieces of paper.
Notes
Once you have made your paper you can iron it to flatten it some by placing a thin cloth on top of the paper and gently pressing it with a warm iron.
You can cut out the paper and add it to cards or make a tag with it as shown above.
Use whatever type of seeds you like but keep in mind the area of the country where it may be planted.
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