Recycled Paper

by bravoechonovember1 in Craft > Paper

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Recycled Paper

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I had tons* of scraps of paper from cutting out instrucamoney so I decided to reuse them

*instead of printing out 40 bills I printed out 40 sheets (3 bills per sheet) luckily I found out half way through

Collect Scraps and Soak

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collect your scraps and cut them up then put them into a cup full of water and stir until it looks like goop

Put the Goop on a Cookie Sheet and Dry

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scoop the paper goop onto the cookie sheet (you want a nice even layer) and compress it by putting another cookie sheet on it. next you will need to get the water out (I did that by putting a paper towel down and rolling a cup over it) then put it outside to dry

once dry take the paper off the pan

NOTE: I put it outside to dry then put it in the oven for a few seconds. if you do put it in the oven wacth it at ALL times and make sure it doesn't catch on fire

Trim Off the Edges and Write!

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trim off the vertical edges

then choose something to write! I wrote: "paper should be recycled and made back into paper by YOU"

Write on It

Make a Frame

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put the paper on the piece of cardboard and draw the outline

measure 1 inch in from the outline all the way around and then cut out the middle

measure 1 1/2 inchs out from the outline and cut

then for the backing I just outlined the square that we cut out

Glue the Frame Together

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using hot glue glue the paper to the front square (make sure you can see the writing) then hot glue the backing on

after that hot glue a wire onto the back so you can hang it

Hang!

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