Follow these step-by-step instructions to make your own paper. It’s an easy classroom activity which can be carried out over two or three days. You could plan to make many sheets and build them into a class book linked to your World Book Day or Children’s Book Week events.
Here’s what you’ll need:
- Sheets of newspaper
- Mixing bowls
- Potato masher or a hand-held food blender
- Wire coat hanger or garden wire
- Pair of tights

