I'm working on an idea I've had that will be fun for spring and also potentially a great class to teach to kids. I got some great alphabet letter sand molds in upper and lower case and I'm filling them with paper pulp to create a paper letter. In this first test run I used brown kraft paper packing material but I want to try it with newspaper also. Newspaper is less toxic than glossy junk mail which was my original thought but I also want to embed flower seeds or bird seed into the paper pulp and I need something that won't hurt the ground or the birdies. Most newspaper is printed with soy or vegetable ink and uses less chemicals than in the past. So my first test went nicely, the letters popped right out of the molds, with the exception of capital G but I can simply reconstitute the pulp and try again. Kids can spell their names out and put them in a pot of soil or in a garden and the seeds will grow. The birdseed letters can be left out for birds to eat. It's been fun to take out my old paper pulp blender and make something fun for springtime.
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