Materials:

Newspaper, 1/2 cup of Flour, Large spoonful of salt, 1 cup of Warm Water

Instructions:

1. Tear some newspaper into strips. Most projects need strips about 1 inch wide. Remember, paper has a grain. Tear it one way and it will tear straight and evenly; tear it the other way and it's a mess.

2. Placing a plastic bag in your paste bowl is a good mess saver. Mix your paste inside it. When you are finished, throw the bag away and end up with a clean bowl. Mix up paste by putting the flour and salt in a bowl. The salt will help to keep the paste from going moldy. Add the warm water to the flour and salt. Mix it with your hands. It should be like thick, creamy soup. Add more flour to thicken it or more water to thin it. Spread paste on a section of your project. Lay a strip of newspaper on the pasty area. Spread paste on the strip. Lay a second strip overlapping the first paper-and-paste layers. To prevent print from the newspaper showing through your paint, add a layer of blank newsprint. Blank newsprint can be bought in pads or in cheap scrapbooks. For some projects, it's easier to dip a newspaper strip in the paste first, removing the excess paste by pulling it through your fingers. Drying can take at least one day. You can tell if the project is dry by touch. If it feels cool, it needs more time.

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