T recently read The Monkey's Paw by W.W. Jacobs for his eighth grade Language Arts class. One of the assessments assigned was to create a "Wanted" poster for the monkey's paw. After T finished designing his poster, he made it look old, yellowed, and worn by following this process:
- First, crumple the paper into a tight ball.
- Unfold it and lay it flat on a cookie sheet.
- Brew two or three cups of strong tea or coffee. We used tea and I left the tea bags in for a few minutes to make the tea as dark as possible.
- Pour the tea over the paper on the cookie sheet and swirl it around a bit to make sure the paper is completely covered.
- Let the paper sit in the tea or coffee for five minutes and then pour the liquid into the sink.
- Carefully move the wet paper to a dry plate.
- Using a hairdryer on high, dry the paper until it is almost dry. Then dry on low for about two minutes until completely dry. My hairdryer is pretty powerful - the paper was completely dry in less than two minutes.
- This step is unnecessary, but T thought it would make the finished product even better. Carefully burn a few areas around the edge of the paper. Be careful!!!!
T's project was a wanted poster, but this is a very cool way to make a treasure map too. The flash on my camera doesn't really allow you to see the color of this paper. It looks much better than the photo.
2 comments:
I love doing that to papers it's so cool.
This is an interesting way to "age" the paper - I can certainly see some treasure maps in our future. The poster looks pretty neat.
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