And so it begins...

Today I walked down to the school carting the first papersaurus. It was a mile long walk with a weighted, meter high dinosaur. By the time I arrived I'd received more than a few looks and comments. It feel a bit strange being one dinosaur down. At least it's one less to trip over.

The kids are aged 7/8 and they loved it. They've named him Terry the recyclesaurus [I'm not sure how I should spell that and spell check doesn't seem to have any worthwhile suggestions]. It's a good start to Paper Reloved. I've had a request for another one so I might try to make headway with one tonight.

Or I might just try to relax and have an early night for a change...

Making paper bricks

 It took me 3 bricks to kind of get the hang of using the brick maker. Working out how much pulp to use and how wet it needs to be is still a learning curve I've yet to master. Filling the log maker about an inch from the top with pulp that's still dripping wet but dry enough to stick in clumps seems to work best.

The pink brick is coloured with red tissue paper and the green one with food dye. They're both dry now and added to my collection of 13 bricks in total. They are pretty unbreakable once dry.

I've yet to wet one and break it down properly to see how easy it is. I'm still enjoying playing with a new toy and building up a brick collection. Fingers crossed that I'll eventually have enough to use them for teaching!