Papier+Mache+Bowls

=//The students made bowls and birds with papier mache and newspaper and discussed the importance of recycling paper.//=

=**//According to Recycle Across America (recycleacrossamerica.org),//**=
 * // Americans throw away enough office paper each year to build a 12 foot high wall from Seattle to NY (a new wall every year). //
 * // Making paper from recycled paper reduces the related contribution to air pollution 95%. //
 * // Recycling a stack of newspaper just 3 feet high saves one tree. //
 * // More than 37% of the fiber used to make new paper products in the U.S. comes from recycled sources //

=**//Please reduce, reuse and recycle your paper!//**=


 * //Students began by ripping newspaper intro strips and soaking it in water. It was then mixed with a special drill bit to make into paper pulp.//**

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 * //The pulp was formed around inflated balloons to make bowls or around bottles to make birds and other creatures.//**


 * //[[image:recycling bowl process.jpg width="286" height="322"]] *//**[[image:paper bowls.JPG width="507"]] * [[image:Recycling creature.jpg width="316" height="313"]]