Growing Together: Open Forum

Hello, wanted to make seed paper for Cards/Gifts for End of school year! For ANYONE Whome Helped my 2 school aged children Along this years School Adventures! So probably a bunch ha ! I have Done as much research i believe as possible! Watch lots of videos and YouTube! There are some different techniques ect ! Just wanted to stop here and see if anyone had any Advice/ Tips/ Tricks ect they would like to pass on to us ! This will be a First for us were Excited! Thank you in Advice!

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Natalia Spicer
Cleveland OH
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We did this and it is a lot of fun but very messy if you do this with a lot of kids. We soaked paper overnight. Put it in a blender to make a paper smoothie. Discovered that the finer you make the pulp smoothie, the better paper you get without chunks. Get wooden deckles.Be sure to make sure paper and water mix is as fine as possible without chunks. 

When you dry the paper, it may take up to 3 days. Make sure it is flat as possible . Seeds that work well for fast growth: radish, lettuce ,dianthus (nice and small). Zinnias are larger but grow faster. Be sure to use old scrap paper for sustainability bonus points . 

Thanks so much! At what point did you put the seeds in ? Sprinkl after deckles ? Or ? Yes of course junk paper it's a must !