Paper crete ideas

To begin making our signature papercrete containers we begin by running newsprint through a strip cut paper shredder. We stuff the cut st...

Glossary of our available hypertufa finishes

Turning trash into treasure and telling the world about it!

Earth-friendly Creating With Papercrete: In this Instructable I will show you how to create the alternative building and crafting material Papercrete! It is very easy and fun to work with. It can be made with at least 60% recycled paper! Papercrete can be used to make all kinds of things, …

Want to make paper crete without perlite? This is the video for you. This lightweight concrete mixture is similar to hypertufa but uses paper pulp, portland ...

I love this stuff! Ever heard of Hypertufa (pronounced hyper-toofa )? It's a 3 part mixture of Portland cement, peat moss, and perlite. It l...

Seaweed (cut out cardboard, paste dark green crete paper, scrunch light green crete paper and paste) #YES TO VBS!!!

My previous post Papercrete for Fairy Gardens got an overwhelming response. So many people asked for a better explanation for how to make a small batch of pap…

To begin making our signature papercrete containers we begin by running newsprint through a strip cut paper shredder. We stuff the cut strips into five gallon buckets until the buckets are well filled. We then fill the buckets of strips with water and allow the strips to soak for at least a day. Many times these buckets will sit a few days before we get around to turning the soaked paper back into pulp. We have found that thoroughly soggy strips are easier to pulp. We try to keep several…

Turning trash into treasure and telling the world about it!