Yesterday we left early in the morning to go to a pulp and paper museum in Trois-Rivieres, a city about half way between Montreal and Quebec city…
Having to wake Xavier and coax him out of bed reminded me how much I am happy to not have to do that on a regular basis…
We got there at just before 10am and not long after we started the day… We were the only people there so the kids were able to run around and talk and we didn’t feel like the group was bothering anyone… so the first thing was a small “play” with a guy that talked about being a lumberjack and how life was for them a couple hundred years ago…
Then we learned how they make Paper, why there was pulp and paper mills in that location and how the machines used to work and still work in paper production…
After that was the really fun part… learning how to make paper and then actually making it!
First soak and rip up pieces of paper (recyled)
then blend with water….
Then strain on a frame with screen… then press… take screen off… decorate and then iron to start drying and let it dry afterwards… here are Colin’s and Xavier’s… and we are sure to make more here at home….
Lunch and another activity or two later and we were on the way back home and all three boys fell asleep in the car… It was really interesting and I think that when the kids are older I would love to go back and see it again so that they understand more of what they were hearing…
Awesome paper!