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CRAFTS – MAKE YOUR OWN HEMP PAPER

A great activity for a rainy day: making hemp paper

Fill a large plastic container with warm water

Trim and cut hemp stems into 1 cm pieces; place them in the container and allow to soak overnight to soften them

Boil the stems for 5 hours

When ready, use a sieve to remove the stems and put them in a blender

Add 2 cups of water (use the water you soaked the stems in)

Blend until you obtain a soft pulp

If the pulp is not soft yet, let it stand (covered) for another night

Place a towel or felt mat next to the plastic container

Pour the pulp into a plastic container

Press the deckle down until filled with pulp

Slowly lift the deckle straight up; the screen should be coverd with an even layer of pulp

Let the excess drip off

Flip the deckle with the paper side down onto the towel or mat, and lift the deckle so that the hemp rectangle stays behind

Sponge the rectangle very softly

Repeat until all pulp is used

Allow 12 for hemp paper rectangles to dry

To smoothen out the hemp paper, iron it using the highest setting on your iron

Your homemade hemp paper is now ready

Date: 18 Apr 2012

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GARDENING – PRETTY FLOWERS

	Create your own 'Namaqualand' @ home → read more...

COOKING – CHOC & DATE BALLS

	Voted 'YUMMY' by our young chefs → read more...

TIP – REVIVE OLD TRADITIONS

	Revive old traditions → read more...

TIP – REVIVE OLD TRADITIONS

	Revive old traditions → read more...

OUTING – PICNIC IN A BOTANICAL GARDEN

	Harold Porter and Kirstenbosch Botanical Gardens → read more...

OUTING – MOUNTAIN BIKING

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OUTING – GO HIKING

	Go hiking in a nearby nature reserve → read more...

OUTING – ENJOY FULL MOON

	Night-time magic! → read more...

TIP – BE A NATURE DETECTIVE

	Be a nature detective → read more...

NATURE INTERPRETATION 2 – GET PEOPLE TALKING

	For good interpretation, get people talking. → read more...

NATURE INTERPRETATION 1 – WHAT IS NATURE INTERPRETATION?

	Nature interpretation = Making meaning → read more...

TIP – USE YOUR CHILDHOOD

	Be inspired by your own childhood → read more...

TIP – ENGAGE GRANDPARENTS

	Engage grandparents → read more...

TIP – BE A CLOUDSPOTTER

	Be a cloudspotter → read more...

PARTY – CELEBRATING A BIRTHDAY WITH THE HORSES

	...how a birthday party can be a wonderful opportunity to combine a child's dream with the art of doing nothing for the parents... → read more...

OUTING – A LOVELY FAMILY OUTING FOR A SUNNY SUNDAY IN SPRING.

	Spend a day at the Karoo Desert National Botanical Garden in Worcester. → read more...

BONDING – WALKING WITH BABOONS...

	I'm just about to relax into my Sunday afternoon when I look out through the back window and see movement on the mountain. There's definitely someone walking down towards the house. Is it a nature lover or a worker from a nearby building site checking out possible entries into my house? I soon realise it's a baboon and I notice that it's not alone...
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OUTING – SWIMMING WITH PENGUINS

	Boulders near Simonstown [ZZZ_Photo01-2] [ZZZ_Photo02-2] Boulders lies just outside of Simonstown towards Cape Point. → read more...