Cheap Paper

[mom-from-missouri]

Most newspaper offices will sell you the end rolls for so many cents a pound. The end roll is a big paper tube with left over (blank)newspaper on it. The paper is great for covering tables, making banners, and also for gift wrap, artwork and paint tarps. I bought a huge roll about 4 years ago for $6. I still have tons left. If you have a fishers price art eisle, save the old tube and reroll cut to size newspaper for it, and reroll it.

[terry1156]

I make note pads with paper from the office that is going to be thrown out (or did before I retired). I just cut sheets into 4s and then punched a whole through them to hold them together. Great notepads and the paper got used instead of going to the dump.

[DivaJen]

DD has rolls of paper that relatives have gotten for her that way and it is great! Plus, it is big enough that he can do BIG art projects on it. One day I traced her body so that she could draw/color herself on it.

I cut up paper that is blank on one side to reuse for scratch paper by the telephone, for making lists, etc. I also save such paper for DD to color on.

[Razzy]

When I go to my dh's office I always ask if I can have the paper from their recycle bins. When I bring them home I cut them either in half or quarters so my dd (she gets the halves and we get the quarters)can scribble on them and we can write messages on them. I know some in his office must think I am weird but I hate to see good paper go to waste.


Razzy

[ggbwg]

My husband use to get those from his last job and i loved them. We still have many rolls left.

[contrary1]

I've contacted our local newspaper printers & asked for the ends of rolls of newsprint. Great source for free paper. Huge however. But, great for kids art projects, temp. tablecloths, drop cloths for painting projects and home made wrapping paper.

Any printing facility has paper that is left over..........many turn the scraps into note pads, etc to re sell. But, it is always worth asking. Free is better than cheap anyday.

[mom-from-missouri]

Our newspaper charges for the end rolls--so much per pound. They come in various sized rolls, and one size that they have is perfect for the fisher price art eisels, or you can get ther bigger sized roll, and reroll the paper onto the eisel roll--doing it that way is about 1/4 of the price of buying the eisel paper.

[acezz4e_tish]

newspapers also have misprint piles. i believe they give those away. my mom used to bring them home, and we used them to color on.