How can i make a poster look stained and withered?

Question

I have a school project to do on the revolution. i want to make the poster look like its been around for many years.

Answer 1

Go to the craft store ( Michael's or Hobby Lobby) and get a product called Crackle Medium. It is brushed over the surface and allowed to dry for about 20 minutes then a stain made especially for crackle medium is brushed on and wiped off...leaving stain in the areas where the cracks formed.....instant antique! Works on wood and paper.

Answer 2

I'm not sure if you can do both (it might fall apart), but you could try to get it wet to show water stains, or bunch it in a ball. If it is about the revolution then I assume the color red is on it, which would actually look pretty cool wet and smeared. I don't, let us know what you end up doing.

Answer 3

Make a big tub of boiling water (spaghetti pot?) put in 6-10 tea bags and dip parts of the poster in it, wrinkle poser up and let it dry on a flat surface, preferably wax paper so it doesn't stick.

Answer 4

I do some scrapbooking and I think in one of my magazines it said to take walnut stain (get it like at a craft store) and paint on the paper, but I think you have to crumble it up too. I've never tried it before though. Let me know how it turns out if you try this!

Answer 5

crumble up your poster and then get a teabag and add a little bit of boiling water and dunk your poster into it whether its dabbing the teabag on the poster slowly or dumping the boiling water onto the poster or something. let it dry and then burn the edges if you want

Answer 6

Tea bags.Just dip the tea bag in hot water and drag it over the paper.Use damp tea bags so you don't run too bad.The if you can get a parent to help you,singe the edges.It comes out looking really old and cool.

Answer 7

Soak it in tea, rip off small pieces near the edge while it's wet, let it dry, crumple it up, then iron it.

Well, maybe don't iron it. I'm not really sure about that part, but it seems like ironing it will make it look like it was naturally crumpled over time.

Answer 8

make some really strong tea, and brush it over the paper and allow it to dry. Crumple it up and flatten it out a few times too, that'll give it a weathered look.

Answer 9

take used tea bags and spread it over the paper and burn the edges a little..i did that for a project in 6th grade and it looked good

Answer 10

soak it in tea then lay it out on a cooking pan and use a hairdryer to dry it DO NOT PUT IT IN THE OVEN