How Do You Make Paper Look Authentically Old?

Question

I'm doing a project for U.S. History. We are doing newspapers from the 1800's. We have to have political cartoons and advertisements; so if you know any products being advertised back then that would also be helpful. For creativity points we need to make it look as authentic as possible. I've already got ideas about how I'm going to set it up, but I'm open to suggestions.

Answer 1

few ways:
soak in tea, hold a lighter to the edges.


you rub coffee on it and hold it close to a flame, but don't set it on fire, if you mean treasture-map oldish

Spray it with lemon juice and nuke it in the microwave.


The coffee and tea tricks don't weather or age paper. Just discolor it. To age it you might want to expose it to direct sunlight, morning sun, for a week or more. You can microwave it after dampening the sheet with water with a touch of topsoil in it. Dust also make a good aging element because it is natural to old paper.

Using old paper to begin with is best. It comes from old books, using the blank facing pages from the front and back.

Answer 2

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How Do You Make Paper Look Authentically Old?
I'm doing a project for U.S. History. We are doing newspapers from the 1800's. We have to have political cartoons and advertisements; so if you know any products being advertised back then that would also be helpful. For creativity points we need to make it look as authentic as possible....

Answer 3

You can do the things above, or even try spilling some coffee on it in various places. Or, crumple up the paper lightly, then (with parent supervision) use a lighter to burn some of the edges.

Answer 4

There are several ways to make paper look old, here are just a few.

Spread milk all over the paper and put it in the oven at 360 degrees for a half a hour to a hour.


Dab the edges of the paper with water, then use a lighter or candle to char the edges.

Make 1 pot of dark coffee with no sugar or milk. Combine it with 5 or more teabags and then leave the coffee to settle for about 2 hours to 2 hours and a half. Then take a paintbrush and paint over the paper with the coffee and tea and then let it dry over night between 2 white pieces of paper.

Make a pot of tea and keep it warm
Crumble the paper up and dip it inside the tea
Use a match to light the edges of the paper
There you go! One historic looking document!


You can make coffee, then, let it cool off, but not for too long, it can’t be cold! Then, pour it on the paper, and let the paper dry, to get an really historic looking paper.


make a coffee, with no milk
2.pour on the paper which is in a tray
3.pour out the coffee
4.get a hairdryer and put it on full blast
5.dry evenly
Hey presto, old paper

Answer 5

take a lipton tea bag (preferably a used one) and rub it on the paper, and then then stick it under the broiler (for a very brief amt of time. Your paper will be brown and crispy.

Answer 6

spill some tea over the document, bake in an oven, and then slightly distress the edges by folding! good luck!

Answer 7

You dip it in coffee w/o sugar or milk.....just plain coffee....let it dry....this makes it look really old and wrinkled....a really nice effect, after this can also burn the edges, i've done this and it looks really cool, but the coffee thing is def. better

Answer 8

bURN IT A little around the edges and the middle it will look old

Answer 9

i've heard staining the paper with brewed tea bags help....give it a brownish color and try crumbling it....hope this helps.

Answer 10

i saw this on an episode of "law and order: ci", where these criminals forge documents by "baking" them in the oven so the paper would yellow and brown. but be careful when you do it, you don't want to cause a fire!