DIY Wheat Glue — Incredible Bulk

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This was a little blast from the past. Often used for childhood craft afternoons we had completely forgotten about wheat glue until we were reminded by the brilliant Zero Waste Chef, Anne-Marie Bonneau, when she posted about making your own paper tape. Keen to give it a go we used it to decorate a Christmas box for the Cornwall Christmas Box appeal. Can be used to mount posters, make paper tape, cover textbooks, papier-mâché and other arts and craft projects!

Ingredients to make glue:

Around 200ml of water

3 tablespoons of plain flour (we haven’t tried but on the original post from Zero Waste Chef lots of people were asking about gluten free versions and tapioca and rice flour were recommended).

Method:

In a saucepan heat water over medium-high heat and slowly add your flour 1 spoonful at a time, whisking the mixture well in between. Once all flour added keep whisking continuously, the mixture will start to bubble, keep whisking and it will start to thicken. Remove from heat when the paste has reached the consistency you are looking for.

You can store unused wheat glue in the fridge.

Source: Zero Waste Chef

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