– Book Pages – 8 Bags of Tea – Shallow Baking Dish – Aluminum Foil – Cinnamon
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So the first step is pretty obvious. You gotta make the tea for the pages to soak in! I started by bringing three cups of water to a boil. Once boiling, I added eight tea bags and let it simmer for about four minutes. You can also add even more tea bags if you want your stain to be darker.
Once the tea has simmered for four minutes, let it cool completely. 30-45 minutes should be plenty of time.
While the tea is cooling is the perfect time to gather up all your book pages. I just used an old book I had laying around that I never read anymore. Like seriously, an old book from middle school that I did not have any desire to keep anymore.
Now once the tea is cooled, pour it into a shallow baking dish. I used a 9×13 casserole dish and it worked just fine.
As I was taking them out, I noticed they were’t as “antiqued” as I would like for them to be. So I decided to sprinkle a little bit of cinnamon on them and rubbed it all over the pages as I set them out to dry.
After I let the pages soak for awhile, I laid out aluminum foil all over my countertops and placed the pages on there to dry completely.