By making the child a Reporter, it encourages them to write in 'nutshell' quantities, yet also allows them to get very creative with their writing. Every other day, the children would write a short paragraph on a topic they chose, whether it was from we just read, what they were assigned to read, or a subject they wished to look up. Once in a while, we'd look into clothing or articles of that era, and we looked up old advertisements on the internet and in books, to see styles of ads and how they would 'sell you'.
Every newspaper is chock full of photos and illustrations.
The ending result is a unique, realistic looking piece of editorial artwork you will cherish. As with the journal, aging paper is done by dying, drying and ironing the paper. We began with large chart paper. Butcher paper would work wonderfully, but do not get the waxed kind. You want your overall size to be something you can get through your printer, so don't make it too big.