Cut five sheets of newspaper into pieces. Mix newspaper with a bowl of hot water, letting it sit for three hours. Add three tablespoons of cornstarch. Pour in enough hot water to soak the pulp. Fold a piece of aluminum foil and punch small holes into it to act as a strainer. Stack a few newspapers up and cover with a new sheet of foil. Pour pulp onto the newspapers. Place the straining foil on top, removing excess water from the pulp. Use a heavy book atop the straining foil to press pulp flat. Remove book and foil, allowing pulp to dry overnight.
Boil a medium egg for six minutes and remove the shell. Use a bottle with an opening a little smaller than the egg. Spread a thin layer of oil around the opening of the bottle, and roll a strip of newspaper to use as kindling. Light the newspaper on fire with a match. Drop the burning newspaper into the bottle and place the egg over the opening of the bottle. The egg will begin to squeeze down through the opening as the inside pressure of the bottle decreases, causing the outside pressure to push the egg in.
Place a funnel into a 20-ounce empty bottle. Pour in 1 cup of baking soda. In a separate spouted measuring cup, add 1 teaspoon of dishwashing liquid, a few drops of food-coloring in whichever color you desire and 1 cup of vinegar. Pour the vinegar solution into the bottle of baking soda and watch as the eruption of household acids and bases react with each other while flowing over the top of the bottle.
Gather food scraps consisting of fruits, vegetables and coffee grounds as well as dead leaves. Place a 50-gallon trash can in a sunny spot near a water hose and alternate layers of food scraps and dead leaves. Keep the compost moistened with water. Once a week, use a pitchfork to turn the organic materials to aerate the compost with oxygen. Compost material will be ready to use as fertilizer in 3 to 6 months. Carbon, nitrogen, water and oxygen help the compost material to break down into fertilizer.