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Become A Detective For A Day With The Invisible Ink DIY!

Team StoryWeavers|November 20, 2020, 09:00 IST| 17

Children explore the world through their curiosity and imagination. When they are young, they are ever ready to expand their knowledge by trying out new things and asking endless questions! Encouraging this curiosity is a great way to get them to learn. Curiosity at a young age also develops creativity and the ability to innovate as children grow older. Simple DIYs that pique a child’s curiosity also add fun to playtime! Here is a fool-proof activity that does just that- invisible ink!

Here’s what you will need:

1. Lemon
2. Water
3. Thin brush or earbuds
4. White paper
5. Bright light source

Method:

1. Take the juice of half a lemon and mix it with 2 teaspoons of water.
2. Dip your brush or earbud in the lemon juice and write a secret message on a sheet of white paper.
3. Let the lemon juice dry.
4. Now hold the paper against a bright light bulb. The heat of the light will react with the lemon juice to reveal the secret message!

If you don’t have a bright light source, you can also lightly spray water to reveal the secret message!

You can use this DIY as part of a larger activity like a treasure hunt to make your child feel like a detective for a day. But even just by itself, the reveal of the secret message is sure to interest your child.

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About the Author


Charu, a feminist and an accidental writer, is yet to master the art of writing about herself. Always curious to learn new stuff, she ends up spending a lot of time unlearning the incorrect lessons. She enjoys all sorts of stories – real, fictional, new, old, hers and would love hearing yours too. Feel free to ping her at storyweavers@byjus.com to share anything that you think is worth sharing.

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Avipsha nandi

May 26, 2021

wow! it is so so amazing. I have tried this at home


Sonam Pradhan

February 10, 2021

I just tried it. But the bright light source or the water didn’t work. I have tried it 2 times but in each attempt I seem to fail. This is the only problem because of which my entire experiment was ruined.


Chinmayi

December 19, 2020

Amazing!!!


Lahari

November 24, 2020

I just try it


Samriddhi Arya

November 4, 2020

Wow it’s amazing


Parvathi Ajayakumar

October 30, 2020

?


Parvathi Ajayakumar

October 30, 2020

Wow!


Nanaki

October 4, 2020

I worked I used it secretly to plan a suprise for my aunt


Caroline Faria

September 26, 2020

Osm. ?????????


Fianna Maria Mendez

September 17, 2020

OMG!!!! I tried this before but it was complicated I really want to thank you BYJU’S
I hope you upload more articles based on DIY! And I also want to tell you guys that you all are very creative and have helped me so much
Thank you!!!!??


Praharshini

September 15, 2020

Superrr.definetly I will try


Praharshini

September 15, 2020

Superrrr.


Adithri Sreejish

September 11, 2020

wowwwwwwwwwwwwwwww it worked

thank BYJUS for passing my time


Dhani Shende

September 11, 2020

Amazing… Will really try at Home


Astha Bhardwaj

September 10, 2020

Wow , it is amazing . I’ll try it ?


Aayush Kumar?

September 9, 2020

I will surely try this at home.?


Dhairya Chandak

September 9, 2020

I already know this and if you use soap instead of lemon juice and then spray a little more water then you will be able to find the secret message too


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