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Opaque

Fun in the sun:

We collected objects of different shapes and sizes and used them to make sun prints. Most of our objects blocked out the light, because they were opaque, and made terrific prints. - Kristin
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You'll need:
  • Sunprint® paper
  • objects (as many as you can find)
  • flat container of water
  • a sunny day

Step one (19k)
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Place object on paper
until paper turns white

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Soak in water
for a few minutes

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Lay flat and
allow to dry


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Send us your prints.
We'll add them to our
Sun Print gallery.

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What would the prints look like if you used a flashlight instead of sunlight? Try making a print using a mystery object and have someone guess what it is. How is this similar to taking a picture?

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