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Secret Messages

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What you'll need:

lemon juice
water
cotton swabs
note paper
What to do:
Mix a tablespoon of water with a tablespoon of lemon juice.
Dip a cotton swab into the water-juice mixture (they will serve as your "pen" and "ink"). Then use the swab to write your message on the paper.
With a regular pen, write a simple instruction on how to "decode" your message. Tell your friend to hold the note near a lit light bulb. As the lemon juice heats up, your message will appear like magic!

What happens:
Lemon juice contains carbon compounds. As the juice heats up next to the bulb, the compounds breaks down to form carbon, a black substance. Then your secret message is revealed and no longer a secret!
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Thanks for the idea! We're only into week 3 of summer break and the kids are already bored! After the huge storms that rolled through here last night, I don't see us getting outside today
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