You can make an easy invisible ink by doing this!

Important! Have a teacher or parent help.

What you’ll need:


Next:

Pour a small amount of lemon juice into the saucer.

Dip your brush (or toothpick) into the juice.

Now begin writing your secret message on the blank paper.  Be sure to dip often into the lemon juice.

Let your message dry.

To reveal the message:

Have a parent or teacher hold the paper on which you wrote your message, near a light bulb or radiator – just for a short time.  (Fluorescent lights won’t work)   Don’t let the paper touch the bulb. And BE CAREFUL NOT TO CATCH THE PAPER ON FIRE.

Watch as the heat brings out the message in brown letters.

How does this work?

Lemon juice contains a mild acid, which remains in the paper after the juice has dried.  When you heat the paper, the acid letters turn brown.