We had a little family reunion over the weekend at Bear Lake in Utah. My family loves Bear Lake. We had a delightful time.
If you didn’t count that the cable broke on our tent trailer and it wouldn’t hold the trailer up so we ended up sleeping in the back of the pick-up.
And if you don’t count that it rained, and rained, and rained on us Friday night — while we slept in the back of the pickup under a tarp.(It always seems to rain on us when we go camping. Sigh.)
And if you don’t count that my new little 5 week-old grandson got a sunburn (while I was holding him).
And if you don’t count that my granddaughter biffed it and fell on her face and scraped it all up.
Like I said, a delightful time.
My creative and talented daughter-in-law, Lisa, brought supplies for a fabulous activity for the grandkids. She taught us how to make sun prints.
First, you get something from nature that you like: a rock, leaves, a flower.
Next, you place the item on top of sun print paper. (You can get some of that nifty paper here. It only costs between $11 to $14 and you’ll get a package of paper so you can do lots of sun prints! It comes with simple instructions.)
We were then supposed to place a piece of glass over the item and the paper. Lisa accidentally forgot the glass so we used cut-up Ziplock bags instead. (The glass helps keep the item flat and focuses the sun on the paper.) The Ziplock bags worked fine.
Wait 2-3 minutes. (The image on the white paper is blue.)
Now comes the magic. Put the paper in water. The white paper turns blue and the print image turns white.
Then, you take the paper out of the water and lay it on a flat surface to dry. Now you have your sun print.
It was way simple and easy and fun to do! I highly recommend that you do this activity with your grandchildren. They will enjoy it.
