http://thegirlbythesea.com Fri, 03 Feb 2012 17:42:56 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://thegirlbythesea.com/books/invisible-ink/ http://thegirlbythesea.com/books/invisible-ink/#comments Wed, 10 Mar 2010 14:58:28 +0000 Jennifer http://thegirlbythesea.com/?p=1978 I am a huge fan of Jane Brocket. I love her books, her blog, and always turn to The Gentle Art of Domesticity when I feel I need a boost in inspiration. I am about halfway through Ripping Things to Do, and really enjoying it. A couple of weeks ago, after the boys learned that invisible ink was used in the early history of America to pass messages back and forth, I pulled out the lemon juice, paper, some q-tips and a candle. I learned how to make and use invisible ink in Jane’s book and the boys thought I was the coolest mom ever when I showed them how to write secret messages (thanks, Jane!) The boys used q-tips to write messages in lemon juice, and left them to dry on the table. After their papers were completely dry, they took turns holding the paper very carefully over a candle (always supervised by me). Jane suggests using an iron, but my boys aren’t quite tall enough to do that safely. They were so excited, and it was a fun new skill for us all. You never know when you will need to write a secret message.

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