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| LeafMark Making | | | Materials Required
 | - Fallen leaf or leaves (Try Rubber, Rain Tree, Angsana, Durian or Cocoa leaves)
- Ribbon (about 25cm)
- Transparent plastic bag (You can make your own from transparent plastic wrapper. Seal three sides with glue or tape, leaving one side unsealed for inserting the leaf)
- Permanent ink marker
- Small basin
- paper towels
- Food colouring
- Paper punch
- Stiff paint brush
- Household bleach
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LeafMark in the Making
 | Clean the leaf thoroughly to remove dirt. Soak it in a strong solution of bleach till it turns white. Caution: Strong household bleach is corrosive. Please avoid direct contact with your fingers or skin.
|  | Rinse the leaf and gently remove the soft tissue with a paint brush.
|  | Rinse and blot dry between paper towels.
|  | Pour the food colouring of your choice into a small basin. Dip the leaf skeleton in it. Remove and dry between paper towels.
|  | Insert the dyed leaf skeleton into the transparent plastic bag. Use a paper punch to make a hole on the unsealed side of the bag.
|  | Put a ribbon through the hole and secure neatly. Label the leaf by writing its common or scientific name on the plastic bag with a marker.
|  | And there you have it, you very own unique "leafmark"!
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