Step 1: Put on your rubber gloves and lab coat (or old clothes) because turmeric can stain clothes and cover table tops with cardboard.
Step 2: In a bowl, mix a tablespoon of bicarbonate of soda with a tablespoon of water.
Step 3: Next, in the other bowl, mix half a teaspoon of turmeric with three tablespoons of surgical spirit.
Get a grown-up to help you pour the surgical spirit.
Step 4: Dip the cotton bud into bowl one and write your secret message on the paper.
Step 5: Allow to dry and brush off any bicarbonate of soda left.
Step 6: Take a brush, dip it in the turmeric and surgical spirit mix and paint it over the secret message.
Step 7: You'll notice the message magically emerging!
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