TEDCO 8" X 10" Sun Art Paper Kit - 12 Sheets

I'm over 50 and have made dozens of these shadow photos, using everything from masks to old 5" by 7" negatives to just laying a picture I like, printed on typical light-weight printer/copy paper, and have gotten really cool results. I also make scans/copies of the original, and store the originals away out of the light. The photo-copies look great. I first rinse them in a bath with lemon juice added, and then wash off with cold water, and try to protect them from sunlight as I carry them to the sink and wash (until the chemicals are washed off, they're still working). This is great for kids, but it ain't just kid stuff. What's more, one you've got a copy to work with, you can use it as a first layer and apply other different colored details with marker or paint, etc... It's not expensive, and one can try most anything. I am most impressed with how easily it makes a new negative/positive mix of a picture printed on paper put on it (depends on how long you let it sit in the sun) and the positives I've gotten from old glass negatives (found on e-bay) came out great with longer exposure. I've used leaves, necklace chains, nails, knives, teeth, feathers, seeds, pendants, coins, shape blocks, insects, dolls, crystals (be wary of fire), coils of wire or metal, sometimes stretching the center coil up to make the outer rings stand out more than the rings as it goes to center, etc... Also, if you have good evening sun that casts a long shadow, with a long exposure, various three dimensional objects can create unexpected and pleasing results. I also sometimes use a magnifying glass to create an intensified exposure on particular areas... hitting the area, stopping, hitting again, careful not to cause a burn. It's an artistic medium as much as it's a toy, if used with creativity, ideas, experiments... even applying various things to the paper to cause chemical reactions, as it reacts to acidic things like lemon juice, and who knows what else? It won't blow up. Worst case scenario, you've wasted a sheet in an experiment gone wrong.

These work so well! As a homeschool mom we used these for part of a science lesson and they worked amazingly well. The kids were blown away by the beautiful results, as was I. I would honestly frame a few of the ones we made. We gathered ferns, branches and feathers for some of the designs we made. We did not use lemon water and the blue is extremely intense and the shapes are very clear. I did notice that I had to rinse them in cold water for quite a while (1-2mins) to get some of the darker areas to lighten up but they came out great without the lemon. In the pictures they are still wet but have darkened up to a navy blue now that they are dry. I recommend these for a fun and a super easy project for kids or adults alike!

Making sun prints was one of my favorite activities as a kid, so I was excited to find it available now that I'm the mother of a six year old. I'm not super crafty - I'll never be a Pinterest Mom - so crafty activities that don't require a lot of skill or supplies are right up my alley, and that's who I'd recommend this sun paper kit for. No mess, easy to set up, and easy to get good results. The main benefit of buying this kit is that it comes with a plastic sheet to flatten and hold down whatever you put on the paper. That way you don't have to worry about your leaves, flowers, or whatever shifting around and giving a fuzzy print. This is particularly good, in my opinion, for homeschooling parents to use in teaching about plants, as it gives you an opportunity to go on a nature walk beforehand to collect materials. It's also a great art project for younger kids who might not yet have the manual skills to really draw or paint. Overall, very happy with my purchase.

Very cool paper and creates a cool product with minimal effort. I got it for a fun fall project for my kids. I was hoping for thicker, more photo-like paper, but it is like regular copy paper. When you rinse it it warps, so get some REALLY heavy books to try to keep it flat. We did not use lemon in the rinse water and seemed to work fine. It includes a plastic square to arrange your items on, which is nice. A nice product overall.

I love this product and it's a great introduction to photography for kids. Took it to my child's school for science visit in 3rd grade - all kids had a blast. There were 26 children, so I cut the sheets in four quarters and had plenty left over. I also brought cut up transparency sheets, flat card board boxes (used cereal boxes) for support and big paper clips. We asked kids a few days before to bring in little ornate objects for this experiment. In the beginning of the visit I gave out card board, transparency, paper clips and sun paper (upside down). Kids had to write their names on the back of the sun paper for tracking. Then told them to arrange these in the following order: card board, sun paper, their object, put transparency on top and secure with the paper clips. We left it out for a few minutes next to the window while I explained the process. After that I had kids come up to the table (three at a time) where I prepared three tubs with "lemon" water to rinse out their creation. The look on kids faces was amazing as they saw the picture "pop out" in water. I had to replace water a few times as it became blue and it was hard to see picture pop out. I also recommend wearing gloves, as my hands were pretty blue after working with so many pictures.

Bought this to do with the office as a fun de-stressor. It was fine, but didn't have the nuances and subtlety that actually painting the substance on paper would have. It was pretty high contrast between the parts with light and the parts covered by the object. Transparent objects like leaves with veining won't show the veining details. Fun and easy to use though!

Fun, easy thing to do with kids or if you want some interesting images to hang up. It comes with the paper, a black plastic bag to protect it from light if you don't use it all right away, and a clear acrylic board to lay over the objects you use on the paper, to keep them in place while they lay in the sun. We rinsed our in lemon water as suggested after exposure and they came out really bright with great contrast.

the image here is just handful of "helicopter" seeds from the spring trees. Flowers, leaves, stencils, transparencies, everything works to make fun images. Great for kids. Great for adults. Let you artistic inhibitions fall away with the accidental nature of these prints.

Great if you're looking for some fun filled activity with your children!

The sun paper works well. I have had success on cold days using a 600W halogen lamp suspended about 1 foot above the paper for about 5 minutes. Using lemon juice had a marginal effect during my first trial and have not tried since. Kids love it!

Kids summer activity

It works and it is easy to do. Did not have much success with negatives. Left it out for a very long time but in the end did not get an image.

Was great fun to play with :)