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How to Mummify an Apple

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<strong>Mummify</strong> <strong>an</strong> <strong>Apple</strong><br />

What you need:<br />

1 apple<br />

1 popsicle stick<br />

1 cup baking soda<br />

½ cup of table salt<br />

Large zip-close plastic bag<br />

SAFETY: Do not eat the apple or<br />

the mummification ingredients.<br />

This recipe makes enough <strong>to</strong><br />

mummify one apple.<br />

Step One:<br />

Carve a face in<strong>to</strong> your apple with a popsicle stick. Then attach the popsicle<br />

stick <strong>to</strong> the apple so it becomes a h<strong>an</strong>dle (like a c<strong>an</strong>dy apple).<br />

Step Two:<br />

Mix the salt <strong>an</strong>d baking soda in your plastic bag.<br />

Step three:<br />

Place the apple in the solution, making sure it is fully covered. Leave the<br />

apple in the bag.<br />

Step Four:<br />

Leave the bag upright <strong>an</strong>d open so that moisture c<strong>an</strong> escape.<br />

Step Five:<br />

Periodically check on your apple. What ch<strong>an</strong>ges do you see <strong>to</strong> your apple? At<br />

what point does it start <strong>to</strong> look like a “mummy”? If you would like, you c<strong>an</strong><br />

use the chart below <strong>to</strong> record the ch<strong>an</strong>ges.<br />

Day 1<br />

Day 5<br />

Day 9<br />

Day 14<br />

Difference<br />

from day 1<br />

<strong>to</strong> day 14<br />

Width Height Weight<br />

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