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Make Your Own Berry Ink
Try making your own ink to write in your journal!

MATERIALS:
  • 1/4 Cup raspberries or strawberries
  • 1/4 Teaspoon vinegar
  • Soup or cereal bowl
  • Spoon
  • Scissors
  • Bird feather
  • Paper

DIRECTIONS:
  1. Place the berries and vinegar in the bowl.
  2. Crush the berries with the back of the spoon until you have a smooth liquid. This is your ink!
  3. Now use the scissors to snip off the tip of the shaft of the feather on an angle. Now you have a quill pen and you're ready to write!