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Making mummies out of carrots

Materials needed: carrots, newspaper, foil pans, canola oil, glue ('resin'), cheesecloth, 'natron'* mixture (salt:baking soda=3:1), mulling spices, cups for spices, pans for natron, bowls for oil Preparation: Cover tables with newspaper, or use washable tables in the art room or* science lab. Cut cheesecloth into strips of roughly four inches by twenty four inches, or the* normal width of the cheesecloth. For a class of thirty students, we consumed seven packages of cheesecloth.*
	Procedure: Roll the carrot in the natron mixture. Wrap one layer of cheesecloth around the carrot. Smear glue ('resin') over the cheesecloth. Smear oil over the cheesecloth. Roll the carrot in the salt/baking soda mixture ('natron').* *Sprinkle spices over the cheesecloth.
	Repeat steps 2-6 if desired, but finish with a layer of cheesecloth covered in* glue. The illustration shows a student covering the first layer of cheesecloth with glue.*
Finish: Put "mummy" on foil pan Identify with student's initials on a small square of masking tape. Place the small square of tape on the foil pan in front of the mummy.* Wash hands Wipe off tables Allow the mummies to dry over a period of several weeks.* Mummies may be opened once they rattle when shaken!*

Special thanks to Mrs. Jan Nally, our librarian, who photographed this event!

Materials needed: carrots, newspaper, foil pans, canola oil, glue ('resin'), cheesecloth, 'natron'* mixture (salt:baking soda=3:1), mulling spices, cups for spices, pans for natron, bowls for oil Preparation: Cover tables with newspaper, or use washable tables in the art room or* science lab. Cut cheesecloth into strips of roughly four inches by twenty four inches, or the* normal width of the cheesecloth. For a class of thirty students, we consumed seven packages of cheesecloth.*
	Procedure: Roll the carrot in the natron mixture. Wrap one layer of cheesecloth around the carrot. Smear glue ('resin') over the cheesecloth. Smear oil over the cheesecloth. Roll the carrot in the salt/baking soda mixture ('natron').* *Sprinkle spices over the cheesecloth.
	Repeat steps 2-6 if desired, but finish with a layer of cheesecloth covered in* glue. The illustration shows a student covering the first layer of cheesecloth with glue.*
Finish: Put "mummy" on foil pan Identify with student's initials on a small square of masking tape. Place the small square of tape on the foil pan in front of the mummy.* Wash hands Wipe off tables Allow the mummies to dry over a period of several weeks.* Mummies may be opened once they rattle when shaken!*