How to Dust For Fingerprints | Create with #MetKids Microscope

Did you know that you leave a trace of yourself on every object you touch? Your fingerprints! In this activity, uncover hidden fingerprints around your home like an art detective. Using everyday ingredients and tools from your kitchen cabinet, embark on a hands-on process that prompts you to ask questions, mix compounds, and analyze materials like a scientist at the Museum. Learn more about the series: — MATERIALS: Mirror Metal spoon Magazine page Teaspoon of baby powder Paintbrush INSTRUCTIONS: Press your thumb down for 5 seconds onto the mirror, spoon, and magazine. Dip a soft, dry paintbrush into baby powder. Brush it very gently over the area where you pressed your thumb on each material. Blow away the excess to reveal your fingerprint! Look closely at each fingerprint and record what you notice in a notebook. — 00:00 Fingerprint ghosts! 00:26 How to dust for fingerprints 01:39 Why we can’t touch art at museums — Chief Digital Officer: Douglas Hegley Executive Producer: Sarah Wambold Director/Writer/Producer: Emma Vecchione Producer: Rachel Smith Project Manager: Maria Kozanecka Animation Direction: Lisa LaBracio Stop Motion Animation: Lisa LaBracio 2D Animation: Luca Mancuso Prop Fabrication: Lisa V. Bergmann, Anna Samo Narrator: Roselin Lopez Episode Consultants: Michael Millican, Marco Leona Education Consultants: Darcy-Tell Morales, Merantine Hens Original Music: Austin Fisher Sound Mix: Dave Raymond Production Design: Aurola Wedman Alfaro Rights and Permissions: Julie Zeftel Annunciation Triptych (Merode Altarpiece), ca. 1427–32. Workshop of Robert Campin (Netherlandish, ca. 1375–1444). Oil on oak, 25 3/8 x 46 3/8 in. (64.5 x 117.8 cm). The Cloisters Collection, 1956 (–c) All Images © The Metropolitan Museum of Art MetKids is supported by Bloomberg Philanthropies Subscribe for new content from The Met: #TheMet #Art #TheMetropolitanMuseumofArt #Museum #MetKids #STEAM #STEM #Experiment © 2023 The Metropolitan Museum of Art