Fingerprint Tree

To take fingerprints for a fingerprint tree, follow these methods and that steps that follow:

• Pencil and tape -OR- Eye Shadow and tape
  1. Make sure your finger is clean and dry
  2. Colour in a square on a white piece of paper with a soft pencil
  3. Rub your finger over the coloured area to transfer the graphite to your finger
  4. Place your finger on the sticky side of a piece of tape
  5. Peel the tape off your finger and stick it to the white piece of paper
  6. Repeat to take multiple prints, and choose the clearest one to take a High Resolution photo off, using your phone camera

• Lipstick method
  1. Make sure your finger is clean and dry
  2. Lightly spread a very small amount of lipstick onto your finger. You only want the grooves of your print to be stained.
  3. Using a left-to-right motion, transfer the print onto a clean sheet of white paper. Do not roll back your finger on the paper. Your print should be transferred in one fluid motion.
  4. Repeat to take multiple prints, and choose the clearest one to take a High Resolution photo off, using your phone camera.

Above all, remember to write the name of the person below each fingerprint. so we can identify who the print belongs to. This is a vitally important step.