We started with an already dead insect, so no bugs were hurt. It's amazing how hard it is to find a dead bug when you need one!
Next, we put a little yellow food coloring into clear nail polish, and then poured a bit in the bottom of a 2 liter bottle. We then gently placed our bug on top of the bit of nail polish, and covered him with more "amber" (nailpolish). For the next couple of days we continued to add more "amber" each day.
I had hoped from the instructions that we'd be able to remove it from our bottle, but had my doubts. In the end we weren't able to, but that's okay, it still looks super cool, and Nick has a better understanding of this type of fossil.
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