small sunprint kit

$5.99

Recommended by Max

in response to Louisa Cannell

What's your go to gift for someone that is not specific to them, just a neutral good gift?

This is my go-to birthday gift for acquaintances. Some reasons: it’s unique (rather than a candle or soap or whatever), it encourages your gift-ee to exercise their creativity and get some sunshine, and it can be squeezed into an envelope along with a card (so even if it’s a no-gifts event, you can kind of get away with it).

5 days ago

Comments

Louisa Cannell

@louisaOct 2, 2026

Yesss this is such a good call!

Sam

@sam_f_alvianiOct 3, 2026

I delight in a sunprint kit—I’ve loved it as a way to track memories and landscapes and write the date and place where the specimen was found in the corner when it’s done

Sil

@silvierOct 3, 2026

I love this for myself but such a good idea to gift it!!

Pej

@pejpejOct 3, 2026

I’ve given these as gifts a number of times and it’s always a hit! Have to keep one for myself next time.

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Sunprint Kit

Very Carrie

“These were a mainstay of my 1980s midwestern summers. They’re called “cyanotypes” and it’s a kind of “sunlight photograph”, if you will. Really fun for both kids and adults. (I’ve seen some kits on Amazon that offer different colored papers as well but I haven’t tried those.) Originally developed by educators at the Lawrence Hall of Science on the UC Berkeley campus. Sunprints encourage an interes”

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PRACTICE FIELD

“would make a set with a pal. one day i'll be braver and buy all the accoutrement for Realer cyanotypes but this set of cheat-sheets is a personal prerequisite for all that. i never quite recommend a Product but square things and analog printing have a hold on me. two birds one scone.”