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I found this on pinterest (where else?) and decided to share the cartographic love.

1. Paint your nails white/cream

2. Soak nails in alcohol for five minutes

3. Press nails to map and hold

4. Paint with clear protectant immediately after it dries.

This also works with newspaper, etc!!

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This also works with newspaper, but don’t try it with NatGeo Maps because the paper is of too high a quality to have the ink bleed out; I would recommend using an old USGS Topo map.