I have done this unit. If I recall, there are white yarn
(woolen) fibers that are left at the crime scene. The yellow
paper would just let the kids see the fibers more readily. I
wouldn't worry too much about the footprints. They need to
match treads, etc., and the yellow paper will not matter.
The yellow paper should be ok. Have fun! My students LOVED
this unit. Lots of work, but worth it.

On 6/30/09, Victoria wrote:
> I know someone who was on here has done it b/c I remember
> posts about it.
>
> I'm working on this for a summer day camp for gifted next
> week. I am running into one problem--my school didn't have
> any white bulletin board paper and there isn't a teacher
> supply store in town.
>
> Does anyone know if you can use another color? Would that
> work? I know we have lots of yellow. I was trying to think
> why it said it had to be white and the only thing I could
> think was that you copy the footprints. But if I was able
> to cut out the actual footprints forms (leaving no white
> space), would the yellow work?
>
> Thanks for any help! I have one other option for white
> paper but it will leave me a bit rushed on the setup for
> Monday as we set up on Thursday, and I couldn't do this
> option until Friday. So that would mean setting up the
> main crime scene the morning that the kids come. I really
> don't want to push my luck on that.

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