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Growing Homemade Borax Crystal Hearts
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Jennifer Schreiner
(IC: blogger)
5 Materials
Gather your kids around the table for this fun exploration into science at home. You can sit down and teach your littles about How to Grow Borax Crystal Valentine’s Day Hearts. No need to run out and buy mommy that special Valentine’s Day gift when they can make it at home with you.
. Begin by boiling your water. Keep in mind for this project you will need 3 tablespoons of Borax per 1 cup of water.
While waiting for it to boil, take your pipe cleaners and start forming your heart shapes. Form your heart from the center of your pipe cleaner. Leaving extra length to wrap on to your chop stick, pencil or stick. If you make a larger heart crystal you can yarn to hand your hearts instead of the extra pipe cleaner.
Next, stir your borax and water mixture until dissolved, then add in the coloring of your choice. We did red. The dark you go the darker your crystals will turn out. I would go as dark as possible as borax doesn’t absorb food coloring that well.
Now you are ready to make crystals. Put your pipe cleaner shape into your container, with the chop stick or pencil lying over the opening. You don’t want the bottom of your shape touching the container, so keep it just above the bottom.
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Suggested materials:
- Borax
- Plastic Container
- Red Food Dye
- Chop Stick or Pencil
- Pipe Cleaner (white)
Want more details about this and other DIY projects? Check out my blog post!
Published January 10th, 2017 1:57 PM
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Julie Sweeney on Jan 10, 2017when I was a preschool teacher we did these for Valentine's Day. They turned out so good. The kids really enjoyed making them
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Dra20213110 on Jul 07, 2017
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