In looking around to find out if the crystal making solution (from the crystal making kit we got from the dollar store) Noah just tasted was going to hurt him I found a "recipe" for making Borax snowflakes. We were all intrigued and were excited to try it.
We made the simple Borax solution and struggled to find containers that would be big enough to suspend the snowflakes in the solution without hitting the sides yet small enough that we wouldn't have to make 3 or 4 batches of solution to make 1 snowflake. We ended up using interesting containers.
We got them all set up and could hardly wait till the next day to see how our snowflakes turned out.
They did not disappoint
But as I looked at them I wondered why we couldn't do a candy cane or a Christmas tree shape
We had to use different methods for hanging them in the solution but I thought they turned out really well. I've heard that they don't really retain their sparkle from year to year so we'll have to make more next year. Who knows what we'll come up with then!!
We made the simple Borax solution and struggled to find containers that would be big enough to suspend the snowflakes in the solution without hitting the sides yet small enough that we wouldn't have to make 3 or 4 batches of solution to make 1 snowflake. We ended up using interesting containers.
We got them all set up and could hardly wait till the next day to see how our snowflakes turned out.
They did not disappoint
But as I looked at them I wondered why we couldn't do a candy cane or a Christmas tree shape
We had to use different methods for hanging them in the solution but I thought they turned out really well. I've heard that they don't really retain their sparkle from year to year so we'll have to make more next year. Who knows what we'll come up with then!!
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