DIY Borax Crystal Shapes

Make ✨crystals ✨with borax and pipe cleaners!⁣ ⁣ You'll need:⁣ borax⁣ very hot water⁣ jar⁣ spoon⁣ chenille pipe cleaners⁣ string⁣ pencil or craft stick (optional)⁣ ⁣ Directions:⁣ ✨To make your solution, dissolve 9 tbsp of Borax in 3 cups of very hot water. We boiled our water in the kettle first, and poured it into a 2 qt bowl with a spout. Then we added our borax and we stirred and we stirred!⁣ ⁣ ✨You need your solution to be perfectly clear with no visible traces of Borax, so you’ll need to stir for a few minutes.⁣ ⁣ ✨You can have someone prepping the pipe cleaners while the borax is dissolving. Bend your pipe cleaners into whatever shapes you want. You can make snowflakes, random shapes, crystal icicles, or like us, everyone can make their own initial.⁣ ⁣ ✨When your pipe cleaners are bent into shape, tie a length of string to the top of each one.⁣ ⁣ ✨Now, pour the solution into your jars, and suspend a pipe cleaner in each one. You can do this by tying the loose end of the string to the handle of the spoon (or a craft stick or pencil), and laying it across the top of the jar.⁣ ⁣ ✨Make sure the pipe cleaner doesn’t touch bottom or sides of the jar. Set the jar in a safe place, and leave it for a few hours.⁣ ⁣ ✨When you check back in, you’ll be amazed to see how quickly the crystals start forming! We let ours sit over-night.⁣ ⁣ ⁣ ⁣ ⁣ #kidsactivities #kidsactivitiesblog #kidscraft #icecrystal #boraxcrystal #diy #familyfun⁣