How to Grow a Crystal
in this Instructable I will show you how to grow a crystal.
(the picture below is a little blurry but the crystal looks beautiful when the facets catch the light)
Items needed
Borax
Thread
Button
Food coloring
measuring implements
Jar
Water
(the picture below is a little blurry but the crystal looks beautiful when the facets catch the light)
Items needed
Borax
Thread
Button
Food coloring
measuring implements
Jar
Water
Make Your Gethering Implement
the gathering implement gathers all the tiny crystals.
Heat Up Some Water
heat ups some water so that when you add the borax it will disolve.
Add Coloring
add 4-6 drops of food coloring i used blue but you can use any color but blue stands out the most.
Add Water
add some water it doesn't amtter how much about half it good but I will leave that up to you.
Add Borax
add 10-12 table-spoons of borax 1 at a time and stir inbetween.
Add Button
just put your button on the pencil in the jar.
After 2 Hours
this is what it looks like after 2 hours.
Finished!
now you are finished when you are done your crystal is done you should take it out when it looks like the picture below.