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Growing Borax Crystals


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Growing Borax Crystals - hanging crystalline circular shapeHere are some beautiful crystals made with borax. Instead of buying crystals, you can make your own in all shapes, sizes, and designs. You could even use some as decor. Patience is needed as it will take 2 days to form into crystals, but it's a fun process to document and watch!

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Total Time: 2 days

Yield: As many as you want to make!

Supplies:

Steps:

  1. Prep the pipe cleaners into your desired shape/object or letters that you would like your crystal to form.
  2. Example #1: You could a bend pipe cleaner into names. If you run out of pipe cleaner just tie together and continue like pictured.
  3. Growing Borax Crystals - bend the pipe cleaner into a name
     
    Growing Borax Crystals - child's name made with pipe cleaner
     
  4. Example #2: You could bend pipe cleaners into fun shapes or designs.
  5. Growing Borax Crystals - pipe cleaner rocket ship
     
    Growing Borax Crystals - circular abstract designs made with the pipe cleaners
     
  6. With the shapes, you will need to attach a string from the shape to a pencil (in the center) to sit over jar.
  7. Growing Borax Crystals - attach a string to the pipe cleaner
     
    Growing Borax Crystals - suspend from a pencil
     
    Growing Borax Crystals - lay pencil over a jar with the pipe cleaner down inside
     
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  8. With letters since there is extra pipe cleaner, you could wrap the pipe cleaner around the pencil (in the center) to sit over jar.
  9. Growing Borax Crystals - or wrap the pipe cleaner around the pencil
     
    Growing Borax Crystals - shapes and names suspended
     
  10. Time to make your borax solution. This is a trial and error step. For every cup of water, add about 3-4 tablespoons of borax. Stir together until the water becomes clear and the borax is dissolved.
  11. Growing Borax Crystals - pan of water on stove
     
    Growing Borax Crystals - boiling water
     
    Growing Borax Crystals - boiling water with dissolved borax stirred in
     
  12. Pour the solution into a jar and cover with Saran Wrap.
  13. Growing Borax Crystals - pour mixture into the jars
     
    Growing Borax Crystals -cover with plastic wrap
     
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  14. Find a safe spot to place your jars and wait until crystals start to form!
  15. Growing Borax Crystals - store in a safe spot and watch crystals begin to form
     
    Growing Borax Crystals - crystals forming on a name pipe cleaner
     
    Growing Borax Crystals - another shape in jar
     
  16. Once ready, carefully take your crystals out! Place on paper towels. Discard Saran Wrap.
  17. Growing Borax Crystals - when done remove the pipe cleaners and discard the wrap
     

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Diamond Post Medal for All Time! 1,246 Posts
August 7, 20190 found this helpful

These are always fun! I made some with my nieces and nephews and used some food colouring to make them in different shades. :)

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Diamond Post Medal for All Time! 1,298 Posts
August 12, 20190 found this helpful

That's a great idea!!

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Anonymous
July 27, 20200 found this helpful

Is this like crystal candy that you can eat ?

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Silver Post Medal for All Time! 267 Posts
July 28, 20200 found this helpful

No, that is made from pure sugar. Borax should not be ingested.

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