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Crystals Recipe

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How to make it

  • Place the cracked coal or charcoal in the pan or dish, rough side up
  • Mix the salt, water, ammonia, and bluing together in a bowl, stirring well to dissolve as much of the salt a possible.
  • NOTE: For safety reasons very young children should only help crack the charcoal and mix the salt and water.
  • Pour the mixture over the charcoal and add drops of food coloring in spots if colorful crystals are desired.
  • Place the dish where it will not be bumped.
  • Be sure to caution the children NOT to taste the mixture, as it may be quite harmful.
  • In a few hours, the crystals will begin to grow and will continue to grow as the liquid evaporates from the pan.
  • These crystals will more closly resemble sea coral then gems.

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    " It was excellent "
    gapeach55 ate it and said...
    Sounds like a great idea! And amazing to watch how this happend.
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    " It was excellent "
    shazam ate it and said...
    The fact that you are sharing so many craft ideas or recipes is really appreciated. Another 5 forks from me.
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    " It was excellent "
    lor ate it and said...
    LOVE IT and HIGH 5+++++
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  • maywest 14 years ago
    i will try this next week when i baby sit my friends grandkids this should be fun. better than last time i thru dry ice in the pool and blew up a pop bottle for them. this seems much safer.thanks,
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    " It was excellent "
    juels ate it and said...
    This is really cool! Last year my husband bought our kids an expensive crystal growing kit, and they really enjoyed it. Who could have thought we could get the ingredients ourselves!
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    " It was excellent "
    brianna ate it and said...
    This sounds fasinating. Never mind for kids, I want to try it myself. Ha Ha. I've heard of it before but never knew how to do it. '5'
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    " It was excellent "
    rml ate it and said...
    I majored in Bio-Chemistry...Thanks for the creative, fun stuff...Love It!
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    " It was excellent "
    mystic_river1 ate it and said...
    wonderful...had neighborhood kids come in and make em....fun.
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  • invisiblechef 16 years ago
    Do you have the Crystal recipe where you use a string in a glass? my son made it in class but can't remember the ingredients. Just this- there was a glass of liquid, a pencil and a string hanging of the pencil into the liquid mixture. The class had to wait seven weeks but I guess started growing within the first week, your sounds like it works right away.
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