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Grow your own snowflakes and become the coolest kid on the block! This fun craft will amaze your children, and the results and breathtaking. Make plenty to hang on the tree or give as gifts!

What You Need

1 wide mouth jar
3 white pipe cleaners per snowflake
boiling water
borax (look in the laundry aisle for 20 Mule Team Borax Laundry Booster)
pencil or pen
String
Food coloring (optional)



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What you do

To create a snowflake shape, twist the 3 pipe cleaners together in the center to make a 6-sided figure (picture an X with a line through the middle). Trim as needed so that the snowflake will fit easily into the mouth of the jar.

Important: Adult supervision is needed when using boiling water and Borax. Please keep the Borax out of children's reach.

Fill the jar 3/4 full with boiling water. Add 3 tablespoons of Borax for every cup of water that is used. Stir until completely dissolved. It is ok if some of the Borax settles in the bottom of the jar.

You can now add food coloring to the water to create colorful snowflakes if you like.

Tie the string to one of the ends of the snowflake and the other end of the string to the pencil. Dip the snowflake into the water making sure that the string is long enough to completely cover it with water.

Rest the pencil across the top of the jar. Check to see that the snowflake floats freely not touching the sides or bottom of the jar.

Let the jar rest, undisturbed overnight (at least 8 hrs). The result is a snowflake covered in shiny crystals!

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About the Author
Tami Rose lives in North Carolina with her husband and 2 children. She is always on the lookout for fun, easy crafts that any age group can make. She is the Assistant Administrator on the FamilyCorner.com forums. You can find her there under the username of "ajrsmom". She is also the Assistant Editor for FamilyCorner.com and provides valuable support for the website.

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