Today's experiment is by far one of the most prettiest! Unlike most experiments, you can actually maybe gift this to someone or use it as a decoration in your room. This experiment does require a lot of patience but it doesn't take that much time to prepare. If you want to know more about this pretty experiment, keep scrolling down!
What you'll need:
- 4 Cups of water
- Food colouring of your choice
- Clean eggshells
- 1 Borax powder
- Mason jars
What to do:
- If you've just cracked open some eggs then you can set aside the eggs and cook them or bake with them. You'll need to rinse out the eggshells and make sure you remove/peel off the membrane that's stuck onto the eggshells. Use hot water to clean out the membrane, this will make the cleaning process quicker.
- On a stove, pour the water into a pot and let it come to a boil.
- Add the borax power into the boiling water and stir until most of it has dissolved. You'll notice that the borax powder won't completely dissolve but that's okay.
- Fill in the hot water into the mason jars but only halfway and squirt a couple of drops of food colouring into the water and stir.
- Put the eggshells into the mason jars and pour in the hot mixture until it covers the eggshells.
- Now the waiting game begins! It may take a day or two for the crystals to form but it'll be worth the wait when they do! Also make sure that you don't move the mason jars around and don't take out the eggshells to check if the crystals have formed, just check on them with your eyes!
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