snow flakes!!

One of our winter fun activities was to make our own crystal snowflakes!! This was cool!!

I get a kick every time my scientists put on their safety googles!!

We mixed Borax and hot boiling water together.  Then we made shaped pipecleaners into snowflakes, tied them to a string and dipped them into our mixture.  The hung in the mix in the jar for a day.

Before,...

The end result were beautiful crystal "snowflakes".  (forgot the after picture!)
Amazing!! Science is fun!!