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    Mother’s Day Gift: Borax Crystal Necklaces

    Borax and pipe cleaners are all you need for this mother's day gift.

    Looking for more Mother’s Day ideas? Add some Borax to your shopping list!

    Try these Mother’s Day pendants and add a little SCIENCE to your project!

    Students are so excited to see the crystals grow, and then add string to make a crystal necklace that mom will love!

    MATERIALS NEEDED

    The materials for this craft are simple:

    Borax

    Glass jar

    Hot water

    Pipe Cleaner

    Wire

    Pencil or stir stick

    Measuring cup and spoons

    Food Coloring (optional)

    String

    What you need to make these crystals

    HOW TO MAKE IT

    1. Bend the pipe cleaner into a spiral shape. Attach a plain piece of wire (a few inches) to the spiral end, and attach the other end to a pencil or stir stick. The pencil will rest on the top of the jar so that the pipe cleaner is suspended in the water without touching the edges.

    glass jars are ready for the water and borax
    Glass jars ready for the water and borax

    2. Mix 3 tablespoons of Borax powder into 1 cup of hot water in a jar. Mix until it dissolves.

    A closer look at the pipe cleaners bent into a spiral

    3. Add red food coloring if desired. Let the jar sit for about 8 hours, or overnight, so the crystals will grow.

    Let the crystals grow overnight

    4. Remove the crystals and let dry on paper towel.

    crystal pendants drying before finishing
    Crystal pendants drying on paper towel

    5. Wrap the wire around the end of a pencil to make a circle for the string to go through. Add some string (long enough to fit over your head) and tie.

    borax and pipe cleaners make these gorgeous crystal pendants for Mom!

    HOW IT WORKS

    The heated water molecules move farther apart than cold ones, making room for more of the borax crystals to dissolve. As this solution cools, the water molecules move closer together again. The borax crystals harden, and they attach themselves to the fluff on the pipe cleaners.

    My students LOVE this and we ended up making more Borax crystals for class. We tried the really large kind shown on this youtube video: Click HERE , just type “grow borax crystals” into a google search!

    Grow large crystals

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    Download a printable PDF with all the instructions – just click below!

    Free downloadable tutorial for Borax crystals

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    Add a little SCIENCE to your mothers day with these gorgeous crystal necklaces - so simple and mom will love it!

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