Borax Snowflakes

Last night Alan helped the older kids make borax snowflakes. Because we don't have enough snow outside yet, we want it in the house as well. The directions are super simple if you feel the urge to try it with your kids. You can find them here. All you need is borax, boiling water, a wide-mouthed jar, a pencil, string and a pipe cleaner. This experiment gives you wonder looking crystals.
The work in progress.
Now they have to sit undisturbed overnight.
The finished product.
Learn from us if you decide to try this. Make sure you really are using wide-mouthed jars or that you make small pipe cleaner snowflake shapes for the crystals to attach themselves to. We are having trouble getting the snowflakes out of the jars because they are a tad bigger than the openings.