Riot and Frolic

Advent Adventures

Day 12 : Borax snowflakes.

Yo.  Today I channeled my Martha Stewart and made Borax snowflakes with the little ladies.  It was neat.  There was science involved.  I loosely tied this in with the three wise men and their charts and science-y stuff.

Yeeeah.  Loosely.

here's mae cake showing off her snowflake pipe-cleaner shape. in the background are mason jars prepped with borax, waiting hot water and dangling ornaments

zoo is stoked to be putting her ornament over a pen. SO STOKED

experiment has started. the jars start out cloudy (like the one at right) and then clear up as the borax settles to the bottom

12 hours later, out of the jars and onto a paper towel to dry

finished product! so cool!

mae cake's fluffy snowflake

zoo's modern circle

v's upside down heart

When I first saw people were making these as gifts, I thought it was LAME, but they look totally BAD ASS on the tree.  I want these as ALL MY ORNAMENTS and support making these for ALL THE GIFTS for ALL THE PEOPLE.

And who didn't love crystal gardens and rock candy, so now I have "keep children busy" acitvities for another part of the year.

BOOM.

HAPPY HOLIDAYS.

Two years ago: Because I Can, in which I ramble semi-coherently while working off a sugar buzz, I assume.