Instructions how to Grow your own Holiday Ornament. Supplies Mason jar to hold hot water (or other wide mouth jar) Pipe Cleaners (red, white and green or other colors) Hot Water (solvent) Borax (solute) Tablespoon for measuring Pencil and string An adult to help with the boiling water Instructions 1. Twist and/or cut the pipe cleaner into a shape. 2. Tie a piece of string on top of the pipe cleaner and the other end of the string onto a pencil 3. Adult boils water and pours it into the mason jar. 4. Stir in 3 Tbsp borax for every cup of hot water. Stir well. 5. Lower the pipe cleaner shape into the jar, and secure the pencil on top of the jar (so the shape is hanging freely). Don’t allow the pipe cleaner to touch the bottom. 6. Allow to sit 3-4 hours (or overnight) and observe what happens. http://squishablebaby.com Set up Pip cleaner bent or cut into shape Pipe cleaner in Mason jar with dissolved borax The Science The borax (solute) dissolves in hot water. (solvent). Hot water can hold More dissolved borax than cold water. By stirring borax in boiling Water, you have created a supersaturated solution. As the water cools (gradually), the borax comes out of solution and forms crystals on the Pipe cleaner. The slower the cooling, the larger the crystals. Wizard of Boz Provided the font http://squishablebaby.com