How to make Borax crystal decorations to impress and amaze the kids

Step 15 Shiny happy

Once your Borax crystal decorations have dried it's time to put them on display for all the world, or at least your visitors to see. It's nice to have a light close by shining on your crystals so their true beauty can shimmer through.

A creative imagination yields a pretty cool crystal decoration. In case you couldn't tell from the photo, which I'm sure you have no idea what my children decided to make with their pipe cleaners, my 9 year old son made a "Joker face from the Batman series" while my 2 year old daughter was aiming for something more abstract in the fashion of Kandinsky...I think they succeeded.

Comments

[Mirime]

Could yopu re dip them each year?

[canadian nh]

sorry for bothering you, but if I'd like to use something else nt chenille stem like copper wire, or artificial flower silk flower or porcelain flower does crystal stick to it? or only specific object we use anythign else can't be used. Thanks

[twighahn]

crystals will stick to anything but they will not look the same

[purplemonkeydishwasher]

I am not sure, but I have made crystals in the past and there are many other ways to make crystals. Pipe cleaners work well, but anything that will hold the crystals (so something kinda furry like pipe cleaners) should work.

[canadian nh]

anther question please, can we use any object instead of chenille stem? like copper wire?

[canadian nh]

Hi, Are all crystals white colour? can we colour the burax before adding to get colorful crystals? thanks

[ziggiau]

How long will one of these creations last on the tree? Do they deteriorate?

[otterhopdotcom]

In my experience they can last fairly long as long as they are wrapped and stored properly. We're on year number three with one of ours that we've wrapped in bubble wrap and packed with other ornaments in our decoration box. A little bit breaks off each time but it still looks pretty good.