Saturday, April 9, 2011

Making fake CRYSTAL

Hey, guys

I was recently browsing thorough the internet while an article took my interest. It was growing your own crystal garden, it doesn't cost that much and I even have one of those at my house... These are totally from Google you can just search How to make your own crystal garden.

What you need:
• 3 clean, dry sponges
• Aluminum pie plate or cake pan
• Glass measuring cup
• 1/4 cup table salt
• 1/4 cup water
• 1/4 cup laundry bluing (You can buy bluing at the grocery store under the brand name of Mrs. Stewart’s Liquid Bluing.)
• 2 tablespoons household ammonia
• Mixing bowl
• Metal spoon
• Blue and green food colouring

What you do:
1. Arrange the sponges in the pie plate. (You can cut the sponges to fit in the pie plate if needed.)
2. Pour the salt, water, bluing, and ammonia into the mixing bowl and stir well to mix.
3. Pour this mixture over the sponges and then spoon out the rest of the thick portion, spreading it out evenly over the sponges.
4. Sprinkle drops of food colouring randomly on the sponges.
5. Let the pan sit. It may take hours or even days to see the results.
 
I was planning to change sponge to rocks, but didn't have the time and dry used sponges was present at home anyways.. I would think with rocks it would be better but you just need to add more quantity of ingredients... If you are gonna try it out hope you have fun! There is also some kind of toy called Crystal GardenWish Flower, which in the box includes all the manuals and things you need.. Well enjoy!

Thanks,
Nathaniel Wilson, Creator of Blog