{E}xperiments!!

Today I’m going to share our rock candy

experiment. Last Thursday, I went on a mission

to gather all the supplies that we would need

to do this. The “experiment” was almost a bust

before it could even get started good when Ryan

came home sporting his “frowny” for the day. I

just wasn’t willing to throw the plan under the

bus… after all, it wasn’t ME who got in trouble,

right?! Anyway, after a little coaxing, I managed

to convince my “other half” that this was an

EXPERIMENT, and he was absolutely depriving

his child of a learning experience… sooo,

WE MADE ROCK CANDY!! :)

I’ve never done this before, but always thought

that it would be fun, and with Ryan’s incredible

love of anything sugar, I knew this would be perfect for us to do together. I am not going to give a step

by step today, but if you want to try this with your

kiddos too, you can find a great tutorial on

Science Bob. This does take about a week to fully

complete, so I plan on sharing photos of our

“final product” once they are finished. For now,

here are some photos of our progress...

 We used LorAnn oil based flavoring:

We chose Cotton Candy and Strawberry. 

Side Note: If you have never used oil based

flavoring, it is VERY concentrated. Just

remember that a little will do it! I have a

small dropper and I only fill it about 1/3 full.

 When I checked yesterday, we already had tons

of crystals (or "rocks") growing, so stay tuned...