Crystallized Snowflakes

By Dawn Sorem

Winter break may be over, but winter has just gotten started. Even if it isn’t snowing outside you can still enjoy snow inside with your very own crystallized snowflakes! This project is fun to do with an adult over a cold winter weekend.

Materials

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  • Boiled water
  • Cup or mug that can hold hot water
  • Salt (Table salt works)
  • Black Cardstock (construction paper doesn’t work)
  • Paintbrush (non-expensive)

Steps
(Adult supervision is required for this project.)

  1. Boil water.
  2. Pour boiled water into cup.
  3. Add a teaspoon of salt at a time until it forms crystals at bottom of cup that do not dissolve after stirring.

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  4. Dip paintbrush into salt water and paint snowflakes onto black paper.

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  5. Make sure you stir salt water each time you dip paintbrush into mixture, so that the crystals do not settle to the bottom of the cup.
  6. When you finish let snowflakes dry flat over night.
  7. Then hang up and enjoy the snow!

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Dawn Sorem teaches arts and crafts classes and she does private classes/parties for both children and adults. If you would like more information or to set up a time to have her do an art project for a group you can contact her at envelopcards@gmail.com. Dawn is also the owner and designer of Envelop Cards, you can view her latest designs and see a list of her upcoming classes at: www.envelopcards.com.