Growing Crystals

I went to a Dollar Store this week and discovered cheap "Crystal Growing" kits.  I've wanted such things before, but they were expensive.  For $1, I figured I couldn't lose.

We took 2 small rocks and put them in a plastic dish.   Then we took the crystal growing powder and mixed it into hot water.  The crystal dissolved in the water.

Joseph did the mixing...and then we poured the dissolved crystal water into the pan so that the rocks were sitting in the water.

And lo and behold, after a few days, crystals grew on the rock!  It is wonderful that it actually worked :-).  Joseph was pleased...many of our kids enjoy science, but he LOVES science experiments.