We are teaching the kids in kindergarten the letter "s" as in snow - so appropriate for this area. One of the activities we are doing is making "yummy crystals". Thought I'd post the activity for anyone who might want it.

Yummy Crystals


What you need:


1 ½ cups sugar
½ cup boiling water
a spoon for stirring
an empty cup
food coloring
a clean piece of string
a pencil
a clean paper clip

What to do:

Bring the water to a boil. Remove the pan from the heat. Add the sugar to the boiling water and stir until dissolved. Pour the solution into a cup. (pyrex measuring cups work well). Stir in 3 drops of food coloring. Tie one end of a piece of string around the center of the pencil. Tie the other end to the paper clip. Place the pencil across the top of the cup so that the string and paper clip dangle in the water. Set the cup aside for a few days, but check it daily. Don’t touch or shake!
Your colorful sugar crystals can now be eaten!

By Janet on Saturday, January 11, 2003 - 11:00 am:

Sounds pretty cool--a good activity for a snowed-in day!

By Jewlz on Saturday, January 11, 2003 - 11:51 am:

we did this a few times and they are lots of fun to watch grown ...we put them in the window so that the sun would shine thru them to see what was happening ... was lots of fun ...