Crystal garden
Ingredients
Charcoal briquets
3 + 2 tablespoons non-iodized salt
3 tablespoons ammonia
6 tablespoons liquid bluing
Water
Food coloring
Preparation
Place broken- up charcoal in the bottom of a glass pie pan. Spray the charcoal well with water. In a mason jar, mix salt, ammonia, and bluing. The smell will be strong. To mix, place the lid on the jar and shake well. Pour the liquid ingredients evenly all over the charcoal. Sprinkle two tablespoons of salt evenly over the top. You can stop there, and the crystals will grow white, or you can add drops of food coloring all over and get a colorful crystal garden! To keep the crystals growing, every two days, mix up two tablespoons of each of the following: water, bluing, and ammonia. Then pour around the base of the charcoals.