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Salt Crystal Snowflakes: Winter Fun for Kids

January 3, 2017 by Brenda P 5 Comments This post contains affiliate links

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Salt Crystal Snowflakes - this simple STEM activity transforms pipe cleaners into beautiful crystal snowflakes. Kids will love this easy science project!

We don’t get a lot of snow where we live, but we do love it and anything to do with snowflakes during the winter. This year, we decided to bring some winter into our house with these pretty salt crystal snowflakes.

Salt Crystal Snowflakes - this simple STEM activity transforms pipe cleaners into beautiful crystal snowflakes. Kids will love this easy science project!

Salt crystal snowflakes are simple to make and so much fun, kids won’t even realize they’re learning about science too!

What you’ll need to make salt crystal snowflakes:

  • Salt
  • Mason jars (1 for each snowflake)
  • pipe cleaners
  • Clothes pins

We had such fun making our salt crystal leaves, I knew our salt crystal snowflakes would be even prettier! We used off-brand salt to keep the costs low. Our salt container was less than $1!

Salt Crystal Snowflakes - this simple STEM activity transforms pipe cleaners into beautiful crystal snowflakes. Kids will love this easy science project!

Before letting your kids join you for this project, I recommend making the salt water in advance. You will need to heat about 3 cups of water per mason jar (what we did was fill the jar and dump it into a pot).

When the water boils, start adding salt. Keep pouring it in until crystals start to form on the surface of the water. It will take almost the entire container of salt for three snowflakes.

When the water is cooling, let the kids design their own snowflakes from chenille stems. Make sure the snowflakes can fit easily through the mouth of each jar.

Salt Crystal Snowflakes - this simple STEM activity transforms pipe cleaners into beautiful crystal snowflakes. Kids will love this easy science project!

When the snowflakes are designed, attach a chenille stem hanger to the top of each snowflake so you can suspend it in the mason jar.

Suspend the snowflakes in the salt water using a clothespin to hold them in place. Let the snowflakes sit in a sunny window for 2-3 days.

Salt Crystal Snowflakes - this simple STEM activity transforms pipe cleaners into beautiful crystal snowflakes. Kids will love this easy science project!

After 2-3 days, remove your snowflakes and let them dry. Your salt crystal snowflakes are ready! Hang them from a window or just admire their beautiful designs! My kids loved inspecting the snowflakes with a magnifying glass to see the individual crystals up close.

Salt Crystal Snowflakes - this simple STEM activity transforms pipe cleaners into beautiful crystal snowflakes. Kids will love this easy science project!

 

Filed Under: Activities for Kids Tagged With: crafts, snowflakes, STEM, winter

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  1. Abigail Lopez says

    February 14, 2017 at 5:38 pm

    Hi!! My daughter and I tried this but they didnt turn out how the picture looks. Do you know how long I let the water and salt boil for and do I stire it at all. Also do i let the salt water cool off in the pot before transferring to the mason jars? Thank you so much!
    Abigail L.

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    • Bhavna L says

      November 27, 2017 at 11:21 am

      Use Borax instead of salt. The crystals are translucent – prettier than the salt and works!

      Reply
  2. Kathy Nutter says

    March 22, 2017 at 9:15 am

    Can you use something besides chenille strips to make the snowflakes? Or is that the only thing they would stick to?

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