There are twelve steps to how to make rock candies at home. These are:-
i) Boil the water. (Keep the hot water away from your kids).
ii) Tie a piece of string around the middle of the pencil making sure it's long enough so that when the pencil is placed over the top of the jar, the string will come up just short of the bottom.
iii) Sprinkle a little sugar on the paper plate. Have your kid wet the string and roll it over the sugar to coat it. Set it aside.
iv) Carefully fill the jar full of boiling water.
v) Kids love colored rock candies, so now you can add the coloring to the water.
vi) Add 2 cups of sugar for every cup of water that you have in the jar.
vii) Stir until the sugar dissolves. There should be a thin layer of un-dissolved sugar at the bottom of the jar. If there is none, add more sugar until there is.
viii) Place the pencil over the jar and lower the dangling loop of the string into the water.
ix) Place the jar anywhere where it can sit for a while undisturbed. Do not refrigerate it.
x) You should notice small crystals growing on the string after two or three days. Let it sit for three to four more days and the crystals will grow.
xi) When the crystals have already adventskalender kaufen stopped growing or are large enough to eat, pull it out of the water and let it dry (you can use paper towels).
xii) When your candies have dried, store them in an air-tight container.
i) Boil the water. (Keep the hot water away from your kids).
ii) Tie a piece of string around the middle of the pencil making sure it's long enough so that when the pencil is placed over the top of the jar, the string will come up just short of the bottom.
iii) Sprinkle a little sugar on the paper plate. Have your kid wet the string and roll it over the sugar to coat it. Set it aside.
iv) Carefully fill the jar full of boiling water.
v) Kids love colored rock candies, so now you can add the coloring to the water.
vi) Add 2 cups of sugar for every cup of water that you have in the jar.
vii) Stir until the sugar dissolves. There should be a thin layer of un-dissolved sugar at the bottom of the jar. If there is none, add more sugar until there is.
viii) Place the pencil over the jar and lower the dangling loop of the string into the water.
ix) Place the jar anywhere where it can sit for a while undisturbed. Do not refrigerate it.
x) You should notice small crystals growing on the string after two or three days. Let it sit for three to four more days and the crystals will grow.
xi) When the crystals have already adventskalender kaufen stopped growing or are large enough to eat, pull it out of the water and let it dry (you can use paper towels).
xii) When your candies have dried, store them in an air-tight container.
