Ingredients:

• Hot water
• Lage glass jar
• String
• Pipe-Cleaner
• Borax
• Popsicle stick
  
• *Optional- food coloring

1. Create a shape out of the pipe cleaner, and attach the string to the top. Make sure that nothing touches the edges of the glass jar, and tie the other end of the string to the popsicle stick.
2. Mix the food coloring (optional) and hot water together in the large jar. Pour in borax and wait until there is nothing left on the  bottom. When it has disolved, add more until the mixture is saturated. 
3. Place the popsicle stick contraption over top of jar mouth, and let sit for 3-5 days.
4. Once you are done and you want to get the borax chrystals left over in the jar out, run hot water throught it for a few minutes. The chrystals should appear to disolve.
   

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