DIY Crystal Growing ideas for Kids!
How are you celebrating Science Week? There are so many super cool Science experiments that you can do with kids at home and there’s no better time to try them out then during Science Week! We love finding new and simple Science experiments for the kids to try that use ingredients commonly found in the kitchen cupboard! DIY crystal growing for kids and geodes are simple to make with lots of household items, they do need a little patience but they also have a real wow factor when they are revealed! You can scroll down to find more of the best homemade crystal recipes with kids along with some brilliant National Geographic resources to celebrate Science Week and make exploring Science fun and easy for kids! If you’re looking for a fun and educational activity for your kids, why not try growing crystals? It’s a great way to teach them about science, and they’ll love seeing the colorful crystals grow before their eyes. Plus, it’s a relatively simple process that doesn’t require any special equipment or materials. Read on for some tips on how to get started.
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National Geographic Science Kits Review
National Geographic have a great selection of kits to celebrate Science Week. There are dig kits where there are real specimens for your kids to dig and discover! For example, in the dig kits, there’s real dinosaur fossils! Dig up a dinosaur bone, mosasaur tooth, and dinosaur poop for your rock collection. And in the volcano kit, there’s two real volcano specimens! How cool is that?! Our kids loved the excavating tasks and felt like real paleontologists. You can buy National Geographic Dig Kits for kids on Amazon here.
The National Geographic also has an easy to use Crystal Growing Kit which makes a fun and fascinating DIY science experiment for kids. With a learning guide packed full of interesting crystal facts and a real specimen included, you can learn a lot more with your kids than you do when using a handmade recipe. This is the perfect project for kids of all ages and serves as a great introduction to geology. The National Geographic also have geode kits, where you can you break open these rocks to find amazing crystals inside! You get a selection of geodes to break open -all as small as a ping pong ball or a tennis ball so they are a perfect size for kids to explore and there are some cute goggles included! What’s lovely about these kits is it starts kids collecting – they’ll love uncovering real fossils and starting a rock and fossil collection.
**Win a National Geographic Crystal Garden Kit** DIY crystal growing for kids
The lovely people over at The National Geographic have given us a Crystal Garden Kit to giveaway – pop on over to our Instagram to find out how to WIN your very own Crystal Garden Kit. If you want to try DIY crystal growing with your kids – the National Geographic kits are perfect to make it easy for kids and guarantee great results. My daughter loved the crystals she made!
How to make homemade crystals with kids
If you’d like to make your own DIY crystals with kids from simple household ingredients there are lots of easy recipes to follow.
Sparkly Crystals made from Alum – An easy to follow recipe which is safe for kids to touch.
If you’re concerned about using Borax with your kids, this crystal growing recipe is Easy and Borax free so safe for kids.
How to make a Geode inside of the Egg
Check out these cute Crystal Flowers to make.
This is such a beautiful crystal making science experiment – try making a Crystal Rainbow with your kids!
DIY Edible Sugar Crystal growing for kids
Can you believe you can even make EDIBLE crystals! A lovely idea for kids is for them to make a science experiment that they can eat afterwards!
If you have kids that love Jewels and collecting precious treasures, making these crystal jewel rocks will be perfect!
Happy Science Week! Hope you have fun making these DIY crystal growing activities for kids!
More Science Experiments for Kids to try….
If you’d like another Science experiment for kids – try this DIY Erupting Volcano for kids to make.
Or for a messy, fun experiment – try Pumpkin Fizzy Potion experiments for kids!
