Polymer Crystal Fun!
The girls have asked me a few times if we could purchase some polymer crystals or gems/jewels, especially after they watched a Steve Spangler video via an email I received from his science company.
I, too, thought it was pretty cool to watch these polymer marbles "disappear" when they are added to water. I've never been one to do "slight of hand" disappearing types of tricks...except maybe when there is only one cookie left in the cookie jar and the girls are coming around the corner to get a snack in the kitchen!
However, I didn't want to spend $10 or more, plus shipping, to purchase some of the polymer crystals, so I have always told the girls "no" because it isn't something we've needed.
The other day, though, we were wandering through our local Dollar Tree store for a few specific items, and I came across containers of clear polymer marbles...for $1.
I should have saved them for Christmas gifts, but since that's more than a few months away, and we are finishing up our school year this week, I put one container of them in the shopping cart. When we were checking out, and the girls saw the container of polymer marbles, they could hardly contain their excitement!
We have got a kick out of experimenting with the marbles this week. Okay, so I suppose you would say that we are easily amused, right? You are CORRECT!
And for only $1, it has been worth it!
I, too, thought it was pretty cool to watch these polymer marbles "disappear" when they are added to water. I've never been one to do "slight of hand" disappearing types of tricks...except maybe when there is only one cookie left in the cookie jar and the girls are coming around the corner to get a snack in the kitchen!
However, I didn't want to spend $10 or more, plus shipping, to purchase some of the polymer crystals, so I have always told the girls "no" because it isn't something we've needed.
The other day, though, we were wandering through our local Dollar Tree store for a few specific items, and I came across containers of clear polymer marbles...for $1.
I should have saved them for Christmas gifts, but since that's more than a few months away, and we are finishing up our school year this week, I put one container of them in the shopping cart. When we were checking out, and the girls saw the container of polymer marbles, they could hardly contain their excitement!
We have got a kick out of experimenting with the marbles this week. Okay, so I suppose you would say that we are easily amused, right? You are CORRECT!
And for only $1, it has been worth it!
DISCLOSURE: While I will never be paid to write a product review (gasp!), I did purchase a set of polymer crystals for me to use in our home and then write an unbiased review. However, the set of polymer crystals I chose to use was not from an internet science source...it was from our local Dollar Tree store.
