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The science project worked great! My homeschool kids loved the activity. I have 6 homeschool kids and we were able to make so many with the kit. It was easy to control any messes. The growth rate was just as the kit described. The crystals are very fragile when they are finished. My kids had a lot of fun!

Gift for my great grandson and he loves it.

Make sure to follow instructions carefully and you’ll have some really cool crystals!! My 10 year old loved learning about crystals and checking every day to see how much they’d grown. Great kit!

Tried to make two crystals at the same time, the exact same way. Only difference was color. No idea how this happened. One nice crystal, one fuzzy mess! I will place the cups on paper plates next time.

I got this for my kids so they could have something fun and educational. I've done other STEM kits with them like "underwater volcano" that are fun but have no lasting value - you can't really repeat it without buying refills and when it's done there's nothing to show for it. The crystals are interesting because you make them and then...you've got some crystals you can hold or look at, and they're pretty colors on top of the lighted stand. It's hard for small kids to help because you have to boil the heck out of the solution and the instructions make it very clear that the powder is toxic (don't inhale it) and the solution is toxic (don't touch it, don't drink it) until it dries. They can at least watch you do it and you can talk about what's going on, and they can help put in the starter if they're careful. My favorite part was the couple of weeks the crystals were growing. Every day my kids would want to look at them and see if it was bigger. Eventually the crystals are done, you pour off the liquid, and you can see them while they're drying. Then you pull them out and put them on the stand. My kids really enjoyed holding the crystals to see what they feel like and looking at the colors and how you can see through them. All three crystals on the stand actually makes a nice decoration for a shelf and you can say you made it yourself. Not a lot of downsides - you can only do it once but you can space it out by making the crystals one at a time and you do at least have pretty crystals at the end. The crystals are not sharp but they are pretty fragile so you can let kids handle them but it's likely some of the ends will break off sooner or later and I imagine you could crack or shatter one if you dropped it on a hard floor. The lighted stand has a capacitive touch power button and ours is sometimes possessed. If you leave it plugged in it will sometimes turn itself on or switch from solid to blinking mode, which is minor but not great. Overall this is a fun STEM activity where you make something cool and the older your kids are, the more involved they can be in the process and the better they'll understand what's going on, but even small kids will enjoy making pretty crystals at home.

Ordered in October as a christmas gift for my son, the return window closed Dec 1st since Id bought it earlier. We will figure out a way to still make this work, but...all the little containers are very weak plastic and bust.. BE AWARE!

My 4 year old daughter loved watching them form.

This kit offers great colors and unique crystals. My daughter is so picky about what types of gifts I'm allowed to get for my grandson she doesn't like plastic junk she really like this for him and he was very happy with the results he's very proud of his crystal growing! The colors are vivid

Easy to use and great fun to watch grow!

aunke sigas las instrucciones al 100% no sale como en las fotos

les petits enfants ont appris la patience... le résultat est surprenant et magnifique.

Mio figlio si è molto divertito!

8yr old daughter got this for Xmas. Only getting round to doing it now. We've had similar before which didn't work. This one is excellent and she absolutely loves it. Her first crystal is still growing. She calls us all each morning to come see how much it has changed. So glad to have a kit that actually does as it claims! Can't wait to see all 3 crystals complete and lit up on the display included.