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Make your own rock candy

 * 1) Gather all the materials you will need
 * 2) Decide which seed crystal you will be growing
 * 3) Tie the string to a pencil or butter knife; if you made a seed crystal, tie the bottom of it to the candy
 * 4) Set the pencil/knife across the top of a glass jar and make sure the string doesn’t touch the bottom of the jar
 * 5) Boil the water
 * 6) Stir in the sugar
 * 7) If you want colored crystals, stir in a few drops of food coloring
 * 8) Put your jar where it can be untouched
 * 9) Check on your crystals after a day
 * 10) Let the crystals grow until they have reached the desired size

How crystals grow
In order to grow crystal rock candy, you need to come up with a solution which enlarges the changes for the particles to form which then will grow into your crystal. You will want a concentrated solution with as much sugar you can dissolve. If your seed crystal is on a string, pour the liquid into a clean glass jar, sit the string in, and continue to grow your crystal. Pour the liquid into a clean container whenever you see crystals growing on the jar.