HowTos Index

How To Make a Patriotic Density Column
This red, white, and blue density column is a fun way to show your patriotism with a flair for chemistry!

How To Make Metamucil Flubber
This is a recipe for a non-sticky rubber or gelatinous slime commonly called flubber.

How To Make Red Cabbage pH Paper
Learn how to make your own pH indicator test strips using red cabbage. This is a fun, safe, and easy chemistry project that you can do at home.

How To Grow Quick Sheet Crystals
If you don't have the time or patience to grow crystals over hours, days, or longer, try growing these sheet crystals. You'll get results almost instantly!

How To Grow a Cup of Quick Crystal Needles
Grow a cupful of epsom salt crystal needles in your refrigerator. It's quick, easy, and safe.

How To Grow Orange Potassium Dichromate Crystals
Do you want crystals that are naturally bright and colorful? Grow orange crystals of potassium dichromate.

How To Grow Red Potassium Ferricyanide Crystals
These are easy instructions for growing red potassium ferricyanide crystals.

How To Grow Purple Chromium Alum Crystals
Learn how to grow purple chromium alum crystals and how to grow clear crystals over a core of colored crystals.

How To Grow Table Salt or Sodium Chloride Crystals
It's easy to grow your own table salt or sodium chloride crystals. All it takes is salt and boiling water. One method even yields crystals within a few hours. Here's what you need to know.

How To Make Colored Soap Bubbles
Make brightly colored pink and blue soap bubbles that won't stain clothing or surfaces.

How To Make Colored Chalk
Learn how to make your own fun colored chalk.

How To Do Chromatography with Candy and Coffee Filters
Analyze the dyes used in candies with paper chromatography using a coffee filter, colored candies, and a salt solution.

How To Grow Epsom Salt (Magnesium Sulfate) Crystals
Epsom salt crystals are easy to grow and form quickly. Here's what you need to know to make your own magnesium sulfate crystals.

How To Bend Water with Static Electricity
Use static electricity to bend a stream of flowing water. This is an easy science activity that illustrates how opposite electrical charges attract each other.

How To Make Fake Glass
These instructions result in clear or amber-colored sugar 'glass'.

How To Make Scented Rocks
Make scented clay balls that resemble colored stones. Scented rocks are attractive and less messy than potpourri.

How To Make Natural Toothpaste
Make your own natural toothpaste using these easy instructions.

How To Make a Lava Lamp - Realistic Version
Make a realistic lava lamp or lava light. This version is for chemists or experienced hobbyists.

How To Make Goo
Make squishy non-toxic goo that hardens in your hands when you squeeze it, but flows like a liquid when you pour it.

How To Make Invisible Ink - Baking Soda
Learn how to make invisible ink using baking soda. Heat or grape juice is used to reveal the message.

How To Make Invisible Ink - Lemon Juice
Learn how to make invisible ink using lemon juice and a heat source.

How To Make Fake Snow
You can make fake snow using a common polymer. The fake snow is non-toxic, feels cool to the touch, and looks similar to the real thing.

How To Make Your Own Christmas Tree or Floral Preservative
Make your own Christmas tree or cut flower preservative.

How To Grow Ammonium Phosphate Crystals
Monoammonium phosphate crystals are among the quickest, easiest, and safest crystals you can grow. Learn how to grow these crystals yourself.

How To Make Fake Blood
This is the recipe for a non-toxic realistic fake blood.