NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC Craft Kits for Kids - Crystal Growing Kit - Grow a Crystal Garden in Just 6 Hours, Educational Craft Art Project, STEM Crafts for Girls Ages 8 9 10 11 & 12 (Amazon Exclusive)

We got this crystal growing tree kit for our 13-year-old, and it was such a fun experience! Watching the crystals form was really cool, and he enjoyed every step of the process. It’s a great mix of science and creativity, and it kept him engaged the whole time. He’s already said he’d love to do it again — definitely a win in our book! Perfect gift or activity for curious kids and teens.

This National Geographic Crystal Growing Kit is easy to do and comes complete with everything you need to create two crystal trees. You get two trays stands 2 trees, 5 colored washable markers, and 1 bottle of crystal growing liquid. The instructions are straightforward so that an 8 year old and up with supervision can easily create these crystal trees in about 30 minutes and after 6-8 hours the crystal trees will be complete. I love how this comes with a learning guide so you and your child (children) can learn how crystals are formed. I also like how National Geographic even included a Geode specimen inside. Overall a great Stem Kit that's not only educational but fun too!

Not really crystals, but the kids had fun coloring them and watching them grow over time. Kids ages 5. - 10.

My 8 year old really liked this project. Color the trees, pour in the solution. There were already small crystals within an hour, and we woke up to full crystal trees! The crystals feel like foam, and they do crumble when you touch them. Definitely not something that will last, but lots of fun to do.

This was so cool it was very fun as well, over about one and a half days this was ready and it was covered in snow like texture, it was very easy, hope this helps.

The instructions were clear. The trees were easy and fun to color. The markers were not great quality. We bought 3 kits and each one had a dried out marker. The kids really enjoyed waiting for the crystals to form and watch them grow. However, the “crystals” were more like “snowflakes.” I was expecting the “crystals” to be hard but they were fluffy. My4-year-olds enjoyed the activity more than my 6-year-old. I wish included in the instructions there was more emphasis on the science of the growing crystals. I was hoping to have made it more into a science Lesson/learning activity without having to research on our own how the “liquid” turns to “crystal”

Just as described and like in the store. Kids love it.

I did this with my granddaughter and had a blast with it! Make sure that you color the paper trees with a lot of color but within 30 minutes it starts building crystals. The next morning it was full of crystals and so beautiful I would buy this again I recommend it I wish I had a picture to show you