Crystal Or Chemical Or Coal Garden

Photo: flickr user jpctalbot

Ingredients

A few pieces of bricks, charcoal or coal

1 cup salt

1 cup bluing

Drops of food coloring

1 cup water

4 tablespoons ammonia

Preparation

Put the small pieces of brick etc., in a shallow pan. Mix the salt water and amonia in a small bowl. Pour over the brick pieces. Add a drop of food coloring here and there on the mixture. Crystals will form and grow to be a colorful garden. Starts to grow in just hours, lasts for weeks.