The Fortress of Sugar Crystals

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The Fortress of Sugar Crystals

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An ordinary jar of sugar crystals were being grown by Maika of Geyser of Awesome until she transformed it into a sweet, little Fortress of Solitude with the simple addition of a small Superman figurine.

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Remember those sugar crystals I started growing over the summer? They grew so numerous and large that I couldn’t bring myself to destroy my little science experiment and eat them. Instead I just bought a wee Superman figurine and positioned him inside what is clearly a tiny Fortress of Solitude.

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If you’d like to try and grow a miniature Fortress of Solitude of your own, rock candy is a great project to make with kids from just a few common household items. Unfortunately for Superman, all it takes is a little blue food coloring, and those rock candy crystals could look a lot like kryptonite!

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  1. Goli Mohammadi says:

    love this! it reminds me of “cueva de los cristales” (cave of crystals) in mexico: https://makezine.com/2010/10/14/supermans-fortress-of-solitude-in-m/

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