ROCK CANDY

One large plastic container (rubermaid or tupperware) (NO glass)
One large 4-quart saucepan
2 cups of water
4 cups of sugar
food coloring (optional)
Wax paper
Spoon
1. Ask an adult to help you use the stove.
2. Place 2 cups of water in a large saucepan.
3. Add 4 cups of sugar and stir for a minute to get as much sugar as possible to dissolve.
4. Place saucepan on the stove and turn the heat to medium high.
5. Stir solution over heat until all the sugar is dissolved.
6. If you have any add some food colorind until you like the color. Stir again.
7. Take saucepan off the heat. Pour hot liquid directly into container.
Unless it is not a rubbermaid or tupperware then let it cool.

Wait seven days
8. Turn the container over in a sink and let excess sugar drain completly. This takes about 2 hours.
9. When the surface of the crystals is dry, push on the sides and bottom of the plastic bowl, 
and the crystals will break up into chunks.
10. Put the crystals on a piece of wax paper and let them dry completly.
The more the crystals dry the more they sparkle. Break them into smaller pieces if necassary.

Melissa Hill