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November 12, 2022
Grow a Christmas Tree Science Project

Grow a Christmas Tree Science Project

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Sneak in a little holiday magic as you Grow a Christmas Tree in your kitchen! This fun christmas science experiment is fun and easy to try and only takes a few days to start seeing crystals growing on your festive tree. Use this christmas activity for kids in December with toddler, preschool, pre-k, kindergarten, first grade, 2nd grade, and 3rd grade kids to sneak in some fun learning while still enjoying the seaons. Your kids will be impressed by this capillary action experiment that makes a really cool Christmas science project for kids.
Sneak in a little holiday magic as you Grow a Christmas Tree in your kitchen! This fun christmas science experiment is fun and easy to try and only takes a few days to start seeing crystals growing on your festive tree. Use this christmas activity for kids in December with toddler, preschool, pre-k, kindergarten, first grade, 2nd grade, and 3rd grade kids to sneak in some fun learning while still enjoying the seaons. Your kids will be impressed by this capillary action experiment that makes a really cool Christmas science project for kids.

Grow a Christmas Tree

Get ready for a christmas activities that will make your kids say WOW! Use this magic christmas tree as an advent activity, fun activity your elf on the shelf brings, or just a fun way to countdown to Christmas. It is really simple to grow a Christmas tree, plus it only takes 5-7 days to see dramatic results.  I love that this activity combines Christmas Science with a Christmas craft for a truly unique and memorable activity for December. Children of all ages from toddlers, preschoolers, kindergartners, grade 1, grade 2, and grade 3 students will enjoy this december activities for kids.
Christmas Science Activities

Christmas Science Experiments

You only need a few simple materials to try this Christmas science activity, you may even have these supplies laying around your house, we did.
  • Cardboard box
  • scissors
  • shallow dish
  • green food coloring (1-2 containers)
  • 6 tablespoons or 90 ml water
  • 6 tablespoons or 90 ml table salt (preferably uniodized)
  • 1 tablespoon or 15 ml household ammonia

Christmas Activities for Kids

Christmas Science Activities

Basically you start by making your Christmas tree by carefully cutting with scissors two identical cardboard tree patterns. We do this by stacking them on top of each other to ensure they are exactly the same. Now cut a slit in the middle. Finally slide the pieces together  like a puzzle to make a standing 3d tree. Place in a shallow dish.
Christmas Science

Christmas Science

Paint or drop green food coloring on the tree so it is completely saturated and green.
Then, mix up the following solution and carefully pour in the base of the tree in the dish.
– 6 tablespoons or 90 ml water
– 6 tablespoons or 90 ml table salt (preferably uniodized)
– 6 tablespoons or 90 ml Mrs. Stewart’s liquid laundry bluing 
– 1 tablespoon or 15 ml household ammonia
Christmas Science Project for Kids

Christmas Activities for Kids

Depending on tempearture, humidity, and other factors you may start to see crystals as early as the next morning.It depends on a variety of factors as to when it is at it’s peak….but within a week you should have some lovely crystals that you used to grow a crystal tree.
Feel free to add additional green food coloring directly on the crystals as they form to help the color intensify.
If you are short on time, or patience – you can grow your own Christmas tree in less than 24 hours with this kit using a professional grade solution
Learn about Capilalry Action with this Christmas Activities

Capillary Action Experiment

So, why does this work? Let me try to break it down for you. The solution you mixed up created a suspension. So although it looked all mixed, there were still solid particles were large enough for settling out on the tee limbs through a process called sedimintation.
Curious why the decimintation went up instead of making crystals at the base of your tree right in the liquid?  The liquid suspension was drawn up the cardboard tree through a process called capillary action (try this simple capillary action experiment to understand better).  This is the same effect that can be seen when a plant like a flower draws up colored water through its capillaries (try our flower capillary action experiment to make 2-toned flowers!). Now that the liquid has been drawn up, evaporation occurs where liquid molecules escape as gas molecules. And ammonia evaporates much quicker than water. HINT: That’s part of why we added it to the solution to speed up the evaporation process! Now that the liquid is evaporating the bluing and salt in the solution can no longer be supported so they are left begin and begin to crystalize.
Add some decorations and enjoy your Christmas tree project you made yourself! Remember the crystals are fragile so try not to jostle or bump your tree.

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Christmas Science Experiments for Kids

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Christmas Activities for Kids

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Free Christmas Worksheets

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Science for Kids

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Beth Gorden

Beth Gorden is the creative multi-tasking creator of 123 Homeschool 4 Me. As a busy homeschooling mother of six, she strives to create hands-on learning activities and worksheets that kids will love to make learning FUN! She has created over 1 million pages of printables to help teach kids ABCs, science, English grammar, history, math, and so much more! Beth is also the creator of 2 additional sites with even more educational activities and FREE printables – www.kindergartenworksheetsandgames.com and www.preschoolplayandlearn.com. Beth studied at the University of Northwestern where she got a double major to make her effective at teaching children while making education FUN!

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