What You Need
- 3 cups of sugar
- 1 cup of water
- saucepan
- food colouring and flavouring (optional)
- glass jar
- pencil
- string
What To Do
- Mix 3 cups of sugar and 1 cup of water in a saucepan and bring briefly to the boil, stirring continuously
- Allow to cool a bit in the fridge
- Add some food colouring and flavouring if you like (eg: vanilla or peppermint essence)
- Pour the solution into a clean glass jar
- Tie some string around a pencil, so that it hangs down inside the jar when the pencil is placed on top
Over the next few days some tasty little sugar crystals should form on your string