Want make something cool?

Step 1: Get all this stuff out and put it on your kitchen counter.

Step 2: Shave a crayon into tiny pieces.

Step 3: Melt the crayon shavings into vegetable oil.

Step 4: Once the oil cools, add it to a bottle that has been partially filled with colored water.


Step 5: Observe.


Step 6: Shake it up and see what happens.

If you're a preschooler, you just learned that some colors mix to make other colors. If you're an adult, you just got to play with crayons and food coloring and make a mess in your kitchen.