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Guess what? You probably have everything you need to do this experiment at home! 🙌 Learn all about the chemistry behind this colorful bouquet below 👇 🌷What you need: Coffee filters Washable markers Water Cups Pipe cleaners 🌷How to make coffee filter flowers: Using a washable marker, draw a circle on a coffee filter about 1-2 inches from the center. It doesn’t have to be perfect, just make sure it’s a thick circle and packed full of ink. Fold your coffee filter into a cone. Fill a cup with a little bit of water, and then add your coffee filter so the tip without the ink touches the water. Wait a few minutes, and you’ll see the ink start to rise up. When you like how it looks, take it out to dry. Fold it into a flower shape, twist the end, and use a pipe cleaner to secure it and create a stem. Make as many as you want for a colorful bouquet! 🌷What’s going on? Most markers use mixtures of several different chemicals to create their colors. This means that when the water climbs u...

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