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...